Full Moon Fever

Full Moon Fever is the debut solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on April 24, 1989, by MCA Records. It features contributions from members of his band the Heartbreakers, notably Mike Campbell, as well as Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison (who died prior to its release), and George Harrison, Petty's bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys. The record shows Petty exploring his musical roots with nods to his influences. The songwriting is mainly collaborations between Petty and Lynne, who was also a producer on the album. Full Moon Fever became a commercial and critical success, peaking at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and being certified 5× platinum in the United States and 6× platinum in Canada.

This article is about the album. For other uses, see Full Moon Fever (disambiguation).
Full Moon Fever
Studio album by
Tom Petty
ReleasedApril 24, 1989
Recorded1987–88
Studio
  • M.C. Studios
  • Rumbo (Los Angeles)
  • Sunset Sound (Hollywood)
  • Devonshire (Hollywood)
  • Conway (Hollywood)
  • Sound City (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length39:58
LabelMCA
Producer
Tom Petty chronology
Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)
(1987)		 Full Moon Fever
(1989)		 Into the Great Wide Open
(1991)
Singles from Full Moon Fever
  1. "I Won't Back Down"
    Released: April 1989
  2. "Runnin' Down a Dream"
    Released: July 29, 1989
  3. "Free Fallin'"
    Released: October 27, 1989
  4. "A Face in the Crowd"
    Released: March 3, 1990
  5. "Yer So Bad"
    Released: 1990

MCA Records under Irving Azoff originally refused to issue the album, believing it did not contain any hits. Azoff resigned within a few months and with new label management reviewing the album positively they decided to release it. In 2019, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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