<![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:00 EST Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:00 EST http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4247525 Reading this article's title made me realize ol' T.P. loves poaching lyrics: Paul Westerberg and the infamous "rebel without a clue" line as well as Bob Seger and "working on mysteries."

"Anything that's rock'n'roll," I guess

pchcowboy

]]> 33:357075:c4247525 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:32:00 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4244176 @Chris Molanphy: Yeah, "See You Again".

And yeah, I love that kickdrum. As well as the lyrics, which are a weird but intriguing mix of teenage conversation and non sequitirs ("my friend Leslie says" ... who?), and phrases no teenager would ever utter.

Audif Jackson Winters III

]]> 33:357075:c4244176 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:00:45 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4243835 @Al Shipley: Thanks, I had a feeling there was a second Petty comp; ran out of time to double-check that. I guess its sales have been negligible; that original '93 Hits just keeps shifting mad units.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:357075:c4243835 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:47:55 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4243788 @Audif Jackson Winters III: What, "See You Again"? I've been shamelessly crushing on it 'round these parts for weeks now. Next to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music," it's probably my favorite pop song on the radio right now. It's freakishly well-produced - like, whoever mixed it really knew what s/he was doing. (There's this guitar break late in the track where they pull the beat and then bring bring it back, with this slammin' little kickdrum hook, that's, like, Bob Clearmountain-worthy.)

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:357075:c4243788 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:46:17 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4243621 Anyone besides me kind of like that Miley Cyrus track?

Audif Jackson Winters III

]]> 33:357075:c4243621 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:40:44 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4242797 @Al Shipley: I think they have no rereleased it with SDMHA.

EddieRebel

]]> 33:357075:c4242797 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:12:13 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4242589 The Rodney Atkins song surely resonates with Fathers raising Daughters. And Bob Christgau made it a Choice Cut, so there...

Oldboy

]]> 33:357075:c4242589 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:04:36 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4241236 That is, in Rhapsody's chart.

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:357075:c4241236 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:19:57 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4241226 I wish someone could explain why Soul Asylum's 'Misery' just popped in at No. 5 in their chart.

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:357075:c4241226 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:19:45 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4239507 FWIW, Petty now has more than one hits compilation -- the double disc Anthology: Through The Years was released in 2000. That '93 Greatest Hits really is near perfect, though, and pretty definitive for his career up to that point (aside from the lack of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around").

Al Shipley

]]> 33:357075:c4239507 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:17:54 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4239345 This is so Maura doesn't have to go searching...

"Get Over Yourself (Goodbye)":


+ Watch video

Nicole Scherzinger audition for "Popstars":


+ Watch video

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:357075:c4239345 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:12:04 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4238874 @othertim: Not to mention that Buckcherry's Grammy-nominated "Crazy Bitch" didn't even chart until almost a year after the album's release (April 2006!).

tigerpop

]]> 33:357075:c4238874 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:55:54 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4238424 I don't think the NFL would've smiled too kindly on Tom playing a drug-referencing song, i.e., "You Don't Know How It Feels". It would've been a pretty ballsy move on his part, though.

baconfat

]]> 33:357075:c4238424 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:42:46 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4238254 Buckcherry sure has gotten a lot of mileage off one album. I remember hearing Crazy Bitch like two years ago, and in between then and now somebody realized the same album has this wickedly cheesy power ballad. I didn't think it'd hit the Hot 100's top ten, though.

othertim

]]> 33:357075:c4238254 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:36:38 EST <![CDATA[Workin' On A Mystery: Tom Petty Is This Week's Stealth Chart Star]]> http://idolator.com/357075/workin-on-a-mystery-tom-petty-is-this-weeks-stealth-chart-star#c4237847 Why had I blissfully missed Buckcherry still having hits. And why can't I still be ignorant.

Ned Raggett

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