Tom Petty Radio Premieres Original Demo Version of ‘You Don’t Know How It Feels’
It’s the first song from a long-awaited Tom Petty release coming later this year.
The Petty Family has released Tom Petty’s eight-track demo of his classic song “You Don’t Know How It Feels,” which will be part of a forthcoming “Wildflowers” project on Warner Records. The home recording premiered on Tom Petty Radio on Thursday, June 25, along with an exclusive interview with Adria Petty about the release.
The demo, recorded in his home studio, is stunning and intimate. The song, well known for the lyric, “Let’s get to the point, and let’s roll another joint,” has slightly different lyrics. It shows an insight into his writing process and introduces a line from another favorite “Wildflowers” track, “Crawling Back To You,” stating, “Most things I worry about never happen anyway.”
A humorous, animated video created and directed by Ben “Blaze” Brooks and Aaron Hymes was also released.
“The family and the band are in a joyful process of discovering the ‘Wildflowers’ sessions and demos and wanted to share a tiny bit of that with the fans today,” Adria Petty added, on behalf of the Petty Family.
“You Don’t Know How It Feels” was first released in November 1994.
