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Who sang A Face In The Crowd?

Tom Petty released the song A Face In The Crowd. Date of release: 1989.

Release date: 1989

Duration: 03:59

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The song tells how the protagonist met his partner, who was just a stranger walking down the street before they got together. He points out that at first his partner was just a face in the crowd, but somehow she managed to enter his heart and become an important part of his life. The repetition of the phrase "a face in the crowd" emphasizes how unlikely it seemed that they would meet and fall in love.

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Tom Petty - Short Biography

Thomas Earl Petty était un chanteur et guitariste américain très apprécié, connu pour son travail en tant que chanteur et guitariste du groupe Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, qui a acquis une grande popularité dans la musique rock au cours des années 70 et 80. Outre son succès avec les Heartbreakers, Petty a également dirigé le groupe Mudcrutch et est devenu membre du supergroupe Traveling Wilburys à la fin des années 1980. Il est également connu pour son impressionnante carrière solo, ce qui fait de lui un artiste polyvalent dans différents genres musicaux. Les contributions de Petty à la musique rock restent très appréciées, même après son décès en 2017.

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Tom Petty's song "A Face in the Crowd" was released in February 1990 as the fourth single from his solo album, "Full Moon Fever". The song reached #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. As a co-writer and performer, Petty created a song about the universal experience of feeling invisible and unrecognized in a crowd of people.

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