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John Mayer

Free Fallin’

2008 · via Tom Petty

John Mayer’s earliest release of “Free Fallin’” on file came out in 2008. Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Tom Petty’s, from 1989. Also recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (released 1991), Guns N’ Roses (released 1991) and Kings of Convenience (released 2001), among 114 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

John Mayer – Free Fallin’
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Jeff Lynne shares the credit on "Free Fallin'" and on "I Won't Back Down" too, so two of Petty's best-known songs came out of the same partnership. Follow him and see what else that partnership turned up.

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Credited writers: Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty.

Earliest release on file: Tom Petty, 1989.

Other recordings on file · first release year

114 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Everybody knows Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'." Petty didn't write it alone, though. Who shares the songwriting credit with him?Jeff Lynne
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