<P> Due to its themes, the song was played often on American radio following the September 11 attacks . Petty and the Heartbreakers played a quiet but resolute version of the song at the America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon following the 2001 attacks . </P> <P> In the 2007 documentary Runnin' Down a Dream, Petty said that he felt some initial hesitation about releasing the song, given its clear and unabashed message . </P> <P> The music video, directed by David Leland, was shot on March 22 and 23, 1989 on a sound stage at Pinewood Studios and released on April 24, 1989 . Traveling Wilburys bandmates George Harrison and Jeff Lynne appear in the video . Mike Campbell and Harrison's former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr are also featured in the video along with Harrison's famous painted Fender Stratocaster "Rocky" being played by Campbell . Starr is depicted in the video as playing the drums on the song, though drumming was actually performed by Phil Jones on the record . </P> <P> In January 2015, it was revealed that an agreement had been reached whereby Petty and Jeff Lynne would be credited as co-writers of Sam Smith's song "Stay with Me" and receive 12.5% of its royalties . Petty's publishing company had contacted Smith's publisher after noticing a likeness between "Stay with Me" and "I Won't Back Down". Petty clarified that he did not believe Smith plagiarized him, saying "All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen . Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by . Sam's people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement". Smith claimed he had never heard "I Won't Back Down" before he wrote "Stay with Me", but he acknowledged the similarity after listening to the song, and said that the likeness was "a complete coincidence". Petty and Lynne were not eligible for a Grammy Award ("Stay with Me" was nominated for three awards at the 57th annual ceremony, winning two of them) as the Recording Academy considered "Stay with Me" to have been interpolated from "I Won't Back Down" by Smith, James Napier, and William Phillips, the writers of "Stay with Me"; Petty and Lynne were instead given certificates to honor their participation in the work, as is usual for writers of sampled or interpolated work . </P>

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