'Don't Come Around Here No More'

“Don’t Come Around Here No More” is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics. It was released in February 1985 as the lead single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers‘ 1985 album Southern Accents.

The original inspiration was a romantic encounter that Stewart had with Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac.^[1] On The Howard Stern Show, Dave Stewart explained that the title’s phrase was actually uttered by Nicks. She had broken up with Joe Walsh the night before^[2], and invited Stewart to her place for a party after an early Eurythmics show in Los Angeles. Stewart did not know who she was at the time, but went anyway. When the party goers all disappeared to a bathroom for a couple of hours to snort cocaine, he decided to go upstairs to bed. He woke up at 5am to find Nicks in his room trying on Victorian clothing and described the entire scenario as very much reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. Later that morning, she told Walsh, “Don’t come around here no more”.