It’s Good to Be King
~ Recording by Tom Petty
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:10 | Tom Petty | It's Good To Be King | Tom Petty | Single |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 17925-2 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (with Slipcase, WE833) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45759-2 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (Jewel Case, WE833) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45759-2 |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (club edition) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | W2 45759 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 45759-2 |
| 1.1 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:10 | Tom Petty | It's Good To Be King | Tom Petty | Single |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7-17925 |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album |
| WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | CDW 45759 |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:10 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 45759-1 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (BMG club release) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 9 45759-2, D 106260 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | WBCD 1806 |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (No slipcase, WE830) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-45759-2 |
| 1.2 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:10 | Tom Petty | It's Good To Be King | Tom Petty | Single |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9362-43527-2 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:10 | Tom Petty | The Complete Studio Albums, Volume 2 (1994–2014) | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 1-556451 (KI) |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:08 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest (super deluxe edition) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:08 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest (deluxe) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 2 547888 |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:12 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 093624899112 |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest | Tom Petty | Album | Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 093624929291 | |
| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All The Rest (Super Deluxe Edition (5 disc)) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 093624893004 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:08 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest (Super Deluxe Edition) | Tom Petty | Album |
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| 1.5 | It's Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest | Tom Petty | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 093624929291 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers & All the Rest | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 093624929284 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (Because Sound Matters One-Step) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Records (2019–present; circle imprint with “Warner Records” next to it) | 093624831440 |
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album | 143 Records (Atlantic subsidiary), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | ||
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:08 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.2 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:08 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers: The Indulgent Version | Tom Petty | Album |
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| Withdrawn | |||||||||
| 1.5 | It’s Good to Be King | 5:11 | Tom Petty | Wildflowers (PonoMusic version) | Tom Petty | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
Relationships
| additional engineer: | Stephen McLaughlin (American audio engineer at Rensselaer, EMPAC) |
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| assistant engineer: | Joe Barresi (recording engineer, mixer, producer) Steve Holroyd Jeff Sheehan |
| engineer: | David Bianco (American engineer and record producer) Richard Dodd (mastering engineer, producer and engineer) Jim Scott (US recording engineer and producer) |
| producer: | Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) Tom Petty Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records) |
| assistant mixer: | Kenji Nasai |
| mixer: | Richard Dodd (mastering engineer, producer and engineer) |
| bass guitar: | Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) |
| drums (drum set): | Steve Ferrone |
| electric guitar: | Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) Tom Petty |
| percussion: | Lenny Castro |
| piano: | Benmont Tench |
| background vocals and background vocals [harmony vocals]: | Howie Epstein Tom Petty |
| vocals: | Tom Petty |
| conductor: | Michael Kamen (American score composer) |
| orchestrator: | Michael Kamen (American score composer) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1994) WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1994) |
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| recorded at: | Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | Andora Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| recording of: | It's Good to Be King |
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Related works
It's Good to Be King
| orchestrator: | Michael Kamen (American score composer) |
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| lyricist and composer: | Tom Petty |
| publisher: | Gone Gator Music (ASCAP affiliated) |
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