Editing Tom Petty (section)

===1991–2017: Move to Warner Bros. Records===
[[File:Tompetty indy.jpg|thumb|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performing at the [[Klipsch Music Center|Verizon Amphitheatre]] in [[Indianapolis]] in 2006]]
[[File:Tom Petty.jpg|thumb|Petty performing at the [[Nissan Pavilion]] in [[Bristow, Virginia]] in 2006]]
[[File:Tom Petty 2016 - Jun 20.jpg|thumb|Petty performing in San Francisco in 2016]]
In 1989, while still under contract to MCA, Petty secretly signed a lucrative deal with [[Warner Bros. Records]], to which the Traveling Wilburys had been signed.<ref>{{cite web |last=Philips |first=Chuck |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-05-ca-575-story.html |title=Petty's Secret Deal Isn't for Petty Cash |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 5, 1992 |page=58 |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205090409/https://www.latimes.com/archives |url-status=live }}</ref> His first album on his new label, 1994's ''[[Wildflowers (Tom Petty album)|Wildflowers]]'', Petty's second of three solo albums, included the highly beloved title track,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-wildflowers-songs/|title=Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' Turns 25: The Stories Behind the Songs|first=Sean|last=Kelly|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=November 2019 |access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012192140/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-wildflowers-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the singles "[[You Don't Know How It Feels]]", "You Wreck Me", "It's Good to Be King", and "A Higher Place". The album, produced by [[Rick Rubin]], sold over three million copies in the United States.<ref name="gpawards" />

In 1996, Petty, with the Heartbreakers, released a soundtrack to the movie ''[[She's the One (1996 film)|She's the One]]'' starring [[Cameron Diaz]] and [[Jennifer Aniston]] (see ''[[Songs and Music from "She's the One"]]''). The album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" featuring [[Lindsey Buckingham]], "Climb that Hill", and a song written by [[Lucinda Williams]], "[[Changed the Locks|Change the Locks]]". The album also included a cover of "Asshole", a song by [[Beck]]. The same year, the band accompanied [[Johnny Cash]] on ''[[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|Unchained]]'', provisionally titled "Petty Cash", for which Cash won a [[Grammy]] for [[Best Country Album]]. Cash later covered Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on ''[[American III: Solitary Man]]''.<ref name="uncutpettycash">{{cite web|title=Tom Petty: From the Unchained Sessions to 'I Won't Back Down' – Uncut|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/tom-petty-from-the-unchained-sessions-to-i-won-t-back-down-37575|website=Uncut|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=February 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174622/http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/tom-petty-from-the-unchained-sessions-to-i-won-t-back-down-37575|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their last album with Rubin at the helm, ''[[Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Echo]]''. Two songs were released as singles in the US, "Room at the Top" and "Free Girl Now". The album reached number 10 on the US album charts.<ref name="billboardalbums" />

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the [[America: A Tribute to Heroes]] benefit concert for victims of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. The following year, they played "[[Taxman]]", "[[I Need You (The Beatles song)|I Need You]]" and "Handle with Care" (joined for the last by Jeff Lynne, [[Dhani Harrison]], and [[Jim Keltner]]) at the ''[[Concert for George]]'' in honor of Petty's friend and former bandmate George Harrison.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Sullivan|first1=Robert|title=The Best Beatles Reunion|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=February 26, 2014|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-best-beatles-reunion|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125502/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-best-beatles-reunion|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty's 2002 release, ''[[The Last DJ]]'', was an album-length critique of practices within the music industry.<ref name="lastdj">{{cite web|last1=Graff|first1=Gary|title=Petty has harsh words about music industry|url=https://www.upi.com/Petty-has-harsh-words-about-music-industry/28231034008629/|work=United Press International|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075119/https://www.upi.com/Petty-has-harsh-words-about-music-industry/28231034008629/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The title track, inspired by Los Angeles radio personality [[Jim Ladd]], bemoaned the end of the freedom that radio DJs once had to personally select songs for their station's playlists.<ref name="lastdj" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Halperin|first1=Shirley|title=Jim Ladd, the Inspiration for Tom Petty's 'The Last DJ,' Laid Off From Radio Gig|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-ladd-tom-petty-last-dj-254148|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030214/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-ladd-tom-petty-last-dj-254148|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The album peaked at number nine on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart in the United States.<ref name="billboardalbums">{{cite magazine|title=Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Chart history|magazine=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430103/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/chart?f=305|access-date=October 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123080145/http://www.billboard.com/artist/430103/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/chart?f=305|archive-date=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

In 2005, Petty began hosting his own show "Buried Treasure" on [[XM Satellite Radio]], on which he shared selections from his personal record collection.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Appleford|first1=Steve|title=Tom Petty Breaks Out Hits, Deep Cuts and Storytelling at Benefit|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-breaks-out-hits-deep-cuts-and-commentary-at-benefit-concert-20111030|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 30, 2011|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003075000/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-breaks-out-hits-deep-cuts-and-commentary-at-benefit-concert-20111030|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers headlined the fifth annual [[Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo]] Music and Arts Festival as part of their "30th Anniversary Tour". Special guests included Stevie Nicks, [[Pearl Jam]], [[the Allman Brothers Band]], [[Trey Anastasio]], [[the Derek Trucks Band]], and [[the Black Crowes]]. Nicks joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage for several songs including "[[Stop Draggin' My Heart Around]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Stevie Nicks Joins Opening Leg of Petty Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=May 26, 2006|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58305/stevie-nicks-joins-opening-leg-of-petty-tour|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426042113/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58305/stevie-nicks-joins-opening-leg-of-petty-tour|archive-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Duets of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 4, 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-duets-of-all-time-20140604/2-stevie-nicks-and-tom-petty-stop-draggin-my-heart-around-52263|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224754/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-the-10-greatest-duets-of-all-time-20140604/2-stevie-nicks-and-tom-petty-stop-draggin-my-heart-around-52263|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2006, Petty released a solo album titled ''[[Highway Companion]]'', which included the hit "[[Saving Grace (Tom Petty song)|Saving Grace]]". It debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200, which was Petty's highest chart position since the introduction of the [[Nielsen SoundScan]] system for tracking album sales in 1991. ''Highway Companion'' was briefly promoted on the tour with the Heartbreakers in 2006, with performances of "Saving Grace", "[[Square One (Tom Petty song)|Square One]]", "Down South" and "Flirting with Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Light|first1=Alan|title=Tom Petty: Highway Companion|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 20, 2006|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/highway-companion-20060720|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812030429/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/highway-companion-20060720|archive-date=August 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the summer of 2007, Petty reunited with his old bandmates [[Tom Leadon]] and Randall Marsh, along with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, to reform his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The quintet recorded an album of 14 songs that was released on April 29, 2008 (on [[iTunes Store|iTunes]], an additional song "Special Place" was available if the album was pre-ordered). The band supported the album with a brief tour of California in the spring of 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=MacNeil|first1=Jason|title=Petty Dusts Off Mudcrutch For Album, Tour|magazine=Billboard|date=March 20, 2008|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046115/petty-dusts-off-mudcrutch-for-album-tour|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424091130/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046115/petty-dusts-off-mudcrutch-for-album-tour|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers contributed a cover of "[[I'm Walkin']]" to the album ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]''. The album's sales helped buy instruments for students in [[New Orleans]] public schools and contributed to the building of a community center in the city's [[Hurricane Katrina]]-damaged [[9th Ward of New Orleans|Ninth Ward]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/17/tom-petty-covers-fats-domino-listen-to-im-walkin/ |title=Tom Petty Covers Fats Domino: Listen to "I'm Walkin'" |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701160446/https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/09/17/tom-petty-covers-fats-domino-listen-to-im-walkin/ |archive-date=July 1, 2009}}</ref>

On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of [[Super Bowl XLII]] at the [[University of Phoenix Stadium]]. They played "American Girl", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin" and "Runnin' Down a Dream".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.komodorock.com/tour-news/tour-dates/tom-petty-%26-the-heartbreakers-announce-us-summer-tour-200801253748/ |title=Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Announce US Summer Tour |publisher=Komodo Rock |date=January 25, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214071306/http://www.komodorock.com/tour-news/tour-dates/tom-petty-%26-the-heartbreakers-announce-us-summer-tour-200801253748/ |archive-date=February 14, 2008 }}</ref> That summer, the band toured North America with [[Steve Winwood]] as the opening act. Winwood joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows and performed his [[Spencer Davis Group]] hit "[[Gimme Some Lovin']]", and occasionally he performed his [[Blind Faith]] hit "[[Can't Find My Way Home]]". In November 2009 the boxed set ''[[The Live Anthology]]'', a compilation of live recordings from 1978 to 2006, was released.

The band's twelfth album ''[[Mojo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Mojo]]'' was released on June 15, 2010, and reached number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart.<ref name="billboardalbums" /> Petty described the album as "Blues-based. Some of the tunes are longer, more jam-y kind of music. A couple of tracks really sound like the [[Allman Brothers]]—not the songs but the atmosphere of the band."<ref name="gumrs">{{cite web|title=Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – "Good Enough"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/279552/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-good-enough/mp3s/|website=Stereogum|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=February 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125301/https://www.stereogum.com/279552/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-good-enough/mp3s/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> To promote the record, the band appeared as the musical guests on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on May 17, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alec Baldwin Ties 'SNL' Hosting Record; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Perform|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1639308/alec-baldwin-ties-snl-hosting-record-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-perform/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003124816/http://www.mtv.com/news/1639308/alec-baldwin-ties-snl-hosting-record-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-perform/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The release of ''Mojo'' was followed by a North American summer tour. Prior to the tour, five of the band's guitars, including two owned by Petty, were stolen from their practice space in [[Culver City, California]] in April 2010. The items were recovered by Los Angeles police the next week.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Randy|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' stolen guitars recovered|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/tom-petty-guitars-stolen-theft-recover-heartbreakers.html|website=LA Times Blogs – Pop & Hiss|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=April 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003124504/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/04/tom-petty-guitars-stolen-theft-recover-heartbreakers.html|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, the band went on a world tour that included their first European dates in 20 years and their first ever concerts in the Canadian provinces of [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Ernsberger|first1=Parry|title=Tour Alert: Drake Launches Club Paradise Tour in 2012|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tour-alert-drake-launches-club-paradise-tour-in-2012-20111216|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 16, 2011|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125140/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tour-alert-drake-launches-club-paradise-tour-in-2012-20111216|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dunham|first1=Nancy|title=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Announce 2012 Tour|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-2012-tour/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003134001/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-2012-tour/|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 28, 2014, [[Reprise Records]] released Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' thirteenth studio album, ''[[Hypnotic Eye]]''. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming the band's first album to top the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Caufield|first1=Keith|title=Tom Petty Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6207083/tom-petty-1-album-first-billboard-200-hypnotic-eye-heartbreakers|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123160600/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6207083/tom-petty-1-album-first-billboard-200-hypnotic-eye-heartbreakers|archive-date=November 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 20, 2015, the Tom Petty Radio channel debuted on [[SiriusXM]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Randy |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tom-petty-radio-channel-sirius-xm-20151116-story.html |title=Tom Petty Radio channel debuts Nov. 20 on Sirius XM |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 17, 2015 |access-date=October 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225115/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tom-petty-radio-channel-sirius-xm-20151116-story.html |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, the Heartbreakers embarked on a 40th Anniversary Tour of the United States.<ref name="40tour">{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Tour Announced! – TomPetty.com Official Blog|url=http://www.tompetty.com/news/40th-anniversary-tour-announced-1623236|website=TomPetty.com Official Website|date=December 8, 2016 |access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021606/http://www.tompetty.com/news/40th-anniversary-tour-announced-1623236|archive-date=October 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour began on April 20 in [[Oklahoma City]] and ended on September 25 with a performance at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] in Hollywood, California.<ref name="40tour"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Martinelli|first1=Marissa|title=Watch Tom Petty's Final Performance at the Hollywood Bowl|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/03/watch_tom_petty_s_final_performance_at_the_hollywood_bowl_video.html|website=Slate|access-date=October 6, 2017|date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013744/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/10/03/watch_tom_petty_s_final_performance_at_the_hollywood_bowl_video.html|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hollywood Bowl concert, which would ultimately be the Heartbreakers' final show, ended with a performance of "American Girl".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Greene|first1=Andy|title=Watch Tom Petty Play 'American Girl' at His Final Concert|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-tom-petty-play-american-girl-at-his-final-concert-w506751|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 2, 2017|access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005092407/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-tom-petty-play-american-girl-at-his-final-concert-w506751|archive-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On September 28, 2018, Reprise Records released ''[[An American Treasure]]'', a 60-track career-spanning box set featuring dozens of previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions of classic songs, rarities, historic live performances and deep tracks. The box set was preceded by the first single, "Keep A Little Soul", in July 2018. The song is an unreleased outtake originally recorded in 1982 during the ''Long After Dark'' sessions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aswad|first1=Jem|title=Tom Petty 'An American Treasure' Boxed Set Track List Revealed, New Song Drops|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/tom-petty-an-american-treasure-boxed-set-track-list-revealed-new-song-drops-1202870299/|website=Variety|date=July 11, 2018|access-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183721/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/tom-petty-an-american-treasure-boxed-set-track-list-revealed-new-song-drops-1202870299/|archive-date=July 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, he posthumously appeared on rapper [[Snoop Dogg]]'s twentieth studio album ''[[Missionary (Snoop Dogg album)|Missionary]]'', on the track "[[Last Dance with Mary Jane]]", also featuring fellow singer [[Jelly Roll (singer)|Jelly Roll]].