"Southern Accents" is the fourth track from the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album of the same name.
It was during the recording sessions for this album that Petty broke his hand after punching a wall out of frustration.
[4] The song, along with the rest of the album was recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, California.
The song was met with generally positive reviews from several major sources such as Rolling Stone, which called it "a fierce defense of his Southern roots and an ambitious fight for his creative honor.
Petty said: "That may be my favorite among my songs – just in terms of a piece of pure writing.