Steve Earle’s contributions to the highly-anticipated tribute album Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, due on June 21 via Big Machine Records, have dropped. “Yer So Bad” finds Earle expanding the original format of the Petty rocker with a bluegrass-tinged effect that still lives in the country/rock realm.

Earle’s contributions debuted yesterday via Tom Petty Radio on Sirius XM, ahead of his arrival on the show next Friday, May 17. On the show, he will join revered music journalist David Fricke. During the broadcast appearance, the pair will discuss the tribute album and Earle’s polished cover. 

Notably, “Yer So Bad” was released in 1990 as the fifth single off Petty’s debut solo album, Full Moon Fever, peaking at No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The song is a prime example of Petty’s ability to tell stories through music, a distinctive skill that has significantly influenced the country music genre, and is now being redelivered by Earle, further emphasizing the impact of Petty’s work. 

“Yer So Bad” represents the latest preview of Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, following Chris Stapleton’s “I Should Have Known It,” Dolly Parton’s “Southern Accents” and Dierks Bentley’s “American Girl.” Curated by close friends and collaborators, the set leans into the country and American sphere, with a presentation of 20 songs that pull the artist’s southern roots and Gainesville, Fla. experience into the mix as a reflective piece of recognition and respect for one of rock-and-roll’s greatest acts.

Listen to “Yer So Bad” below. Pre-order Petty Country now.

Petty Country Tracklist 

1. “I Should Have Known It” by Chris Stapleton

2. “Wildflowers” by Thomas Rhett

3. “Runnin’ Down A Dream” by Luke Combs 

4. “Southern Accents” by Dolly Parton

5. “Here Comes My Girl” by Justin Moore

6. “American Girl” by Dierks Bentley

7. “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” by Lady A

8. “I Forgive It All” by Jamey Johnson

9. “I Won’t Back Down” by Brothers Osborne

10. “Refugee” by Wynonna Judd & Lainey Wilson

11. “Angel Dream No. 2” by Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson

12. “Learning To Fly” by Eli Young Band

13. “Breakdown” by Ryan Hurd feat. Carly Pearce

14. “Yer So Bad” by Steve Earle

15. “Ways To Be Wicked” by Margo Price feat. Mike Campbell

16. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” by Midland

17. “Free Fallin’” by The Cadillac Three feat. Breland

18. “I Need To Know” by Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives

19. “Don’t Come Around Here No More” by Rhiannon Giddens feat. Silkroad Ensemble and Benmont Tench

20. “You Wreck Me (Live)” by George Strait