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The track was recorded in 1984.

It was during the recording of this track that Petty broke his hand.

Petty remembers being so high on drugs that he couldn't get an arrangement he liked.

Petty went into the control room, and put the original demo tape on, which featured just him and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar.

This made him so furious that he stormed up the stairs into his house, and punched the wall with his left hand, causing him to powder it.

After a while, Tom Petty called Jimmy Iovine in to help him finish " Rebels " along with some other tracks on Southern Accents.

Alan " Bugs " Weidel, Tom's roadie, considers " Rebels " a least favorite of his due to Petty's broken hand.