John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

[sweetdude112]

Thumbs up for the chocolate moose at :50 !!

[Wil07420]

thumbs up if your listening in 1982!!

[ChanChan3255]

I'm from Iowa and am living in Germany these days. I heard this song on the radio this morning and it made me really homesick.

[LostFormers]

je l'ai entendu dans les simpsons depuis je la cherchais et voila je l'ai enfin trouvé et je l'adore !!!

[MrSOFIANESK]

@LostFormers Moi aussi !! Vive les Simpsons , ca été la meme avec Jackson Brown ^^

[dtracker9boom]

I wouldnt listen to it if i didnt like it

[Nickstersirs]

my favorite song since i was 3. no shit, good thing i had parents who had good taste in music.

[ratliffracin99]

51 people don't know shit about life:-)

[HerbalCulture]

Nostalgia at it's best. I have vivid memories of dancing to this song with Mom.

[thedoctorTARDIS]

never heard this till i saw weird al's parody on the simpsons. love it.

[ChristianPantelism]

So many memories

[alaznist]

Does anyone recognize the girl from this video??? Shes a movie star now.... Or looks to e Virginia Madsen anyway.

[kdballance]

14 and love this song. It's a classic! :D

[MrJonathanStag]

I feel like you don't have to prove how cool you are because you like classic rock as a teenager. Also, I'm only 16 and I like this song. LOVE ME!

[metlag65]

Simplemente chingón, buena voz, lindo estilo, hermosas letras, simplemente inefable ...

[SlyDessertFox]

This is what I sing whenever I feel down. Brings up my mood every time.

[Gunit09alc]

i sing this song all the time at the karaoke at the VFW lol i'm only 21 lol awesome song even for the youth

[SaracenzS]

yeah..nice song...cool

[southsidedickerson13]

Sounds fun @rachelsworld

[rachelsworld96]

i totally bonded with my principal about this song the other day, and i'm a 15 year old girl. #awkward.

[pateenlectrician]

The audio quality on this video is terrible!

[granpamuzic]

nowadays doin' what ya please will get you arrested-even if you're only 16

[casemanprice]

Love it

[lawyerman13]

My name is Jack and i approve this song.

[jpdeoz]

exelente uso de sony vegas pro

[sokoolfloyd]

awesome song

[Paradox1Machine]

I heard this song while in the car the other day and, even though I've known it my entire life, for the first time, I really listened to the lyrics and for some reason, at that moment, they hit me as profusely profound.

[putAusernameHere]

2:14 SMACK DAT ASS!!



[dantheman52420]

Thumbs up if you're listening in the year 25AD!

[aaricaDERP]

Life goes on! Long after the thrill of living is gone.

[constancelena]

I live in central IN...about 50 mi north of Seymour, JCM's original small town; and an hour or so north of Bloomington, IN the place he now calls home...home of IU...and we all love our famous home town guy's music...very nice to have AMAZING such talent in humble central midwest

[rukle96]

@constancelena Why? Didn't the college tell all the girls there to stay away from him?

[theservoalex2]

@constancelena no one cares

[Burt472]

@constancelena I'm Italian but spent a year in Bloomington,IN in 1980/81 which was about the period John started to become famous.....Everybody was talking about him and claiming they knew him....Smile.

[Crimson13Tide]

I was surprised to hear this song was rumored to be about my junior high health teacher back in Indiana. At first I thought my friends were joking with me, but it is supposedly true. They dated back in high school I believe. Mellencamp has good taste in women because she was attractive. Anyway, great song.

[KylieLautner]

I tried to hold onto 16 as long as I could... 17 now. Everything is going so fast..

[kalorikalmo]

Simpsons brought me here!

[IzzaKlutz]

Was number 1 on the day I was born.... I had no idea! Always did like this song though.

[lenabean105]

@IzzaKlutz october 19, 1982? hahahah i was just looking up my boyfriends birthday that's how i know!

[IzzaKlutz]

@lenabean105 You got it!

[ocelot44revolver]

I didn't know this song is so old.

[PlanetZelka]

2:15 Watch your hands buddy... You're in public.

[mkl62]

To all you South Carolina Stingrays fans (like myself): This was the #1 song in the USA when Shaun Arvai came into the world (October 6, 1982).

[vortextexture]

Love it. It's so catchy!

Vortex Sue. Blackpool

[lewy7684]

i like the jessica simpson song with this music in the background better

[guitarshredda64]

Thumbs up if you're listening to it in 2012!! :)

[tripleJmovies]

@guitarshredda64

Of course I'm listening to it in 2012, you fucking dipshit.

[DeadOfMusicWasCasted]

@guitarshredda64 Obviously!

[sh3lbot]

@guitarshredda64

Listened to it in the early 90's as a wee lad down the logging roads standing in the passenger seat playing the air guitar. Also AC`/.DC <3!

[nicesimpleguy]

My brother's fave since we were in high school. It was played during his last moments. He'll always be on my heart, and this song will always remind me of how it used to be.

I love you so much Kuya Paul, mahal na mahal kita!

[Badwolf182]

@nicesimpleguy May he rest in peace. He had good taste in music :)

[zumak7ul]

@nicesimpleguy

ya its good when songs having meaning for you,

[TheLargermorph]

@guitarshredda64 

[TheStrangZor]

@guitarshredda64 Really? It's still 2011 for me. Huh, weird.

[kanelitwiniec]

@guitarshredda64 Listening since 1982 - FOREVER!

[DL82WR]

Ray William Johnson

[herrikudo]

@DL82WR HA i came to this as soon as i watched that vid

[McAdamskinsky]

My memory brought me here.

[kmac8able]

oh my gosh that is not true. there is screamo and pop and rap and deathmetal and dubstep and punk and alternative and r&b. you my friend, are extremely closeminded.

[16Ezalb]

weird al brought me here :D

[regregskater]

Hi, i'm 15

I'd just like to apologise on behalf of my generation and what we've done to music.

[lexsanta6]

i came here because of oldies 103.3

[MeLauraArtOutOfLife]

I came here because of Mindy Kaling's book.

[T7ick]

I wish i could grow up in this generation of music.. chill with my dad when he was a teen for a day..

[PolkaDotz247]

I Should have been born in the 80's! Sorry for this generation..

[uneedtherapy42]

OMFG!!!! liam Neeson is so fucking cool... new movie!!! YESS!!!! taken is the BOMB!!! can't wait for this movie and honestly I came here to here this tune... this song sounds better now than way back then for some reason!! Love it!!

[joependlebury]

I owe it to 'Absolute 80s' for reminding me how damn good this song is!

[victoriandolls1959]

Love it

[Julzees]

This was number one on the charts the day I was born! So happy it wasn't a lame song! Rock on John (Cougar) Mellencamp!

[promontorium]

@Julzees me too! Looked it up after a Facebook post. 

[MsArtemisX]

@Julzees lol Me too:)

[ErinSalley97]

i think i was born in the wrong time era i <3 the 80's!!!

[ErinSalley97]

love john cougar!!!

[cschmidt15]

seymour indiana brought me here

[matsernmafia]

Wierd al's version on simpsons is better :-p

[macrod100]

JOSE DE LA FUENTA MENDOZA GUITTIEREZ SANCHEZ LUIS FRANCO BROUGHT ME HERE!

[prinznevsky]

for an official Vevo video, this sure has some shitty sound quality...

[kingdill8]

@prinznevsky It's from 1982, can't really expect much

[parkourzeus]

Simpsons got me there

[davyboy176]

❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤ To Melissa from Davy, love you babe, ha ha i found it first ❤♫•*❤♫•*❤♫•*❤

[ilymanz91]

"hold on to 16 as long as you can"

[jessykat44]

Applicable no more...they had a perfect Blast ;)

[BamdaBam55]

I miss the 80's so much :')

[RainDog222222]

@BamdaBam55 Good God, why?

[samsolocups]

Sam Evans thanks

[choc0lata]

Sam Evans brought me here ;)

Glad he did I love this!

[klooeeee]

@choc0lata me too! hold on 16!

[heyheyyouyou1313]

HOLD ON TO SIXTEEN AS LONG AS YOU CAN<3.

[boogs2007]

I THINK I'M IN LOOOOOOOOOOVE, I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!

Hang on!, Wrong video.

Little didy about Jack & Diane!

That's better.

[mytimeisforever98]

Hold on to sixteen as long as you can <3

[StormmanBlogs]

I live in the same town as John Mellencamp so i see him quite a bit =P

[shortblack0606]

go offf johhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyy­y no.3



[redhead1515]

I love his music and stuff like this and I wasn't born till june of 1997!

[SpongLena]

Floating, white-gloved hands...

Holy crap, it's Rayman!

[rickroxall]

@SpongLena lol

[RadioAshFM]

When my sister and I were small small little kids my uncle would drive down to our house in his huge truck pick us up every weekend to take us on "adventures" like to the mountains, different parks, museums, and stuff of that nature. But before we took off he would ALWAYS play this song as we drove to our destination. For years this song was our tradition for starting off the adventure.

Now that I'm older and travel to different states, I make sure to play this song.

[joezjoezjoez1]

sweet

[korneths13]

vevo = slow as hell

[missleannenicole]

From a town where this song is like our life(: and i never get tired of it

[helloworld1ish]

u guys because im related to this guy and i didnt know until last year

[borrowmeadolla]

This song is simple, yet, masterfully written. Emotion provoking at its best. When was the last time a new song made you feel?

[xXBrizziXx]

aw yeah john getting his air drum solo groove on.

[jimtraner]

We ended up in Nam, came home and Diane had married Jodie, we slugged our way through the U, worked our way to the top and look back at whatever happen to Diane.

[Chubbyo678]

hot ass beat clap.

[terribrowning54]

i have always loved mellencamp and his band! great lyrics and keep on rockin!!!

[movielover288]

The 60's to most of the 80's (wasn't really a fan of pop or techno) were definitely the Golden Age of music :) Everything else is just not good. It's just people screaming about drugs, sex, and money

[PabloAimar94]

@movielover288 STFU there are great musicians around the world nowadays!!!

[iSirLincoln]

@PabloAimar94 He says songs now are mostly about sex, drugs, and money. Thats what all music is about.

[jailhouserockbabe]

@iSirLincoln music is not all about sex, drugs, and money. it's about expressing your feelings towards yourself or others or things. YOUR NOT GOOGLE, SO QUICK ACTING LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.

[iSirLincoln]

@jailhouserockbabe lol

[jailhouserockbabe]

@iSirLincoln QUIT ACTING*

[mluv80smusic]

@movielover288 then you need to listen to some country music =)

[aalaniva]

@movielover288 You must've never heard any music during the '80s.

[erdiko]

@movielover288 ALL the songs in the 60s-80s were about sex money and drugs, it was just more subtle.

[Supersweetguy]

@movielover288 Even if you were not a fan of techno, metal, techno etc, the fact remains that punk movement that happened in the late 70's changed music, and gave us so many different forms of music. If it were not for that movement, no offense but i would have puked if disco became king and it overflowed till today.

[JakeWantsYouDead]

@movielover288

Are you implying that the very baseline of rock and roll isn't sex, drugs, and money?

[NostalgicTimeMan]

@movielover288 I disagree the 50's is where is started. You would have had a completely different reality. However I do respect and understand your statement.

[kmac8able]

@movielover288 i can name a hundred songs that aren't about drugs, sex, or money, just from one year. and they aren't screaming. you're one of those people that yell at kids to turn their music down aren't you?

[mewdude98]

@kmac8able name em'

[kmac8able]

@mewdude98 Rolling in the Deep, Someone Like You, both by Adele.

Born This Way, by Lady Gaga.

Even If She Falls, Wishing Well, After Midnight, Snake Charmer, Love Is Dangerous, Hearts All Gone, Fighting Gravity, all by Blink-182.

Crazy Love, My Next Breath, We're Alright, all by Hawk Nelson

Rescue Me by You Me At Six

Price Tag by Jessie J

Wish You Were Here, Smile, both by Avril Lavigne

The Show Goes On, Words I Never Said, Hip Hop Saved My Life all by Lupe Fiasco

I will continue on more posts

[mewdude98]

@kmac8able Rolling in the deep and price tag are about money.

[kmac8able]

@mewdude98 i'd say the meanings are deeper than money though. that's just my opinion.

[mewdude98]

@kmac8able Umm... I hate to break this to you but you missed the entire point of that comment that you could oppose 100 times. It was stating that all songs sound the same, are just about the same stuff (Love, drugs, money). There is nothing that really breaks the status quo of music. They're tecno music and pop.

[McAdamskinsky]

@mewdude98 But dude thats radio shit! radio shit is obvious radio shit i mean cmon :P

[kmac8able]

@McAdamskinsky thank you! hahah, and i'm definitely not saying that this decade or even generation has the greatest music in the world, but i do think it has the most variety to date. Someone cannot tell me that no music produced and coming out these days satisfies you, someone who would say that is just being close-minded!

[McAdamskinsky]

@kmac8able exactly i used to be close minded but not anymore x)

[kmac8able]

@mewdude98 Help Is On The Way, Satellite, Survivor Guilt all by Rise Against

Animal, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Blind, all by Kesha

Ready to Go, Sarah Smiles, Trade Mistakes all by Panic! At the Disco

Hang You Up, Sing For Me, Be The Young, all by Yellowcard

Screaming Bloody Murder, What Am I To Say, Crash all by Sum 41

Run The World by Jennifer Lopez

Pumped Up Kicks, Miss You both by Foster the People

You Are a Tourist, Stay Young Go Dancing both by Death Cab for Cutie

[McAdamskinsky]

@kmac8able you my friend are a god 

[kmac8able]

@mewdude98 Just The Way I'm Not, A Daydream Away, I Feel Like Dancin', Time-bomb, Forget About It, by All time Low

Last One Standing, Anywhere Else but Here by Simple Plan

Love On Top, Best Thing I Never Had, 1+1, I Was Here by Beyonce

Back To Me, Heaven both by 3 Doors Down

Why I Love You, I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight, both by Jay Z

Brendan's Death Song, Ethiopa, Police Station all by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Dreams, Salvation, Wake Me Up, Where Are the Heroes, all by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

[kmac8able]

@mewdude98 Afterlife, Dark Horses, Restless, all by Switchfoot

Radiosurgery, Anthem for the Unwanted, Summer Fling Don't Mean a Thing, all by New Found Glory

When You See My Friends, No Heroes Allowed, You're Dead Wrong, Everything's An Illusion, Priceless all by Mayday Parade

What Doesn't Kill You(Stronger), Mr. Know It All, Dark Side, I Forgive You, Alone, Don't Be a Girl About it all by Kelly Clarkson

Poppy, Missed Calls by Mac Miller

When We Stand Together, Lullaby, Trying Now to Love You

[kmac8able]

@mewdude98 all by Nickelback.

You Da One, Where Have You Been, both by Rihanna

I Like It Like That, Tonight Tonight both by Hot Chelle Rae

Young, I Don't Wanna Die, Coming Back Down, Hear Me Now all by Hollywood Undead

Saturday Love, The Relevator, Anxiety, Moon As My Witness all by Angels & Airwaves

Broken People, Curiosity Kills by Jane's Addiction

Lighters by Bad Meets Evil

500 Days of Summer by A Skylit Drive

Mission freaking accomplished.

[ILowDaniels]

Life goes on :)

[DanL3597]

i'm 14 and this is reminded off my childhood so much, brought back memories when i was like 4

[MorganElizabethxox]

@DanL3597 youre 14 your still a kid

[14istheluckynumber]

this song makes me feel at old at 17yrs old.

[helloxbrightxeyes]

if my town's high school had a song...it would definately be this. seeing the same kids at sonic, or the lake, or ihop. hanging out in basements. knowing everyone's business...these are the best days of our lives.

[officialdavideli]

Look up Jessica Simpson's song "I Think I'm In Love With You" and compair it to the intro to "Jack & Diane" It sounds the same!

[badnewsBH]

@officialdavideli Yes, the evils of sampling.

[billiarboy]

Long after the Thrill is gone!

[sbaumholser]

DisasterFUCKxo ya im from evansville and he played here once and my parents met him and said he's a total dick.

[Dablkwid0w2008]

@sbaumholser

oh no :..(

Maybe he is going thru personal problems? I tried

[missmarimba273]

Turning 17 in three days. Still trying to hold on to 16 as long as I can...

[rojosiphei]

i wasnt alive when this song came out i am 16 now but i love it

[DisasterFUCKxo]

I'm from the same town he is. When he visits he stays in his mansion he has on the river and doesn't interact with the town folk. My brother and sister in law met him and said he wouldn't even give an autograph and just walked away when they asked. They never listened to him again.

[Puffypet1]

brothers and sisters dont get along like that! or are they dating?

[kissarmyman]

MEllencamp could sing the phone book ,and it would sound awesome!!!!

[gauchatche]

THIS SONG IS 1982????

Music very old...

[paclives692002]

What happened to the 'Cougar' in his name!?!?! Forever a Cougar! haha

[Supersweetguy]

@paclives692002 He still has that middle name but he dropped Cougar feeling that his name was too long.

[pinky3762]

songs like this make music today look like crap and im only 16

[shaketheglobe]

@pinky3762

Same and I totally agree. I can't believe he nearly threw out this song! LOOOVE It!!!

[intangibleyuurei]

@pinky3762 Your age doesn't matter. Seriously. It matters so little, you don't even have to tell us!

[shirleybrad24]

42 people have no taste!

[ILoveCoffey]

I feel kinda bad for most of you. I loved being a kid, and highschool, and collage, and being out of school. I met my husbend when iwas 22 and he always said you have to live thinking every day will be better then the last. Never wish for the past. I adopted this view and we have been happy ever since, we actually feel bad that other people can't possible be as happy as us.

[Bewzbucket]

VEVO is why I always type in, with the song, "lyrics".

[firstdates1]

My dads boss is his brother Joe Mellencamp. So my dad hangs out with the Mellencamps house all the time, and has met him alot of times. cool huh?

[jopie89]

Everybody could love it!! No matter what color of skin you have or what race you have been put in. We are all humans we are the same, except the people in control let you believe otherwise. Enjoy the music and see others as equals!!

[steph5283]

oh yea life goes on



[0852659luis]

I Died a little bit when i saw that Veno had this video john deserves better