Long After Dark  by Tom Petty

Long After Dark is the fifth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on November 2, 1982, by Backstreet Records. It is considered one of the band's most "underrated" yet representative albums, combining their classic rock sound with the new trends of the time.

The album moves within the paths of heartland rock, pop rock, and new wave while maintaining the style of previous albums, which originated from the heart of the '60s. It is the first time the band experimented heavily with synthesizers (as in You Got Lucky), giving a "nighttime" pulse to the tracks. It was recorded between 1981–1982 at Record Plant, Wally Heider's, Crystal, and Rumbo studios in Los Angeles, and the production was done by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty himself. Long After Dark is known as the album that "could have been even bigger." Petty had left out tracks like Keeping Me Alive, a decision he later regretted.

Long After Dark reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and managed to become gold in the U.S.