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Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits is a two-disc greatest hits album by the American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released on October 19, 2004 on the Island and UTV Records labels. [ 2 ]
John J. Mellencamp [1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his brand of heartland rock , which emphasizes traditional instrumentation.
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 Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 is the first greatest hits compilation album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, released by Mercury Records in 1997 (see 1997 in music).
Uh-Huh contains three top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits: "Crumblin' Down" (#9), "Pink Houses" (#8), and "Authority Song" (#15). In 1989, it was ranked No. 32 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s. The remastered version was released on March 29, 2005 on Mercury/Island/UMe and includes one bonus track. [5]
American Fool is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Cougar, released on April 12, 1982.The album was his commercial breakthrough, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 album chart for nine consecutive weeks.
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According to John Mellencamp, "Jack & Diane" was based on the 1962 Tennessee Williams film Sweet Bird of Youth. [8] He said of recording the song: "'Jack & Diane' was a terrible record to make. When I play it on guitar by myself, it sounds great; but I could never get the band to play along with me. That's why the arrangement's so weird.