Paper in Fire

"Paper in Fire"
Single by John Cougar Mellencamp
from the album The Lonesome Jubilee
B-side "Never Too Old"
Released 1987
Format 7", CD single
Recorded Belmont Mall Studio, Indiana
Genre Rock
Length 3:51
Label Mercury
Writer(s) John Mellencamp
Producer John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
John Cougar Mellencamp singles chronology
"Rumbleseat"
(1986)		 "Paper in Fire"
(1987)		 "Cherry Bomb"
(1987)

"Paper in Fire" is a song by American rock singer John Cougar Mellencamp, released as the first single from his ninth studio album The Lonesome Jubilee.

The song was a success in the U.S., reaching #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and becoming a top ten hit on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also topped the Canadian Singles Chart, and charted on various European singles charts.

Track listing

7" single
  1. "Paper in Fire" - 3:53
  2. "Never Too Old" - 3:45
CDV single
  1. "Paper in Fire" - 3:48
  2. "Never Too Old" - 3:43
  3. "Under the Boardwalk" - 3:51
  4. "Cold Sweat" - 3:23
  5. "Paper in Fire" (video) - 3:57

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 13
Canadian Singles Chart 1
New Zealand Singles Chart[1] 16
UK Singles Chart[2] 86
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 9
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1

References

  1. ^ "charts.org.nz - John Cougar Mellencamp - Paper in Fire". http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=John+Cougar+Mellencamp&titel=Paper+In+Fire&cat=s. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  2. ^ "Chart Stats - John Cougar Mellencamp". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=4492. Retrieved 2011-05-10. 
  3. ^ "John Mellencamp Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/john-mellencamp/chart-history/86423. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
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