I Should Have Known It
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| "I Should Have Known It" | ||||
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| Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| from the album Mojo | ||||
| Released | 2010 | |||
| Recorded | The Clubhouse, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 3:38 | |||
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"I Should Have Known It" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 2010 album Mojo. It was included on Petty's 2019 posthumous greatest hits album The Best of Everything.[1] The song has been described as a great rocker with a riff in Led Zeppelin's style.[2]
Tom Petty and Mike Campbell recorded I Should Have Known It on January 7, 2010 at The Clubhouse in Los Angeles. This song was presumably written about a girlfriend of Tom's where the relationship was on the rocks. Petty's long-time lead guitarist Mike Campbell told Jam! Music that the blues-based album where the single was included was inspired by the sound of his recently acquired sunburst '59 Les Paul. "I got a new guitar which is actually an old guitar," he said. "It's the classic Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Eric Clapton-era guitar. There were only 500 or 600 of them made that year. There's just something about the harmonic overtones in it when I picked it up and plugged it in, it immediately had that classic British blues sound.[3] He recorded "I Should Have Known It" using a 1959 Les Paul Sunburst, with a backing rhythm by Scott Thurston who recorded with an Epiphone Sheraton. Ron Blair, bassist for the Heartbreakers recorded this song with a 1959 Precision Bass and Benmont Tench recorded the song using a Steinway Grand Piano.
Personnel
Personnel taken from Mojo liner notes.[4]
- Tom Petty – vocals
- Mike Campbell – lead guitar
- Benmont Tench – piano
- Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar
- Ron Blair – bass guitar
- Steve Ferrone – drums