Don't Come Around Here No More

I remember seeing the music video for this song when I was groing up. Tom Petty was dressed as the Mad Hatter and they had a whole Alice and wonderland theame going with these huge cardboard cutout backgrounds. This vidoe actullay won an award for best special effects. Tom Petty's speech said. "This video had no special effects, thank you very much." and he walked off the stage.

PERFECT background!!

This is a great song and video. i think the lyrics have a soothing effect on you, it kind of settles broken emotions "i dont feel you anymore" anyone who's ever been dumped can really sympathize with this song.

Didn't Tom not even right this song? I watched a 4 hour documentary on Petty the other day and they said that Dave Stewart from The Eurythmics came in with it and it was intended for Stevie Nicks to sing. I think he only had the line "don't come around here no more" written and Petty must have filled in the rest, so it's probably meaningless to him, as many of his songs are. i.e. he doesn't have to have gone through an experience to write about it.

oh yeah, Stewart is also the guy smoking the Hookah in the video.

I believe that this song is about someone shunning someone from their life. To me it sounds like a relationship gone bad. There's just something about the constant replaying of "I've given up.. Stop!" throughout the song that makes me think the singer is really tormented with feelings that wont die but he's trying very hard to push this individual out of his life. And him saying "Whatever you're looking for" tells me that maybe the person doesn't even love him and is just using him. Or at least that's how he feels, because he obviously doesn't believe that it's love. He's tried and waited but he knows it's over and he wants to make that clear as much as it may hurt. It's a great song. Limited in lyrics but the emotions in the way those lyrics are said and the drive in them just makes it the perfect breakup song.

Fucking great song

haha, thats the kind of thing that only tom petty can say.

this song is honestly the best lyrically!!! i love it! sooooooooooooo much

All the censors on the religious right plus Tipper Gore and the feminazis were really fired up about the video, which is one of the reasons it is so great!

Great song!Disturbing video!