Mary Jane 's Last Dance - wikipedia Mary Jane 's Last Dance `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '' Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the album Greatest Hits Released November 1993 ( 1993 - 11 ) Format CD 7 '' Recorded July 22, 1993 Genre Rock Length 4 : 35 Label MCA Songwriter ( s ) Tom Petty Producer ( s ) Rick Rubin Tom Petty Mike Campbell Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology `` Into the Great Wide Open '' ( 1992 ) `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '' ( 1993 ) `` Something in the Air '' ( 1993 ) `` Into the Great Wide Open '' ( 1992 ) `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '' ( 1993 ) `` Something in the Air '' ( 1993 ) `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '' is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was recorded on July 22, 1993, while Petty was recording his Wildflowers album, and was produced by Rick Rubin, guitarist Mike Campbell, and Tom Petty. The sessions would prove to be the last to include drummer Stan Lynch before his eventual departure in 1994. This song was first released as part of the Greatest Hits album in 1993. It rose to No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Billboard Top 20 hit of the 1990s, and also topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for two weeks. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 End - of - year charts 4 Cover versions 5 References 6 External links Content Asked if the song was about drugs, Heartbreaker guitarist Mike Campbell said, `` In the verse there is still the thing about an Indiana girl on an Indiana night, just when it gets to the chorus he had the presence of mind to give it a deeper meaning. My take on it is it can be whatever you want it to be. A lot of people think it 's a drug reference, and if that 's what you want to think, it very well could be, but it could also just be a goodbye love song. '' In the rest of the interview, Campbell said that the song was originally titled `` Indiana Girl '' and the first chorus `` Hey, Indiana Girl, go out and find the world. '' He added that Petty ' just could n't get behind singing about `` hey, Indiana Girl, '' ' so he changed the chorus a week later. Music video This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2013 ) The music video, which won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video in 1994, features Petty as a morgue assistant who takes home a beautiful dead woman ( played by Kim Basinger ). He then tries to bring her back to life by acting as if she were alive, putting her in front of a television set and then dressing her as a bride, sitting her at the dinner table and dancing with her with no effect. A scene in the video featuring the dead woman wearing a wedding dress in a room full of wax candles is loosely based on a passage from the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations. The plot also has similarities with the French movie Cold Moon, itself inspired by a Charles Bukowski short story ( `` The Copulating Mermaid of Venice '' ). Later, Petty is shown carrying her to a rocky shore and gently releasing her into the sea. At the end of the video, Basinger, who is seen floating in the water, opens her eyes. During the final scenes of the video, Petty is seen carrying Basinger through a cave before placing her in the water. The cave is located at Leo Carrillo State Park, California, where many movies and television shows were filmed. I said, `` She 's got to look really good, or why would he keep her around after she 's dead ? '' I thought, Kim Basinger would be good. I 'd probably keep her for a day or two, let 's go see if she would do it. '' You can make a joke about it, but you have to act a bit to be dead. It 's not easy. -- Tom Petty on what made him decide that Kim Basinger would be a good choice for the corpse Now that was one of the coolest things I 've ever done in my life. It was classic, was n't it ? He was a doll, and he was so sweet and asked me to do it, and both of us are extremely shy so we just said three words to each other the whole time. I 'll never forget how heavy that dress was ! And I had to be dead the whole time. You know, it 's really one of the hardest things I 've ever done in my life, because I had to be completely weightless to be in his arms the way I was. It won all those awards, and the kids love it -- even today ! -- Kim Basinger I did the `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '' video ( in 1993 ) for one reason : Tom Petty. I did n't even care what it was about -- I was just blown away when he called. Then I heard the music, and I was so in love with the song. The director ( Keir McFarlane ) was a gruff guy ; it was kind of like, his way or the highway. And I always found Tom to be incredibly sensitive and sort of a backseat guy. He was just very humble, beautifully shy. I 'm not the most outgoing human being in the world, and I thought, `` I 'm shy ; he 's shy. '' But as the story really unfolded and this director kept saying, `` Look, you have got to really play dead -- all your weight, '' we laughed so hard. I just honestly could n't keep it together sometimes ! Tom had a great sense of humor. I remember getting out of the pool that day and just being so glad it was over, but so proud that I had worked with him. -- Kim Basinger Besides Cold Moon and Great Expectations, the plot of the video also bears some semblance to the final segment of the 1987 Belgian film Crazy Love ( which in itself, is like Cold Moon, also inspired by the writings of Charles Bukowski, in particular `` The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, California '' ). However, only in the video for `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '' was any sexual contact between Tom Petty and Kim Basinger ( `` the corpse '' ) not shown despite being implied. Also unlike in the later music video, there was no `` gotcha ending '' in Crazy Love. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1993 -- 94 ) Peak position Canadian RPM Top Singles 5 Dutch Singles Chart 26 German Singles Chart 63 UK Singles Chart 52 U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14 End - of - year charts End of year chart ( 1994 ) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 77 Cover versions In 2010, the singer / songwriter Derwood released a southern rock / reggae version of the song. It was released as a single under the album name Mary Jane 's Last Dance. In 2005, Keller Williams released a bluegrass version, combined with the Petty song `` Breakdown '', entitled `` Mary Jane 's Last Breakdown '' on the album Grass. In 2006, a US radio station claimed that Red Hot Chili Peppers hit single, `` Dani California '' had plagiarised `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '', even calling for Petty to sue the band. Longtime Petty and Chili Peppers producer Rick Rubin produced both songs. Petty responded by saying that he was not going to sue the Chili Peppers and felt that there was no negative intent and that a lot of rock and roll songs sound alike. The main riff in Petty 's song, however, resembles the main riff in another song called `` Waiting for the Sun '' which was released in 1992 by The Jayhawks. The Jayhawks were the opening act for Petty 's tour in 1992 and keyboardist Benmont Tench played on both `` Waiting for the Sun '' and `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance ''. In 2013, Kenny Chesney released a song entitled `` Pirate Flag ''. In manner similar to the Red Hot Chili Peppers case, many have compared Chesney 's song to `` Mary Jane 's Last Dance '', saying the songs are similar in the way the verses are sung. References Jump up ^ Greatest Hits 2008 Reissue Liner Notes Pg. 12 Jump up ^ Allmusic : Mary Jane 's Last Dance Jump up ^ Billboard.com Artist Chart History Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition ( Billboard Publications ), page 490. Jump up ^ `` Mike Campbell : Songwriter Interviews ''. songfacts.com. Jump up ^ Willman, Chris ( February 20, 1994 ). `` Battle of the Sexes : The Video Game ''. Los Angeles Times. Jump up ^ Beebe, Middleton, Roger, Jason. Medium Cool : Music Videos from Soundies to Cellphones. p. 97. Jump up ^ `` Top 10 Songs About Necrophilia ''. OH NO THEY DIDN 'T. October 30, 2011. Jump up ^ Turcotte, Matthew W. `` Last Dance With Mary Jane... ''. A Pop Culture Addict 's Guide To Life. Jump up ^ Cinquemani, Gonzalez, Sal, Ed ( June 30, 2003 ). `` The 100 Greatest Music Videos ''. Slant Magazine. Jump up ^ `` CELEBS WHO PLAYED DEAD ''. Wonderwall.com. October 19, 2010. Jump up ^ Russell, Deborah ( January 15, 1994 ). `` Dead Beat ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Newman, Melinda ( December 5, 2005 ). `` Tom Petty - BILLBOARD 'S 2005 CENTURY AWARD HONOREE : A Portrait of the Artist ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Stern, Marlow ( June 5, 2015 ). `` Kim Basinger on ' The 11th Hour, ' Why the First ' Batman ' Is Best, and Her Wild Time Dating Prince ''. The Daily Beast. Jump up ^ Bliss, Karen ( October 23, 2017 ). `` Kim Basinger Reflects On Playing Dead For ' Mary Jane 's Last Dance ' Video : ' I Did It Because Of Tom Petty ' ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Tom Cruise, Liz Phair, Lucinda Williams, Kim Basinger & More Remember Tom Petty ''. Billboard. October 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1994 ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 01. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 27. Jump up ^ `` Petty Wo n't Sue Chili Peppers ''. MTV UK. Jump up ^ `` Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers : Mary Jane 's Last Dance sounds like The Jayhawks : Waiting for the Sun - Sounds Just Like ''. soundsjustlike.com. Jump up ^ `` Maverick & Lulu ''. 106.5 CTQ. External links Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers : Mary Jane 's Last Dance on IMDb Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Ron Blair Mike Campbell Howie Epstein Steve Ferrone Stan Lynch Tom Petty Benmont Tench Scott Thurston Studio albums Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You 're Gonna Get It ! Damn the Torpedoes Hard Promises Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up ( I 've Had Enough ) Into the Great Wide Open Songs and Music from `` She 's the One '' Echo The Last DJ Mojo Hypnotic Eye Live albums Official Live ' Leg Pack Up the Plantation : Live ! The Live Anthology Mojo Tour 2010 Compilations Greatest Hits Playback Anthology : Through the Years Videography Pack Up the Plantation : Live ! 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