<p id=”par-1_60″>In 1981, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks released duets with one another on their respective albums. Nicks had long wanted Petty to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/why-tom-petty-wouldnt-write-songs-stevie-nicks-after-she-got-out-rehab.html/”>write her a song</a> and, to her delight, he wrote two duets for them. Petty kept the first song because he couldn’t bear to give it up. While Nicks was happy with the result, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/5-original-members-tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers.html/”>Petty’s bandmates</a> were not. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-tom-petty-s-bandmates-didn-t-want-him-to-give-stevie-nicks-a-song”>Tom Petty’s bandmates didn’t want him to give Stevie Nicks a song</h2>
<p id=”par-2_47″>Nicks was a huge fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. When she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/why-tom-petty-was-wary-of-stevie-nicks-when-they-met.html/”>met the frontman</a>, she asked him to write her a song. He agreed, and the result was “Insider.” The trouble was, when Petty heard her singing it, he realized he couldn’t give it up.</p>
<p id=”par-3_55″>“She walked back in and said, ‘How was it?’ I said, ‘It’s amazing,’” Petty said in 1981, per <a href=”https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/he-said-god-when-i-asked-for-a-song-i-didnt-expect-this-tom-petty-and-mike-campbell-on-the-song-they-couldnt-give-stevie-nicks-and-the-one-they-did-that-became-a-hit” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Guitar Player</a>. “She said, ‘I can tell by the look on your face, you don’t wanna give me this song. I’m giving it back to you right now.’ I really thought a lot of her for that.”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_37″>To make up for this, Petty wrote “<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/song-tom-petty-gave-stevie-nicks-terrible-guilt.html/”>Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around</a>.” It appeared on Nicks’ debut solo album, <em>Bella Donna</em>. She loved the song, and Petty’s bandmates did too. They thought it was better than “Insider.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_36″>“As a trade-out for ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,’ I didn’t think it was a good bargain at all,” drummer Stan Lynch said. “I remember [the discussion], ‘Well, we got ‘Insider,’ and I’m going, ‘Bad trade!’”</p>
<p id=”par-6_15″>Regardless of the quality of either song, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” performed better commercially.</p>