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Mellencamp's first album to chart on the Billboard 200 was the self-titled John Cougar album in 1979; the album was certified gold by the RIAA. Mellencamp's major commercial breakthrough came in 1982 with American Fool , which reached number one on the Billboard 200 and yielded two singles, " Hurts So Good " and " Jack & Diane ", which reached ...
The title of "Lonely Ol' Night" was inspired by a scene in the 1963 film Hud starring Paul Newman, based on the 1961 novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry.John Cougar Mellencamp had seen the film many times as a young man, and its portrayal of Newman's character Hud Bannon's strained relationship with his father Homer Bannon (Melvyn Douglas) affected Mellencamp deeply, inspiring many of ...
Two songs: "Walk Tall" and "Thank You", were recorded exclusively for this album. No songs are included from Mellencamp's 1976 debut album Chestnut Street Incident or 1977's The Kid Inside . Also omitted is Mellencamp's cover of "Without Expression", which was released on his previous compilation album The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 .
Entertainment Weekly gave the album a positive review, stating: "To Mellencamp's credit, even though 'Whenever We Wanted' delivers his signature rock & roll punch, he doesn't try to. That Mellencamp still has the courage to make depressing assessments in a pop context is a victory that outweighs the record's other shortcomings."
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Uh-Huh is a 1983 album by John Cougar Mellencamp and a transition from his early work under the names Johnny Cougar and John Cougar. It was Mellencamp's seventh studio album and the first in which he used his real last name. It charted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.
Nothin' Matters and What If It Did is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter John Mellencamp under his stage name John Cougar. Produced by soul pioneer Steve Cropper, the album includes the Top 40 hits "Ain't Even Done with the Night", which reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the album's second single, and "This Time", which peaked at No. 27 as the album's lead single.
Marcia Gay Harden recalled a bizarre incident backstage during Angels in America in the early 1990s when she and director George C. Wolfe battled over her character's hairdo.