Ain't Even Done with the Night
John Mellencamp
1981
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1980
Release: 1980Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording was released in 1980 and belongs to the original Nothin' Matters and What If It Did program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1981.html, 1982.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Nothin' Matters and What If It Did - official original album year and program
The official artist archive identifies the original 1980 album and selected track program. Recording-session dates and later remaster dates are kept separate from the original release year. Bonus acoustic, club and previously unreleased performances are excluded from original-program selections.
Nothin' Matters and What If It Did - original licensed artist credit and version labels
The original program retains the applicable Johnny Cougar, John Cougar or John Cougar Mellencamp credit, and separately labels bonus acoustic or shorter versions. The original album year is checked against the official archive; inherited dates on bonus tracks are not adopted.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1982: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
An early hit for John Mellencamp, then known as John Cougar.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1981.html, song-list position 41
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1981 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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