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Tom Petty
I Won’t Back Down
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Petty cut it first in 1989 and Cash took it on in 2000, but the credit has a second name on it, Jeff Lynne. Pull his records next and listen for how much of that song was his.
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▶I Won't Back DownLiner notes
First pulled by @ga-2095 · No. 0004, Oct 17, 2026.
Written by Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty.
First recorded by Tom Petty in 1989.
Also recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1991), The Folk Implosion (1994), David Essex (1995), Smokie (2001).
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Johnny Cash recorded Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down," but Petty didn't write it alone. Who shares the writing credit with him?Jeff Lynne
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