Free Fallin’

~ Recording by Tom Petty

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
  • US1989-04-25
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-6253
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
  • US1989-04-29
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA-6253
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon Fever (club edition)Tom PettyAlbum
  • US1989-04-29
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)D 133911, MCAD-6253
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA-53748
1.1Free Fallin'4:14Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)257 308-2
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)257 308-7
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)DMCAT 1381
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA 1381
1.1Free Fallin’?:??Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAC 53748, MCAC-53748
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyFree Fallin'Tom PettySingle
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)DMCAX 1381
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)2292-55929-2, WE 851
1.1Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAMD 6253
1.1Free Fallin’4:17Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)255 929-2, MCAD-6253
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)255 929-1
1.1Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-6253
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAXD-6253
1.1Free Fallin'4:17Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)DMCG 6034
1.8Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyThe Best of WestcoastVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
TELDEC9548-30098-2
1.1Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
  • DE1991-05-28
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD 06034
1.15Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1993-11-01
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD10964
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest Hits (BMG club edition, no barcode)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-09
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)D 102390, MCAD-10813
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest Hits (Matrix/Runout: MCAD10813 23A013C,A50403B,S3A01B,S3A01C)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-16
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-10813
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest Hits (Record Club release, Barcode is not human readable.)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-16
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)D 102390, MCAD-10813
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest Hits (BMG club edition)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1993-11-16
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)D 102390, MCASD 10813
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest HitsTom Petty & the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-16
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-10813
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty & the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-10813
1.15Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)CDMCA (WF) 6567
1.15Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)35083 5
3.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersPlaybackTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-20
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-6-11375
3.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersPlaybackTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)D 207275
1.5Free Fallin'4:17Tom PettySounds of the Eighties: The Rolling Stone Collection 1988–1989Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life MusicA-26302, R988-30
1.14Free Fallin’4:13Tom PettyThe Best Rock Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 40574 2 8
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 735
2.8Free Fallin’4:18Tom PettyAnthology: Through the YearsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-10-31
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), UTV Records088 170 177-2
2.8Free Fallin’4:18Tom PettyAnthology: Through the YearsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), UTV Records170 177-2
2.8Free Fallin’4:18Tom PettyAnthology: Through the YearsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), UTV Records170 177-2
2.14Free Fallin'4:14Tom PettyThe Best Beer Drinking Songs in the World... Ever! Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
2.2Free Fallin’4:17Tom PettySongs 2: Von Folk bis Hip HopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Schroedel (ehemaliger Schulbuchverlag gehört jetzt zu Westermann)
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest Hits (contains “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-05-20
Geffen RecordsB00010327-2
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2008-05-28
Geffen Records1752296
1.14Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyGreatest Hits (Contains "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" in place of "Something in the Air")Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records00602517743953
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2008-06-02
Geffen Records00602517522961
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
Geffen RecordsMCAD-10813
1.1Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
Geffen RecordsUICY-93956
1.14Free Fallin’4:15Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-07-01
Geffen Records
1.1Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
Geffen Records
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon Fever (2015 remaster)Tom PettyAlbum
  • US2015-04-07
Geffen Records
1.1Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
  • JP2016-06-22
Geffen RecordsUICY-25706
2.4Free Fallin’?:??Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (2016 remaster)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2016-07-29
Geffen Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0024293-01
8.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyThe Complete Studio Albums, Volume 1 (1976–1991)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2016-12-09
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)00602547952158
1.1Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyFull Moon FeverTom PettyAlbum
Geffen RecordsUICY-77970
1.14Free Fallin’4:15Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records
2.4Free Fallin’?:??Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
Geffen Records, Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)00602547714268
1.16Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyRock IconsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)
1.12Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyClassic Rock RadioVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.1Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016 (Mastered for iTunes)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-02-01
Geffen Records
1.1Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-03-01
Geffen Records00602567934394
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-03-01
Geffen Records
1.1Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2019-03-01
Geffen Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)B0028986-02
1.1Free Fallin’4:14Tom PettyThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016 (24-Bit 96.0 kHz)Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-03-01
Geffen Records
1.17Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyForever FavoritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.19Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyRock Driving MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.15Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRock of Love🤘Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.8Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyPub JukeboxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.13Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyDad RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.6Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRoad Trip Sing‐Along SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.8Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyThe Ultimate Classic Rock Album, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.8Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyThe Ultimate Classic Rock Album, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.14Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRetro Road TripVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.12Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyEighties MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.2Free Fallin’4:15Tom PettyDinner Party SummerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.17Free Fallin’4:15Tom Petty80’s NostalgiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.11Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty80s Smash HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.9Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyWork From Home: Rock EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.4Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty80’s RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.13Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyCooking at Home: Rock EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.2Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettyRockklassikerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2020-05-28
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.40Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyGrilla!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2020-06-05
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.78Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty80’s and 90’s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.13Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyClassic Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.3Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRock OnVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.16Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettySummer in the CityVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.19Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty背中を押してくれる曲Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2020-08-05
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.21Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRock NowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.39Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRockin’ Summer Sound WavesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.10Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty80s Road TripVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations)
1.11Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyRock LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-09-02
Global Clearing House
1.21Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyAcoustic RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.9Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyThe Best 80s Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.30Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyThe Best Road Trip Album in the World…Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
1.32Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyBack to School 2021: Rock EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2021-07-19
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations)
1.3Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyChill SummerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations)
1.37Free Fallin’4:16Tom PettyThe Best Power Ballad Album in the World…Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)
Promotion
1.10Free Fallin'4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersPlayback Retail SamplerTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
43.18Free Fallin'4:14Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Radio Essential SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Promo Only
Bootleg
1.1Free Fallin'4:16T. PettyVol. 2 / Vol. 4½The Traveling WilburysAlbum + Compilation
CD-MAXIMUM (Russian label)CDM 1199-381
10.28Free Fallin’4:15Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersBacobens Rock Top 500Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
11.14Free Fallin’4:14Tom Petty80’s Giga Hits CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008
1.5Free Fallin’4:16Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest HitsTom Petty and the HeartbreakersAlbum + Compilation
Star Mark25899-1/2
Withdrawn
1.43Free Fallin'4:16Tom PettySommarplågorVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2020-05-06
FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations)

Relationships

engineer:Bill Bottrell
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist)
Don Smith (producer, engineer and mixer)
producer:Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist)
Jeff Lynne
Tom Petty
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tambourine and lead vocals:Tom Petty (from 1988 until 1989)
bass, guitar and keyboard:Jeff Lynne (from 1988 until 1989)
drums (drum set) and percussion:Phil Jones (Percussionist) (from 1988 until 1989)
guitar and keyboard:Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) (from 1988 until 1989)
Tom Petty (from 1988 until 1989)
mandolin and slide guitar:Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) (from 1988 until 1989)
background vocals:Jeff Lynne (from 1988 until 1989)
Tom Petty (from 1988 until 1989)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1989)
recorded at:M.C. Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989)
Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1988 until 1989)
mash-ups:Mo Free Mo Fallin' by The White Panda
Rocksteady Takes Control of Tom Petty (The Rock Steady Crew vs. Amerie vs. Tom Petty) by DJ Schmolli
part of:Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 177) (order: 177)
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 219) (order: 219)
recording of:Free Fallin’ (from 1988 until 1989)

Related works

Free Fallin’

writer:Jeff Lynne
Tom Petty
publisher:EMI April Music Inc.
Gone Gator Music (ASCAP affiliated)
referred to in medleys:Free Fallin’ / Free Bird
later parody versions:Total Recallin’