Tom Petty s Band Hated the first draft of Mary Jane s Last Dance News 30/12/2020
Mike Campbell (Heartbreakers guitarist) said the band used to hate Tom Petty s early draft of 1993 s
Mary Jane s Last Dance . He recalls:
What s funny is that when Tom wrote this song, when he first showed it to me, the chorus was Hey Indiana girl, go out and find the world . It was a completely different chorus and we all hated it. A few days later, Tom came in a sang, Last dance for [sic] Mary Jane
Apparently, the band thought this particular track was the
most misunderstood in their catalog, given the many interpretations of the title.