In 1985, Tom Petty released “Southern Accents ... though makes a few tweaks to the lyrics. Toward the end of the song, Parton adds several lines. “A Southern girl from a Southern town ...

"It would become Petty's longest-charting and most famous song to date ... a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ...

Tom Petty would begin ... Petty carefully wrote the lyrics out before creating the music. Marrying the two wasn't easy, and "Down South" became one of the songs that took him the longest to ...

Below, we're taking a look at the Top 20 '80s Tom Petty Songs, taken from his studio and live albums with the Heartbreakers, plus his debut solo release. 20. "Don't Come Around Here No More" From ...