Refugee (song)

Refugee (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Refugee


Artist = Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from Album = Damn the Torpedoes
B-side = It's Rainin' Again
Released = January 1980
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:21
Label = Backstreet
Writer = Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Producer = Jimmy Iovine, Tom Petty
Certification =
Chart position = #15 Billboard Hot 100
Last single = "Don't Do Me Like That"
(1979)
This single = "Refugee"
(1980)
Next single = "Here Comes My Girl"
(1980)

"Refugee" is the second single from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' album "Damn the Torpedoes". It peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1980.

It was covered by Melissa Etheridge in 2005 for her "" album, and reached #96 on the Billboard Pop 100.

Personnel

*Tom Petty - lead vocal, guitar
*Mike Campbell - lead guitar, accordion, bass guitar
*Benmont Tench - organ, background vocal
*Stan Lynch - drums, background vocal


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