Top singles from the past
28 February 2025
The late Americana rock star TOM PETTY (1950-2017)
and guitarist/songwriter Dave Stewart of Eurythmics
wrote DON’T COME HERE AROUND NO MORE.
The original inspiration was a romantic encounter that guitarist/songwriter David
Stewart had, after a Eurythmics show, with Stevie Nicks who had just broken up with
Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh. Stewart explained that the title’s phrase was actually uttered
by Nicks. At first Nicks would sing the song until she heard Tom Petty‘s vocals. She felt
she could not do the song justice as Petty did.
Petty & his Heartbreakers recorded the song for their Southern Accents
LP and released it as a single on 28 February 1985, today 40 years ago.
It peaked at #13 in the US and #50 in the UK.
