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}} "Free Fallin'" is the opening track from Tom Petty's 1989 solo debut album, ''Full Moon Fever''. The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne (and also features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar). The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song completed for ''Full Moon Fever''. "Free Fallin'" is one of Petty's most famous tracks, as well as his longest-charting. It peaked at #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in January 1990. Petty and The Heartbreakers performed the song at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1989 with Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin and at the February 2008 Super Bowl XLII Halftime Show. The song is ranked #177 on the ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was featured in the 1996 film ''Jerry Maguire'' and ''The Sopranos'' episode 2.13, "Funhouse" (2000). Lou Reed selected the song as one of his 'picks of 1989'.〔''Rolling Stone'', March 8, 1990〕 The song is featured in the video game ''Lego Rock Band.'' ==Los Angeles-area references== Multiple references to Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley appear in the lyrics of the song, including: *"The Valley" – the name the San Fernando Valley is known as colloquially *Reseda – a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley *101 "Ventura" Freeway - the lyrics mention "a freeway runnin' through the yard" of the subject's Reseda home - putatively the 101 Freeway, which has an exit for Reseda Boulevard, albeit in the higher-income neighborhood of Tarzana *Ventura Boulevard – a primary east-west thoroughfare in the San Fernando Valley *"Mulholland" – a reference to Mulholland Drive, an arterial road which traverses the San Fernando Valley and Bel Air, following the ridgeline of the eastern Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood Hills 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Free Fallin'」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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