Covers of Tom Petty songs by Eddie Vedder, WEEZER, THE WAR ON DRUGS, KURT VILE, LARKIN POE and more will appear on the soundtrack album for new Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, set for release via HighTower Music on October 4.
Vedder’s cover of Room At The Top was recorded by an all-star band including TOP PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS keyboardist Benmont Tench, AC/DC bassist Chris Chaney, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith, producer Andrew Watt (The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam), singer-songwriter Glen Hansard and PEARL JAM‘s touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer (ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers).
Vedder had previously performed a cover of the song at the 2018 Oscars ceremony, staged at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The singer has also covered Petty‘s I Won’t Back Down and Wildflowers in concert over the years.