Runnin' Down a Dream

"Runnin' Down a Dream"
Single by Tom Petty
from the album Full Moon Fever
B-side
  • "Alright for Now"
  • "Down the Line"
ReleasedJuly 29, 1989
Genre
Length4:25
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jeff Lynne
  • Tom Petty
  • Mike Campbell
Tom Petty singles chronology
"I Won't Back Down"
(1989)
"Runnin' Down a Dream"
(1989)
"Free Fallin'"
(1989)

"Runnin' Down a Dream" is a song co-written and recorded by Tom Petty. It was released in July 1989 as the second single from his first solo album Full Moon Fever. "Runnin' Down a Dream" achieved reasonable chart success, reaching number 23 both in Canada and on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top of the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It has since garnered significant airplay on classic rock stations, and lent its name to the 2007 documentary on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.