Scare Easy

"Scare Easy" is a song written and sung by Tom Petty, featured on the debut album by rock band Mudcrutch, featuring Petty and Mike Campbell. The song was used in a 2008 commercial for My Name Is Earl.^[1] The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard chart.^[2]

"Scare Easy"
Single by Mudcrutch
from the album Mudcrutch
A-side	"Scare Easy"
Released	2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Southern rock
Label	Reprise Records
Songwriter(s)	Tom Petty
Producer(s)	Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Ryan Ulyate
Mudcrutch track listing
"Shady Grove" "Scare Easy" "Orphan of the Storm" "Six Days on the Road" "Crystal River" "Oh Maria" "This Is a Good Street" "The Wrong Thing to Do" "Queen of the Go-Go Girls" "June Apple" "Lover of the Bayou" "Topanga Cowgirl" "Bootleg Flyer" "House of Stone"

"Scare Easy" was described as "full of the tones and lyrics of the mid 1970s, but the tight harmonies come from musicians who have matured."^[3]

The song can also be heard over the end credits of the film Appaloosa (2008), a Western directed and starring Ed Harris and co-starring Viggo Mortensen and Renée Zellweger. "Scare Easy" does not appear on the official soundtrack for the film.^[4]

Personnel

• Mike Campbell – Guitar, mandolin
• Tom Leadon – Guitar, vocals
• Randall Marsh – Drums
• Tom Petty – Bass, vocals
• Benmont Tench – Keyboards, vocals