John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack And Diane (1982)

John Mellancamp was born in Seymour, Indiana on October 7, 1951. He started out for a brief period of time as a glam rocker, but then tried out for a solo career with his first album Chestnut Street Incident released by former David Bowie manager, Tony DeFries on the Mainman (division of MCA) label. That album was a complete flop partly due to the fact that the record label wanted to mold John into something he was not (a pretty boy ala James Dean) and the fact that the album was just cover songs. It was also the label's idea to release the album under the name Johnny Cougar which Mellencamp did not approve of. It wasnt until the release of American Fool released this time under the moniker John Cougar which featured his most well-known hit to date, "Jack & Diane" that he really made it big; the album stayed at #1 on the charts for nine weeks. Following that was Uh-huh which would be his first release under the moniker John Cougar Mellencamp; the name he would stick by until he gradually dropped the "Cougar" and just went by his given name John Mellencamp. A heart attack in 1994 prevented him from touring for one of his most famous albums to date Dance Naked. John has collaborated with Me'Shell Ndegeocello and India Arie over the years

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• Pop
• classics
• 80's
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• Diane

[burnsbabyxoxo1]

love this song seriously brings back memories!!

[darealestever1]

i love this song, so it will be the last i hear of this world, goodbye

send flowers if anyone notices im gone

[Snap42o]

Real American Song Love It!!!!!!!!!



[millertas]

Forgot this song until recently when my sister (Jacqui) and her English friend Diane came to see me, now I can't get it out of my head.

[TheMjblades]

@jaimiewithlove Of course that could be because you've got the 80s mixed up with the 90s and now! The 80s was completely FULL of excellent songs & bands, every year had tonnes, this typically daft piece of bloodless MOR rock can't even figure: it's not bad, but it's not really anything. If anything, this boy's album flopped cos it just wasn't important enough for the masses to buy. Something that should have happened to shit like Madogga the slag & all the crap about now.

[2jeremyable]

thing of it

[jaimiewithlove]

of course the only good 80z song has barely any views..

[MyZion101]

i love this song

[tljones4769]

perhaps he was a good guy back in the day, before the fame. This songs has so many great with my sister I don't care what he's a jerk n

ow

[radical117]

He makes such great music its a damn shame is an asshole in public

[TigerNicky73]

Classic........damn I miss these days!!