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Ways To Be Wicked
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Tom Petty, Mike/Michael Campbell

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Running Time 3:27
Performers Tom Petty (Vocal), Tom Petty (Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Lead Guitar), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Piano), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Organ), Howie Epstein (Bass Guitar), Stan Lynch (Drums), Steve Ferrone (Drums (Overdubbed August 1995)), George Drakoulias (Percussion), Tom Petty (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), George Drakoulias (Produced By), George Drakoulias (Mixed By), Don Smith (Engineered By), Jim Scott (Mixed By)
CommentsRecorded at: One On One Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA. Additional recording and mixed at: Johnny Yuma Recordings, Burbank, CA Having scored now with both "Because the Night" (Springsteen to Patti Smith) and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (Petty to Stevie Nicks), Iovine tried for a hat trick with "Ways to Be Wicked," a Torpedoes outtake he brought to Lone Justice, a new band he was producing. Iovine assured Lone Justice lead singer Maria McKee that no one would think there was a sexual connotation to a woman singing about a man who, "ain't afraid to let me have it, ain't afraid to stick it in." When Petty joked in a magazine interview about how having a woman sing the song created a double entendre, McKee got mad with Iovine. Tom says the unheard Damn the Torpedoes version was lame. This attempt from the Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) sessions, though, is mighty. "I love it," Petty smiles. "That's the only time it was played that day and it just rocks."
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Playback (1995)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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2008-08-18