Sam Smith Regrets Not Responding To Tom Petty’s Letter Over “Stay With Me” Credit, But Maintains They’d Never Heard “I Won’t Back Down”

Last year, Sam Smith did a 24-show residency at Brooklyn's small Warsaw. The singer used the opportunity to cover Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' 1987 song "It Will All Work Out" and discuss their copyright dispute with the classic rock icon, revealing that Petty had written them a letter at the time. Smith elaborated on the story in a recent episode of…