Eddie Vedder has finally released a studio version of “Room at the Top,” the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song he has been covering live for years.
It appears on the soundtrack to the upcoming Apple TV+ Evil Monkeystarring Vince Vaughn, a series about a former police detective in Florida. In fact, the show’s entire soundtrack is made up of Petty covers – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit cover “You’re Gonna Get It,” Marcus King takes on “The Waiting,” and Larkin Poe takes on “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” to name a few.
You can listen to Vedder’s new recording below.
Eddie Vedder’s love for Tom Petty
Vedder has long been a fan of Petty and his work, covering several of his songs in concert and occasionally teaming up with members of the Heartbreakers. In 2022, he played “Room at the Top” and “The Waiting” with guitarist Mike Campbell at the Ohana Music Festival.
“Tomorrow it will be five years since we all lost this guy (Petty) who was a part of our lives,” he told the crowd at the time (via Rolling Stone). “I think about him all the time, as we all do. I keep reminding myself how grateful we can be because we still have his voice in our heads and the songs are inside us. We can play them loud and still hear him.”
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