Anthology: Through the Years

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Anthology: Through the Years is a double compilation album featuring the best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' MCA recordings plus a newly recorded version of "Surrender", an unreleased song dating back to 1977.

Anthology: Through the Years was released on October 31st 2000 and would mark the worst chart-positioning on the Billboard 200 for the band at #132. However, in November 2006, the album would be certified Gold (equilvalent to 500,000 copies sold) by the R.I.A.A.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) — 2:42
2. "American Girl" (Petty) — 3:30
3. "Hometown Blues" (Petty) — 2:11
4. "The Wild One, Forever" (Petty) — 3:00
5. "I Need to Know" (Petty) — 2:23
6. "Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) — 3:01
7. "Too Much Ain't Enough" (Petty) — 2:56
8. "Refugee" (Petty, Mike Campbell) — 3:21
9. "Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) — 4:33
10. "Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) — 2:40
11. "Even the Losers" (Petty) — 3:35
12. "The Waiting" (Petty) — 3:54
13. "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (Petty, Campbell) — 4:22
14. "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks) (Petty, Campbell) — 4:02
15. "You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) — 3:37
16. "Straight Into Darkness" (Petty) — 3:49
17. "Change of Heart" (Petty) — 3:18

Disc two

1. "Rebels" (Petty) — 5:20
2. "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, David A. Stewart) — 5:06
3. "The Best of Everything" (Petty) — 3:59
4. "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) — 3:30
5. "Jammin' Me" (Petty, Campbell, Bob Dylan) — 4:08
6. "It'll All Work Out" (Petty) — 3:12
7. "Love Is a Long Road" (Petty, Campbell) — 4:06
8. "Free Fallin'" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) — 4:14
9. "Yer So Bad" (Petty, Lynne) — 3:05
10. "I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Lynne) — 2:56
11. "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) — 4:23
12. "Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) — 3:57
13. "Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) — 3:38
14. "Two Gunslingers" (Petty) — 3:08
15. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) — 4:32
16. "Waiting for Tonight" (Petty) — 3:32
17. "Surrender" (Petty) — 2:54