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{{Infobox song
|type = single
|artist = [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]
|name = Room at the Top
|genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://returnofrock.com/echo-songs-ranked/ | title=Echo Songs Ranked | date=13 October 2021 }}</ref>
|length = 5:01
|writer = [[Tom Petty]]
|album = [[Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Echo]]
| B-side = "Sweet William"
|released = 1999
| prev_title = [[Free Girl Now]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[Swingin' (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Swingin']]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
"'''Room at the Top'''" is the first track on the album ''[[Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)|Echo]]'' by [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], and the second single from the album. It reached number 19 on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart.<ref name="Billboardmainstream" />
The song is about [[escapism]] and the end of Petty's first marriage. Petty described it as one of the most depressing songs in [[rock music|rock]] history,<ref>{{cite web | title=Echo by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | website=Classic Rock Review | date=2019-05-12 | url=https://www.classicrockreview.com/2019/05/1999-tom-petty-echo/ | access-date=2020-08-16}}</ref> and so intensely personal for him that once the Echo tour was over, he refused to play it.<ref>{{cite web | author=Songfacts | title=Room At The Top by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | website=Songfacts | url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/room-at-the-top | access-date=2020-08-16}}</ref>
"Room at the Top" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] at the [[42nd Annual Grammy Awards]].
==Eddie Vedder version==
[[Eddie Vedder]] performed "Room at the Top" during the "In Memoriam" segment at the [[90th Academy Awards]] that took place six months after Petty's death. He later recorded the studio version for the soundtrack to the TV show ''[[Bad Monkey (TV series)|Bad Monkey]]''.
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (1999)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|19|artist=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|refname="Billboardmainstream"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers|refname="Billboardadultalternative"}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers}}
[[Category:1999 songs]]
[[Category:Tom Petty songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tom Petty]]