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“Here Comes My Girl” by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

“Here Comes My Girl” by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers appears on 45 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1980 and 2025. Its best result is #49 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #49 alternative song of 1980.

45countdowns
22stations
#49best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1980–2025years charted

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"Here Comes My Girl" comes off Damn the Torpedoes, the 1979 album that broke Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers wide open, and it was born the same week as "Refugee", out of a Mike Campbell demo. The chorus was there from the start; the verses weren't. Petty wrestled with the words, trying the verses one way and another, until he landed on a half-spoken narration in the manner of Blondie and the Shangri-Las, and the song snapped into focus. The chorus, he said, owed its spark to the Byrds.

Jimmy Iovine produced with Petty, Shelly Yakus engineered, and the band is all over it: Petty and Campbell on twelve-strings, Campbell adding slide, Benmont Tench on piano, organ and harmonium, Ron Blair on bass and Stan Lynch on drums.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 49 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 383 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 286 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 313 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 292 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 232 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 318 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 293 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 393 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 1261 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 145 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 144 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 535 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 174 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 536 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 332 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 869 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 403 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 770 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 765 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 501 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 878 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 344 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 198 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 478 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 662 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 395 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 354 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 444 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 621 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2018 467 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 485 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 309 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 850 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 412 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2022 613 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 445 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 717 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 613 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 445 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 314 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 426 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 445 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2025 498 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 439 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498

Charting alongside it in 1980

Best songs of 1980 →
  1. 1And the Cradle Will RockVan Halen
  2. 2Another One Bites the DustQueen
  3. 3Whip ItDevo
  4. 4Don't Stand So Close to MeThe Police
  5. 5Once in a LifetimeTalking Heads
  6. 6You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC

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