Long After Dark

Long After Dark is the fifth album by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released November 2, 1982 on Backstreet Records. Notable for the MTV hit “You Got Lucky,” the album was also the band’s first to feature Howie Epstein on bass and harmony vocals. Epstein’s vocals are prevalent throughout the album, most notably on “Change of Heart.” From this album on Epstein’s vocals became an integral part of the Heartbreakers’ sound.

Two other singles from the album were released, “Change of Heart” and “Straight into Darkness,” with the former joining “You Got Lucky” in the Billboard top 40. “Keeping Me Alive,” an outtake from the sessions for the album,. was a Petty favorite, and was eventually released on Petty’s 1995 box set Playback. In July 2018, “Keep A Little Soul,” another outtake from Long After Dark, was released as the first single to promote Petty’s box set, An American Treasure.