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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have delivered its interpretation of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “You’re Gonna Get It.” The single arrives as part of the soundtrack for a new Apple TV+ series, Bad Monkey, a comedy crime drama featuring Vince Vaugh as a former detective turned restaurant inspector. The music release arrives in line with the series’ fourth episode, which drops today.
“You’re Gonna Get It” derives from Petty and the Heartbreakers’ second studio LP, for which the track was named. Initially released in May 1978, the song has remained a favored feature of the artist and his band’s wide-ranging crop of original music. Given its Southern rock lean, the number maintains the authenticity of the frontman’s Florida roots, evident on Isbell’s cover–a thoughtful throughline, given the television show’s Sunshine State setting.
The former Drive-By Truckers mainstay is ideal for reinterpreting Petty’s vocal and instrumental vigor by reinforcing the song’s underlining theme of freedom and determination to break free of life’s binds, relationships, or otherwise.
Notably, earlier this year, The Tom Petty Estate released a tribute LP, Petty Country, which features a similar flair of admiration and respect for the beloved music canon. While “You’re Gonna Get It” did not make said tracking list, other favorites received the celebratory treatment from the likes of Dolly Parton (“Southern Accents”), Brothers Osborne (“I Won’t Back Down”), Margo Price Ft. Mike Campbell (“Ways to Be Wicked”), and more.
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