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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.
Scarecrow is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp. Released on July 31, 1985, it peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 . The album contained three top-ten hits: " R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. ", which peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ; " Lonely Ol' Night ", which peaked at number six; and ...
Mellencamp confirmed in 2021 that it will be a jukebox musical titled Small Town and the story will involve two kids named Jack and Diane. Mellencamp said that he had not written any new material for the project. "I told them, I have 600 songs published. Surely you can find 12-to-15 songs that will work." [41]
An urgency in the ringing guitar and thunderous drums that opened the 1985 album “Scarecrow” was the first hint that this was something different for the artist then billed as John “Cougar ...
I Was Jack (You Were Diane) J. Jack & Diane; ... (John Mellencamp song) ... R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. Rain on a Scarecrow; Rain on the Scarecrow; Rooty Toot Toot (song)
GREEN BAY - John Mellencamp and The Weidner go together like Jack and Diane.. It’s a hardly a secret the self-described “curmudgeon” likes what he likes — without apology — so it seems ...
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 ...
Forget Jack and Diane, here's a little ditty 'bout Hud and Mackenzie. The Claim to Fame stars have been flirting all season on the reality show. Hud first got Mackenzie's temperature rising in the ...