I Need to Know (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)

For the Marc Anthony song, see I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song).
"I Need to Know"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album You're Gonna Get It!
B-side "No Second Thoughts"
Released 1978
Format 7"
Recorded Shelter Studios, Hollywood, late 1977
Genre Rock
Length 2:26
Label Shelter
Writer(s) Tom Petty
Producer Denny Cordell, Noah Shark, Tom Petty
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Breakdown"
(1977)		 "I Need to Know"
(1978)		 "Listen To Her Heart"
(1978)

"I Need to Know" is the title of a song written and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in 1978 as the second single from their second album You're Gonna Get It!. It peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1978.[1]

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Cover versions

Stevie Nicks (of Fleetwood Mac) has been covering "I Need to Know" live in concert since 1981.

In 1981 the Swedish band Gyllene Tider recorded a version of the song with Swedish lyics, written by singer Per Gessle (the male half of Roxette), named "Vill ha ett svar!"

Poison recorded a cover of the song for their 2007 album Poison'd!.

All appearances

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 41
Canadian RPM Top Singles 46

See also

References

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.
  2. ^ http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1114861p1.html
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