A Face in the Crowd (Tom Petty song)

12 tracks
"Free Fallin'" "I Won't Back Down" "Love Is a Long Road" "A Face in the Crowd" "Runnin' Down a Dream" "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" "Yer So Bad" "Depending on You" "The Apartment Song" "Alright for Now" "A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" "Zombie Zoo"

"A Face in the Crowd" is a song co-written and recorded by Tom Petty. It was released in March 1990 as the fourth single from his first solo album Full Moon Fever. It peaked at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[1]

Content

The narrator discusses falling in love with someone who used to be just "a face in the crowd."

Music video

The music video was directed by Jesse Dylan and premiered in early 1990.

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	46
Canadian RPM Top Singles	20
Dutch Singles Chart	25
UK Singles Chart	93

References

↑ Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2010, Record Research, 2011.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty Mike Campbell Benmont Tench Ron Blair Scott Thurston Steve Ferrone Stan Lynch Howie Epstein

Studio albums	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You're Gonna Get It! Damn the Torpedoes Hard Promises Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Into the Great Wide Open Songs and Music from "She's the One" Echo The Last DJ Mojo Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty solo albums	Full Moon Fever Wildflowers Highway Companion

Live albums	Official Live 'Leg Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Bad Girl Boogie The Live Anthology Mojo Tour 2010

Compilations	Greatest Hits Playback Anthology: Through the Years

Videography	Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Playback Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ Runnin' Down a Dream

Songs	"Breakdown" "American Girl" "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" "I Need to Know" "Listen to Her Heart" "Don't Do Me Like That" "Refugee" "Here Comes My Girl" "The Waiting" "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" "You Got Lucky" "Change of Heart" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Rebels" "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" "Jammin' Me" "I Won't Back Down" "Runnin' Down a Dream" "Free Fallin'" "A Face in the Crowd" "Yer So Bad" "Learning to Fly" "Into the Great Wide Open" "Mary Jane's Last Dance" "You Don't Know How It Feels" "Christmas All Over Again" "Walls (Circus)" "The Last DJ" "Square One" "Saving Grace"

Production	Jimmy Iovine David A. Stewart Robbie Robertson Jeff Lynne Rick Rubin George Drakoulias

Related articles	Discography Awards Mudcrutch Traveling Wilburys "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

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