Jack and Diane
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| "Jack and Diane" | ||
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| Single by John Mellencamp | ||
| from the album American Fool | ||
| Released | 1982 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
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"Jack and Diane" is a 1982 hit song written and performed by American singer-songwriter, John Mellencamp (known at the time as "John Cougar"). It appears on Mellencamp's album American Fool. It was chosen by RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century. The single spent four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 at number one in 1982, and, to date, is the biggest hit single ever for Mellencamp, especially with its accompanying music video.
Famous musical comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic was denied permission to use this song for his self titled debut album. He, thus, had to alter the musical content of his intended parody song "Chuck & Diane" and changed the title to "Buckingham Blues". Incidentally, however, "Weird Al" did get to do a parody of this song on The Simpsons episode "Three Gays of the Condo".
[edit] Trivia
- Mellencamp revisited the characters of Jack and Diane in his 1998 song Eden Is Burning, one line of which is, "How could I have been so wrong about you."
- The live version of the song was recorded in Studio 7 at WBOS in Boston, but was never copyrighted so other radio stations could play it.
| Preceded by "Abracadabra" by Steve Miller Band |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single October 2, 1982- October 23, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work |
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