Long After Dark is the fifth album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty , Mike Campbell , Benmont Tench , , Ron Blair and Stan Lynch...

, released in November 1982 on Backstreet Records

Backstreet Records

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. Notable for the major MTV hit "You Got Lucky", the album was also the first to feature the late Howie Epstein

Howie Epstein

Howard Norman Epstein , was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early life:...

 on bass and harmony vocals. Epstein's vocals are evident throughout the album, most notably on "Change of Heart". From this point on Epstein's vocals became an integral part of the Heartbreakers' sound. There was a song recorded for this album called "Keeping Me Alive", which Petty himself is very fond of but the producer, Jimmy Iovine

Jimmy Iovine

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, disliked. Petty has expressed that he feels the album would have turned out better if the song had been included on the album.

Side one

1. "A One Story Town" – 3:06
2. "You Got Lucky
   You Got Lucky
   "You Got Lucky" is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' album Long After Dark. The song peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for three weeks at the end of 1982.-Music video:...
   
   " (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:37
3. "Deliver Me" – 3:28
4. "Change of Heart
   Change of Heart (Tom Petty song)
   "Change of Heart" is the title of a song recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in February 1983 as the second single from their album Long After Dark. It peaked at number 21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart....
   
   " – 3:18
5. "Finding Out" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:36

Side two

1. "We Stand a Chance" – 3:38
2. "Straight into Darkness" – 3:49
3. "The Same Old You" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:31
4. "Between Two Worlds" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:12
5. "A Wasted Life" – 4:35

Musicians

• Tom Petty
  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...
  
   – lead vocals, 6 and 12 string acoustic and electric guitars, lead guitar on "We Stand a Chance"
• Mike Campbell – lead guitar, 12-string guitar, organ on "We Stand a Chance"
• Benmont Tench
  Benmont Tench
  Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
  
   – acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond and Vox organs, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Stan Lynch
  Stan Lynch
  Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch is an American songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994.- Early years :...
  
   – drums, backing vocals
• Howie Epstein
  Howie Epstein
  Howard Norman Epstein , was a musician best known for his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early life:...
  
   – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Jones – percussion
• Ron Blair
  Ron Blair
  Ron Blair is the original bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was the band's bassist from 1976 to 1981. In 2002, he returned to the group after a 21-year hiatus, replacing his own replacement, the late Howie Epstein.His father was a Navy man, so the family relocated every few years...
  
  – bass guitar on "Between Two Worlds"

Charts

• Long After Dark peaked #9 on Pop Albums in 1983.
• "Between Two Worlds" peaked #35 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
• "One Story Town" peaked #15 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
• "We Stand A Chance" peaked #37 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
• "You Got Lucky" peaked #1 on Mainstream Rock in 1982.
• "Change of Heart" peaked #10 on Mainstream Rock in 1983.
• "Change of Heart" peaked #21 on Pop Singles in 1983.
• "You Got Lucky" peaked #20 on Pop Singles in 1983.