Watch the Nostalgic Music Video for Tom Petty’s “Gainesville”
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A new video for Tom Petty’s “Gainesville,” a previously unreleased track included in Petty’s career-spanning box set An American Treasure, was released on Monday.
The track was recorded while Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers recorded Echo, the group’s 10th studio album released in 1999, but wasn’t included on the album because the track’s nostalgic sentiments didn’t fit with the album’s overall darker vibe.
The sentimentality of “Gainesville” is a strength for its video, however, which predominately features found footage of Petty over the years—in the studio, at home with family and friends, and on tour. Placing focus on the city for which the track was written, where Petty grew up, the video also showcases murals painted in his honor around the Florida town.