Chords for Why Eddie Murphy Hated Tom Petty - Jammin’ Me
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One of my favorite Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker songs is Jammin' Me.
For those of you who have been following my channel since its inception [G] then maybe you'll
know that I started out as a rhythm gaming channel that covered games like Rock Band
and Guitar Hero.
My [D] first introduction to Jammin' Me was through the video game Rock Band which released
a dozen or so Tom Petty songs from his live [Em] anthology release.
I was [G] surprised to learn years later [Em] that actor and comedian Eddie Murphy [G] took issue
with the song.
[G#] Today let's talk [D] about the song and the resulting feud between Tom Petty and Eddie Murphy.
[G] Released in 1987 on Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's album Let Me [D] Up I've Had Enough, the song
Jammin' Me would be the first track off the record and the first single released and it
would peak at [G] number 1 on the Billboard album rock tracks chart and go to number 18 on the pop charts.
Despite that feat the [F#m] song strangely [E] enough would not be included in Petty's [D] 1993 greatest hits package.
[E] The song's writers include Tom [Em] Petty, Bob Dylan and guitarist [G] Mike Campbell.
The song [Em] Jammin' Me's origins dated [D] back to the mid 80's and was brought to Petty by his
longtime bandmate Mike Campbell who told Songfacts
Jammin' Me was interesting because I wrote the [Em] track and gave it to Tom and [G] he held it
for a while and didn't do anything with it.
Then I guess he was working with Bob Dylan one day [B] and they came up with some words.
I guess they were picking words out of a [Bm] newspaper or off the television and Tom said, oh I've
got this track of Mike's and they inserted those words over the track.
The song's message deals with information overload in the 80's due in large part to the changing media landscape.
The song would reference popular historic events of the decade [G] including the Iranian
hostage crisis, the rise of Apple computers and some popular people in show business including
the SNL alums Eddie [D] Murphy, Joe [D] Piscopo and actress Vanessa Redgrave.
The line that drew the anger of [E] Eddie Murphy would be and I quote
Take [Em] back Vanessa [G] Redgrave, take back Joe Piscopo, take back Eddie [Em] Murphy, give them
all [G] some place to go.
Petty would reflect back on the song in the book [E] Conversations with Tom Petty.
What he [D] was talking about was media [E] overload, referring to Dylan and being slammed with
[G] so many things at once.
Times were changing.
[E] There weren't four [Gm] TV channels anymore.
It was changing and that was [A] the essence I think of what he was writing about.
The song's video which got frequent [D] airplay on MTV also carried these themes showing radio and televisions.
Eddie Murphy meanwhile would join Saturday [G] Night Live in the early 80's and would be
credited with revitalizing the show after it's 70's heyday.
By 1987 [D] Murphy had left the variety show and was among the hottest stars in Hollywood including
starring in the films 48 Hours [Em] and Beverly Hills Cop.
[G] Murphy would get wind of his name [Em] being mentioned in the song and [G] reportedly told an interviewer
[F#] F Tom Petty.
[D] In reality it wasn't Petty who wrote the lyric, but Bob Dylan and Petty would respond
to Murphy's [G] anger looking back in the book Conversations with Tom Petty.
That was all Bob.
The verse about Eddie Murphy while also admitting [D] the controversy and I quote embarrassed him
a little bit.
Because I remember seeing Eddie Murphy on TV really pissed off about it.
I had nothing against Eddie Murphy or Vanessa [G] Redgrave.
Bless me up I've had enough meanwhile would be certified gold stateside selling over half
a million [D] copies.
[G] That does it for today's video guys.
Thanks for watching.
Be sure [D] to hit the like button and subscribe and we'll see you again on [G] rock n' roll true stories.
Take care.
[N]
For those of you who have been following my channel since its inception [G] then maybe you'll
know that I started out as a rhythm gaming channel that covered games like Rock Band
and Guitar Hero.
My [D] first introduction to Jammin' Me was through the video game Rock Band which released
a dozen or so Tom Petty songs from his live [Em] anthology release.
I was [G] surprised to learn years later [Em] that actor and comedian Eddie Murphy [G] took issue
with the song.
[G#] Today let's talk [D] about the song and the resulting feud between Tom Petty and Eddie Murphy.
[G] Released in 1987 on Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's album Let Me [D] Up I've Had Enough, the song
Jammin' Me would be the first track off the record and the first single released and it
would peak at [G] number 1 on the Billboard album rock tracks chart and go to number 18 on the pop charts.
Despite that feat the [F#m] song strangely [E] enough would not be included in Petty's [D] 1993 greatest hits package.
[E] The song's writers include Tom [Em] Petty, Bob Dylan and guitarist [G] Mike Campbell.
The song [Em] Jammin' Me's origins dated [D] back to the mid 80's and was brought to Petty by his
longtime bandmate Mike Campbell who told Songfacts
Jammin' Me was interesting because I wrote the [Em] track and gave it to Tom and [G] he held it
for a while and didn't do anything with it.
Then I guess he was working with Bob Dylan one day [B] and they came up with some words.
I guess they were picking words out of a [Bm] newspaper or off the television and Tom said, oh I've
got this track of Mike's and they inserted those words over the track.
The song's message deals with information overload in the 80's due in large part to the changing media landscape.
The song would reference popular historic events of the decade [G] including the Iranian
hostage crisis, the rise of Apple computers and some popular people in show business including
the SNL alums Eddie [D] Murphy, Joe [D] Piscopo and actress Vanessa Redgrave.
The line that drew the anger of [E] Eddie Murphy would be and I quote
Take [Em] back Vanessa [G] Redgrave, take back Joe Piscopo, take back Eddie [Em] Murphy, give them
all [G] some place to go.
Petty would reflect back on the song in the book [E] Conversations with Tom Petty.
What he [D] was talking about was media [E] overload, referring to Dylan and being slammed with
[G] so many things at once.
Times were changing.
[E] There weren't four [Gm] TV channels anymore.
It was changing and that was [A] the essence I think of what he was writing about.
The song's video which got frequent [D] airplay on MTV also carried these themes showing radio and televisions.
Eddie Murphy meanwhile would join Saturday [G] Night Live in the early 80's and would be
credited with revitalizing the show after it's 70's heyday.
By 1987 [D] Murphy had left the variety show and was among the hottest stars in Hollywood including
starring in the films 48 Hours [Em] and Beverly Hills Cop.
[G] Murphy would get wind of his name [Em] being mentioned in the song and [G] reportedly told an interviewer
[F#] F Tom Petty.
[D] In reality it wasn't Petty who wrote the lyric, but Bob Dylan and Petty would respond
to Murphy's [G] anger looking back in the book Conversations with Tom Petty.
That was all Bob.
The verse about Eddie Murphy while also admitting [D] the controversy and I quote embarrassed him
a little bit.
Because I remember seeing Eddie Murphy on TV really pissed off about it.
I had nothing against Eddie Murphy or Vanessa [G] Redgrave.
Bless me up I've had enough meanwhile would be certified gold stateside selling over half
a million [D] copies.
[G] That does it for today's video guys.
Thanks for watching.
Be sure [D] to hit the like button and subscribe and we'll see you again on [G] rock n' roll true stories.
Take care.
[N]
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One of my favorite Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker songs is Jammin' Me.
For those of you who have been following my channel since its inception [G] then maybe you'll
know that I started out as a rhythm gaming channel that covered games like Rock Band
and Guitar Hero.
My [D] first introduction to Jammin' Me was through the video game Rock Band which released
a dozen or so Tom Petty songs from his live [Em] anthology release.
I was [G] surprised to learn years later [Em] that actor and comedian Eddie Murphy [G] took issue
with the song.
[G#] Today let's talk [D] about the song and the resulting feud between Tom Petty and Eddie Murphy. _ _
_ [G] _ _ Released in 1987 on Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's album Let Me [D] Up I've Had Enough, the song
Jammin' Me would be the first track off the record and the first single released and it
would peak at [G] number 1 on the Billboard album rock tracks chart and go to number 18 on the pop charts.
Despite that feat the [F#m] song strangely [E] enough would not be included in Petty's [D] 1993 greatest hits package.
[E] The song's writers include Tom [Em] Petty, Bob Dylan and guitarist [G] Mike Campbell.
The song [Em] Jammin' Me's origins dated [D] back to the mid 80's and was brought to Petty by his
longtime bandmate Mike Campbell who told Songfacts
Jammin' Me was interesting because I wrote the [Em] track and gave it to Tom and [G] he held it
for a while and didn't do anything with it.
Then I guess he was working with Bob Dylan one day [B] and they came up with some words.
I guess they were picking words out of a [Bm] newspaper or off the television and Tom said, oh I've
got this track of Mike's and they inserted those words over the track.
The song's message deals with information overload in the 80's due in large part to the changing media landscape.
The song would reference popular historic events of the decade [G] including the Iranian
hostage crisis, the rise of Apple computers and some popular people in show business including
the SNL alums Eddie [D] Murphy, Joe [D] Piscopo and actress Vanessa Redgrave.
The line that drew the anger of [E] Eddie Murphy would be and I quote
Take [Em] back Vanessa [G] Redgrave, take back Joe Piscopo, take back Eddie [Em] Murphy, give them
all [G] some place to go.
Petty would reflect back on the song in the book [E] Conversations with Tom Petty.
What he [D] was talking about was media [E] overload, referring to Dylan and being slammed with
[G] so many things at once.
Times were changing.
[E] There weren't four [Gm] TV channels anymore.
It was changing and that was [A] the essence I think of what he was writing about.
The song's video which got frequent [D] airplay on MTV also carried these themes showing radio and televisions.
Eddie Murphy meanwhile would join Saturday [G] Night Live in the early 80's and would be
credited with revitalizing the show after it's 70's heyday.
By 1987 [D] Murphy had left the variety show and was among the hottest stars in Hollywood including
starring in the films 48 Hours [Em] and Beverly Hills Cop.
[G] Murphy would get wind of his name [Em] being mentioned in the song and [G] reportedly told an interviewer
[F#] F Tom Petty.
[D] In reality it wasn't Petty who wrote the lyric, but Bob Dylan and Petty would respond
to Murphy's [G] anger looking back in the book Conversations with Tom Petty.
That was all Bob.
The verse about Eddie Murphy while also admitting [D] the controversy and I quote embarrassed him
a little bit.
Because I remember seeing Eddie Murphy on TV really pissed off about it.
I had nothing against Eddie Murphy or Vanessa [G] Redgrave.
Bless me up I've had enough meanwhile would be certified gold stateside selling over half
a million [D] copies.
[G] That does it for today's video guys.
Thanks for watching.
Be sure [D] to hit the like button and subscribe and we'll see you again on [G] rock n' roll true stories.
Take care.
_ _ [N] _
For those of you who have been following my channel since its inception [G] then maybe you'll
know that I started out as a rhythm gaming channel that covered games like Rock Band
and Guitar Hero.
My [D] first introduction to Jammin' Me was through the video game Rock Band which released
a dozen or so Tom Petty songs from his live [Em] anthology release.
I was [G] surprised to learn years later [Em] that actor and comedian Eddie Murphy [G] took issue
with the song.
[G#] Today let's talk [D] about the song and the resulting feud between Tom Petty and Eddie Murphy. _ _
_ [G] _ _ Released in 1987 on Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's album Let Me [D] Up I've Had Enough, the song
Jammin' Me would be the first track off the record and the first single released and it
would peak at [G] number 1 on the Billboard album rock tracks chart and go to number 18 on the pop charts.
Despite that feat the [F#m] song strangely [E] enough would not be included in Petty's [D] 1993 greatest hits package.
[E] The song's writers include Tom [Em] Petty, Bob Dylan and guitarist [G] Mike Campbell.
The song [Em] Jammin' Me's origins dated [D] back to the mid 80's and was brought to Petty by his
longtime bandmate Mike Campbell who told Songfacts
Jammin' Me was interesting because I wrote the [Em] track and gave it to Tom and [G] he held it
for a while and didn't do anything with it.
Then I guess he was working with Bob Dylan one day [B] and they came up with some words.
I guess they were picking words out of a [Bm] newspaper or off the television and Tom said, oh I've
got this track of Mike's and they inserted those words over the track.
The song's message deals with information overload in the 80's due in large part to the changing media landscape.
The song would reference popular historic events of the decade [G] including the Iranian
hostage crisis, the rise of Apple computers and some popular people in show business including
the SNL alums Eddie [D] Murphy, Joe [D] Piscopo and actress Vanessa Redgrave.
The line that drew the anger of [E] Eddie Murphy would be and I quote
Take [Em] back Vanessa [G] Redgrave, take back Joe Piscopo, take back Eddie [Em] Murphy, give them
all [G] some place to go.
Petty would reflect back on the song in the book [E] Conversations with Tom Petty.
What he [D] was talking about was media [E] overload, referring to Dylan and being slammed with
[G] so many things at once.
Times were changing.
[E] There weren't four [Gm] TV channels anymore.
It was changing and that was [A] the essence I think of what he was writing about.
The song's video which got frequent [D] airplay on MTV also carried these themes showing radio and televisions.
Eddie Murphy meanwhile would join Saturday [G] Night Live in the early 80's and would be
credited with revitalizing the show after it's 70's heyday.
By 1987 [D] Murphy had left the variety show and was among the hottest stars in Hollywood including
starring in the films 48 Hours [Em] and Beverly Hills Cop.
[G] Murphy would get wind of his name [Em] being mentioned in the song and [G] reportedly told an interviewer
[F#] F Tom Petty.
[D] In reality it wasn't Petty who wrote the lyric, but Bob Dylan and Petty would respond
to Murphy's [G] anger looking back in the book Conversations with Tom Petty.
That was all Bob.
The verse about Eddie Murphy while also admitting [D] the controversy and I quote embarrassed him
a little bit.
Because I remember seeing Eddie Murphy on TV really pissed off about it.
I had nothing against Eddie Murphy or Vanessa [G] Redgrave.
Bless me up I've had enough meanwhile would be certified gold stateside selling over half
a million [D] copies.
[G] That does it for today's video guys.
Thanks for watching.
Be sure [D] to hit the like button and subscribe and we'll see you again on [G] rock n' roll true stories.
Take care.
_ _ [N] _