John Mellencamp discography

John Mellencamp discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 21
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 3
↙Singles 64
↙Tribute and cover albums 1
↙Guest singles 1

This article presents the discography of American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]		 AU
[2]		 CA
[3]		 FI
[4]		 GE
[5]		 NL
[6]		 NO
[7]		 NZ
[8]		 SE
[9]		 SW
[10]		 UK
[11]
1976 Chestnut Street Incident — — — — — — — — — — —
1977 The Kid Inside not release until 1983 — — — — — — — — — — —
1978 A Biography — 19 — — — — — — — — —
1979 John Cougar 64 77 — — — — — — — — —
1980 Nothin' Matters and What If It Did 37 — — — — — — — — — —
1982 American Fool 1 18 1 — — — — — 30 — 37
  • US: 5× Multi-Platinum[12]
  • Canada: 5× Multi-Platinum[13]
1983 Uh-Huh 9 57 9 — — — — — 24 — 92
  • US: 3× Multi-Platinum[12]
  • Canada: 5× Multi-Platinum[13]
1985 Scarecrow 2 2 2 — — — — 14 9 — —
  • US: 5× Multi-Platinum[12]
  • Canada: 5× Multi-Platinum[13]
1987 The Lonesome JubileeA 6 2 1 — 41 34 16 3 6 10 31
  • US: 3× Multi-Platinum[12]
  • Canada: 6× Multi-Platinum[13]
1989 Big Daddy 7 1 3 — 27 33 12 6 6 11 25
  • US: Platinum[12]
  • Canada: 2× Multi-Platinum[13]
1991 Whenever We Wanted 17 3 8 — 44 — — 40 19 16 39
1993 Human Wheels 7 7 6 — 48 87 — — 8 18 37
1994 Dance Naked 13 6 17 — — — — — 24 32 —
1996 Mr. Happy Go Lucky 9 11 11 26 53 — — 36 26 37 —
1998 John Mellencamp 41 41 37 — — — — — — 48 —
1999 Rough Harvest 99 — — — — — — — — — —
2001 Cuttin' Heads 15 — — — 99 — — — — — —
2003 Trouble No More 31 — — — — — — — — — —
2007 Freedom's Road 5 — — — — — — — — — —
2008 Life, Death, Love and Freedom 7 21 — — — — — — 53 — —
2010 No Better Than This 10 — — — 62 93 29 — 33 83 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Title
2009 Life, Death, Live and Freedom

Compilations

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]		 AU
[2]		 CA
[3]		 NZ
[8]		 UK
[11]
1997 The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 33 5 — 19 25
  • US: 3× Multi-Platinum[12]
  • Canada: Platinum[13]
2004 Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits 13 — — — —
2007 20th Century Masters: The Best of John Mellencamp — — — — —
2010 On the Rural Route 7609 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US Hot
[14]		 US Main
[14]		 US AC
[14]		 US Adult
[14]		 US Country
[14]		 CAN
[15]		 UK
[16]		 AUS
[a]		 NZ
[8]		 GE
[17]
1978 "I Need a Lover" — — — — — — — 5 — — A Biography
"Factory" — — — — — — — — — —
1979 "Miami" — — — — — — — 31 — — John Cougar
"I Need a Lover" 28 — — — — — — — — —
"Taxi Dancer" — — — — — — — — — —
1980 "Small Paradise" 87 — — — — — — — — —
"A Little Night Dancin'" 105 — — — — — — — — —
"This Time" 27 — — — — — — 43 — — Nothin' Matters and What If It Did
1981 "Ain't Even Done With the Night" 17 44 — — — 6 — — — —
"Hot Night in a Cold Town" — — — — — — — — — —
1982 "Hurts So Good" 2 1 — — — 1 — 5 39 — American Fool
"Jack & Diane" 1 3 — — — 1 25 7 — —
"Thundering Hearts" — 36 — — — — — — — —
"Hand to Hold on To" 19 — — — — — 89 97 — —
1983 "Crumblin' Down" 9 2 — — — 12 — 42 — — Uh-Huh
"Pink Houses" 8 3 — — — 11 — 69 — —
1984 "Serious Business" — 34 — — — — — — — —
"Play Guitar" — 28 — — — — — — — —
"Authority Song" 15 15 — — — 20 — 93 — —
1985 "Lonely Ol' Night" 6 1 37 — — 4 — 32 50 — Scarecrow
"Small Town" 6 2 13 — — 21 53 80 40 —
"Justice and Independence '85" — 28 — — — — — — — —
1986 "Minutes to Memories" — 14 — — — — — — — —
"R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)" 2 6 36 — — 6 67 18 17 —
"Under the Boardwalk" — 19 — — — — — — — Non-album song
"Rain on the Scarecrow" 21 16 — — — — — 34 — — Scarecrow
"Rumbleseat" 28 4 — — — — — 84 — —
1987 "Paper in Fire" 9 1 — — — 1 86 13 16 — The Lonesome Jubilee
"Cherry Bomb" 8 1 12 — — 4 — 20 4 —
"Hard Times for an Honest Man" — 10 — — — — — — — —
"The Real Life" — 3 — — — — — — — —
1988 "Check It Out" 14 3 — — — 12 96 22 18 —
"Rooty Toot Toot" 61 7 — — — 14 — 54 10 —
"Rave On" — 17 — — — 14 — — 7 — Cocktail soundtrack
1989 "Pop Singer" [b] 15 2 — — — 8 93 8 1 87 Big Daddy
"Jackie Brown" [b] 48 20 31 — 89 36 — 47 30 —
"Martha Say" — 8 — — — — — — — —
"Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" [b] — 42 — — — — — 87
[c]		 — —
1991 "Get a Leg Up" [b] 14 1 — — — 7 — 21 — — Whenever We Wanted
"Love and Happiness" — 5 — — — — — — — —
1992 "Again Tonight" [b] 36 1 46 — — 26 — 39 — —
"Last Chance" — 12 — — — — — — — —
"Now More Than Ever" [b] — 3 — — — — — 57
[d]		 — —
1993 "Human Wheels" 48 2 40 — — 14 — 40 — — Human Wheels
"What If I Came Knocking" — 1 — — — 16 — — — —
"When Jesus Left Birmingham" — 35 — — — — — — — —
1994 "Junior" — 35 — — — — — — — —
"Baby Please Don't Go" — — — — — — — — — — Blue Chips soundtrack
"Wild Night" (with Meshell Ndegeocello) 3 17 1 30 — 3 34 18 — 55 Dance Naked
"Dance Naked" 41 21 37 — — 18 — — — —
1996 "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" 14 10 15 4 — 1 92 21 35 — Mr. Happy Go Lucky
1997 "Just Another Day" 46 13 24 13 — 11 — — — —
"Without Expression" — 25 — — — 26 — — — — The Best That I Could Do
1998 "Your Life Is Now" — 15 19 23 — 16 — — — 92 John Mellencamp
1999 "I'm Not Running Anymore" — 37 22 22 — — — — — 100
2000 "Yours Forever" — — — — — — — — — — The Perfect Storm soundtrack
2001 "Peaceful World" (with India.Arie) 104 38 27 11 — — — — — — Cuttin' Heads
2003 "To Washington" — — — — — — — — — — Trouble No More
"Teardrops Will Fall" — — — — — — — — — —
2004 "Walk Tall" — — 25 26 — — — — — — Words & Music
2006 "Our Country" 88 — 16 — 39 — — — — — Freedom's Road
2007 "The Americans" — — — — 55 — — — — —
"Someday" — — — — — — — — — —
2008 "My Sweet Love" — — 25 — — — — — — — Life, Death, Love and Freedom
"Troubled Land" — — — — — — — — — —
2009 "A Ride Back Home" (with Karen Fairchild) — — — — — — — — — —
2010 "No Better Than This" — — — — — — — — — — No Better Than This
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

a. ^ The Australian Chart positions are from Kent Music Report (KMR) / Australian Music Report (AMR) pre-1989 and from 1989 on from ARIA Charts.
b. ^ These also charted on the AMR Chart post-1989 as following: "Pop Singer" (#10), "Jackie Brown" (#48), "Let It All Hang Out" (#87), "Get A Leg Up" (#20), "Again Tonight" (#41) and "Now More Than Ever" (#57)
c. ^ Peak position for "Let It All Hang Out" from AMR Chart as it didn't chart on the ARIA Charts.
d. ^ Peak position for "Now More Than Ever" from AMR Chart as it didn't chart on the ARIA Charts.

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions		 Album
US US Country
1992 "Sweet Suzanne" Buzzin' Cousins — 68 Falling from Grace soundtrack
2004 "What Say You" Travis Tritt 117 21 My Honky Tonk History
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1994 "Pink Houses" (live version) The Unplugged Collection, Volume 1[18]
2007 "This Land is Your Land" Song of America

Music videos

Year Video Director
2004 "What Say You" Chris Lenz

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "John Mellencamp: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p105068/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "John Cougar Mellencamp" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. For pre-1989 positions, see David Kent, Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 (1993) ISBN 0646119176, see Kent Music Report. 
  3. ^ a b "RPM Search Engine" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-100.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. 
  4. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp" (ASP). Finnish Charts. Hung Medien. http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Mellencamp Search Results" (in German) (ASP). Media Control Charts. http://www.charts.de/search.asp?search=Mellencamp&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  6. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp" (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  7. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b c "John Cougar Mellencamp" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  9. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  10. ^ "John Cougar Mellencamp" (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/artist/John_Cougar_Mellencamp. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b "Artist Chart History: John Mellencamp". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/john%20mellencamp/. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database" (PHP). Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database. 
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Gold & Platinum Database Results" (ASPX). Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  14. ^ a b c d e "John Mellencamp: Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p105068/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  15. ^ Lwin, Nanda. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (2000). ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  16. ^ "Artist Chart History: John Cougar Mellencamp". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/john%20cougar%20mellencamp/. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Chartverfolgung / MELLENCAMP,JOHN / Single" (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/MELLENCAMP%2CJOHN/single. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 
  18. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Unplugged Collection, Vol. 1 - Various Artists at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
John Mellencamp
Studio albums
Chestnut Street Incident (1976)  · The Kid Inside (1977)  · A Biography (1978) · John Cougar (1979)  · Nothin' Matters and What If It Did (1980)  · American Fool (1982) · Uh-Huh (1983)  · Scarecrow (1985)  · The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)  · Big Daddy (1989)  · Whenever We Wanted (1991)  · Human Wheels (1993)  · Dance Naked (1994)  · Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) · John Mellencamp (1998) · Rough Harvest (1999)  · Cuttin' Heads (2001) · Trouble No More (2003) · Freedom's Road (2007) · Life, Death, Love and Freedom (2008) · No Better Than This (2010)
Live albums
Compilations
The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 (1997)  · Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits (2004)  · 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of John Mellencamp (2007)  · On the Rural Route 7609 (2010)
Singles
Other
Discography · Falling from Grace (1992) · Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2010)