"Listen to Her Heart" is the title of a song recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty

Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...

. It was released in August 1978 as the second single from their second album, You're Gonna Get It!

You're Gonna Get It!

You're Gonna Get It! is the second album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1978. Originally, the album was to be titled Terminal Romance. Like its self-titled predecessor, this album includes tight melodic songs awash in ringing guitars and organ. It reached #23 on Billboard's Top...

. It peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 singles chart in October 1978.

Background and content

According to a radio interview with Redbeard, Petty wrote the song as a response to Ike Turner

Ike Turner

Isaac Wister Turner was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. In a career that lasted more than half a century, his repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk...

 making advances at Petty's wife.

All Appearances

• You're Gonna Get It!
  You're Gonna Get It!
  You're Gonna Get It! is the second album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1978. Originally, the album was to be titled Terminal Romance. Like its self-titled predecessor, this album includes tight melodic songs awash in ringing guitars and organ. It reached #23 on Billboard's Top...
  
  
• Greatest Hits
  Greatest Hits (Tom Petty album)
  Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1993. It is Petty's best selling album to date and was certified 10x Platinum by the RIAA on November 13, 2003. The single "Mary Jane's Last Dance" became one of Petty's most popular songs reaching #14 on the...
  
  
• Playback
  Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box set)
  Playback is a box set compilation by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks, B-sides, previously unreleased outtakes, and early songs by Petty's previous band Mudcrutch....
  
  
• Anthology: Through the Years
  Anthology: Through The Years
  Anthology: Through the Years is a double compilation album featuring the best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It contains a new song, "Surrender", written by Petty during the You're Gonna Get It! sessions, but recorded in 2000 especially for this release...
  
  
• Mojo Tour 2010: Expanded Edition
  Mojo Tour 2010
  -Musicians:*Tom Petty - lead vocals, 6 and 12 string acoustic and electric guitars, percussion*Mike Campbell - lead guitar, slide guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, electric sitar...
  
  (Live Version)

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	59
Canadian RPM Top Singles	66