Refugee

E109031
single song

"Refugee" is a 1980 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for its driving guitar riff and defiant lyrics, and regarded as one of the band's signature hits.

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Label Occurrences
Refugee canonical 5

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Damn the Torpedoes ⓘ
artist Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 15 ⓘ
composer Mike Campbell ⓘ
Tom Petty ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBySingle Here Comes My Girl ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasBSide It’s Rainin’ Again ⓘ
hasCharacteristic defiant lyrics ⓘ
driving guitar riff ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature prominent electric guitar ⓘ
strong backbeat ⓘ
hasTheme personal freedom ⓘ
resistance to control ⓘ
includedIn Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers live setlists ⓘ
Tom Petty greatest hits compilations ⓘ
isOftenRankedAmong Tom Petty’s best-known songs ⓘ
greatest rock songs of the 1980s ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Tom Petty ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Howard Deutch ⓘ
notableBassist Ron Blair ⓘ
notableDrummer Stan Lynch ⓘ
notableGuitarist Mike Campbell ⓘ
notableKeyboardist Benmont Tench ⓘ
partOfAlbum Damn the Torpedoes ⓘ
performer Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ⓘ
precededBySingle Don't Do Me Like That ⓘ
surface form: Don’t Do Me Like That
producer Jimmy Iovine ⓘ
Tom Petty ⓘ
recordingDate 1979 ⓘ
recordLabel Backstreet Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980 ⓘ
January 1980 ⓘ
tempo medium-fast ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 2 ⓘ
vocalist Tom Petty ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tom Petty → notableWork → Refugee ⓘ
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers → notableWork → Refugee ⓘ
Damn the Torpedoes → notableTrack → Refugee ⓘ
Damn the Torpedoes → openingTrack → Refugee ⓘ
The Voice → includesTrack → Refugee ⓘ