Into the Great Wide Open

1991 single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
VisualArtwork single Q3800731
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Into the Great Wide Open

Summary

Into the Great Wide Open is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Into the Great Wide Open's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Into the Great Wide Open's genre is heartland rock[4].
  • Into the Great Wide Open followed Learning to Fly[5].
  • Into the Great Wide Open was followed by Mary Jane's Last Dance[6].
  • Into the Great Wide Open was produced by Tom Petty[7].
  • Among the performers on Into the Great Wide Open was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers[8].
  • Into the Great Wide Open's record label is recorded as MCA Records[9].
  • Into the Great Wide Open is part of Into the Great Wide Open[10].
  • Into the Great Wide Open was released on September 9, 1991[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[12]

  • First release date: 1991[13]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, folk rock, rock[14]

  • Community tags: classic rock, folk rock, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4dc9fa76-fe25-4f4b-9831-81e6ef97cc39[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Into the Great Wide Open was performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers[8]. It was produced by Tom Petty[7].

Publication

Into the Great Wide Open was released on September 9, 1991[11]. Its genre is heartland rock[4]. It is part of it[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Into the Great Wide Open followed Learning to Fly[5]. It was followed by Mary Jane's Last Dance[6].

Why It Matters

Into the Great Wide Open ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Into the Great Wide Open. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/into-the-great-wide-open-q3800731
MLA “Into the Great Wide Open.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/into-the-great-wide-open-q3800731.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_into-the-great-wide-open-q3800731_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Into the Great Wide Open}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/into-the-great-wide-open-q3800731}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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