John Mellencamp
25 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp is an Indiana singer and songwriter whose music connects garage rock with folk traditions and portraits of American life. His early records appeared under the John Cougar name. American Fool brought Jack and Diane and Hurts So Good to a broad audience; Uh-Huh restored Mellencamp to his recording name. He also helped establish Farm Aid with Willie Nelson and Neil Young in 1985.
Artist background sources
John Mellencamp - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Garage/folk-rock character and songs about American everyday life; promotional judgments are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
John Mellencamp - Universal Music Japan career chronology
Indiana origin, John Cougar billing, American Fool, Uh-Huh billing and 1985 Farm Aid. Incorrect or ambiguous dates elsewhere, chart totals and the misnamed Whenever We Wanted entry are not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
All songs for this credit
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- (1985*) 4-30-85
- (1980) Ain't Even Done with the Night
- (1983) Authority Song
- (1987) Check It Out
- (1987) Cherry Bomb
- (1983) Crumblin' Down
- (1991) Get a Leg Up
- (1993) Human Wheels
- (1982) Hurts So Good
- (1982) Jack & Diane
- (1989) Jackie Brown
- (1996) Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
- (1985) Lonely Ol' Night
- (2008) Longest Days
- (1991) Love and Happiness
- (2006) Our Country
- (1987) Paper in Fire
- (1983) Pink Houses
- (1989) Pop Singer
- (1985) Rain on the Scarecrow
- (year unknown) R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
- (1985) R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock) [John Cougar Mellencamp; Original 1985 studio recording]
- (1986*) R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock) [John Mellencamp; Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1985) Small Town
- (1998) Your Life Is Now
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