John Cougar Mellencamp Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Troubled Man
2. Sometimes Theres God
3. The Isolation Of Mister
4. The Company Of Cowards
5. Tears In Vain
6. The Brass Ring
7. Freedom Of Speech
8. Blue Charlotte
9. The Courtesy Of Kings
10. Lawless Times
From the Album 1. I Need A Lover 2. Aint Even Done With The Night 3. Hurts So Good 4. Jack And Diane 5. Crumblin Down 6. Pink Houses 7. Authority Song 8. Lonely Ol Night 9. Small Town 10. R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. 11. Paper In Fire 12. Cherry Bomb 13. Check It Out 14. Without Expression
From the Album 1. Paper In Fire 2. Down And Out In Paradise 3. Check It Out 4. The Real Life 5. Cherry Bomb 6. We Are The People 7. Empty Hands 8. Hard Times For An Honest Man 9. Hotdogs And Hamburgers 10. Rooty Toot Toot 11. Blues from the Front Porch
From the Album
1. Rain On The Scarecrow
2. Grandmas Theme
3. Small Town
4. Minutes To Memories
5. Lonely Ol Night
6. The Face Of The Nation
7. Justice And Independence 85
8. Between A Laugh And A Tear
9. Rumbleseat
10. Youve Got To Stand For Somethin
11. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60s Rock)
12. The Kind Of Fella I Am
From the Album
1. Crumblin Down
2. Authority Song
3. Warmer Place To Sleep
4. Jackie O
5. Play Guitar
6. Serious Business
7. Lovin Mother Fo Ya
8. Golden Gates
9. Pink Houses
From the Single
Jack & Diane
From the Album
1. Hurts So Good
2. Jack & Diane
3. Hand To Hold On To
4. Danger List
5. Can You Take It
6. Thundering Hearts
7. China Girl
8. Close Enough
9. Weakest Moments
10. American Fool
Other Songs A Brand New Song A Graceful Fall A Little Night Dancin A Ride Back Home Again Tonight Alley Of The Angels American Dream American Son Another Sunny Day 12/25 Baltimore Oriole Beige To Beige Big Daddy Of Them All Born Reckless Break Me Off Some Brothers Case 795 Chance Meeting At The Trantula Cheap Shot Chestnut Street Chestnut Street Revisited Circling Around The Moon Clumsy Ol World Coming Down The Road Country Gentleman County Fair Crazy Island Crazy Ones Cuttin Heads Dance Naked Days Of Farewell Death Letter Deep Blue Heart Diamond Joe Do You Believe In Magic Do You Think Thats Fair Dont Forget About Me Dont Misunderstand Me Dont Need This Body Down In The Bottom Dream Killing Town Each Day Of Sorrow Easter Eve Eden Is Burning Emotional Love Factory Farewell Angelina For The Children Forgiveness Freedoms Road French Shoes Fruit Trader Gearhead Get A Leg Up Ghost Towns Along The Highway Good Girls Goodnight Great Mid-West Heaven Is A Lonely Place High C Cherrie Hit The Road Jack Hot Night In A Cold Town Human Wheels I Aint Ever Satisfied I Need Somebody If I Die Sudden Im Not Running Anymore In My Time Of Dying In Our Lives It All Comes True It Dont Scare Me None Jackamo Road Jackie Brown Jailhouse Rock Jena Jerry Jim Crow J.M.s Question John Cockers John The Revelator Joliet Bound Junior Just Another Day Just Like You Key West Intermezzo Kid Inside Lafayette Last Chance Let It All Hang Out Let Them Run Your Lives Life Is Hard Longest Days Love And Happiness Love At First Sight L.U.V. Make Me Feel Mansions In Heaven Martha Say Mean Melting Pot Miami Miss Missy Mr. Bellows My Aeroplane My Sweet Love Night Slumming No Better Than This No One Cares About Me Nothings For Free Now More Than Ever Oh Pretty Woman Our Country Overture Peaceful World Pop Singer Positively Crazy Pray For Me R. Gang Rave On Right Behind Me Rural Route Sad Lady Save Some Time To Dream Shy Sidewalk and Streetlights Small Paradise Someday Sometimes A Great Notion Stones In My Passway Sugar Marie Summer Of Love Supergirl Survive Suzanne And The Jewels Sweet Evening Breeze Take What You Want Taxi Dancer Teardrops Will Fall Thank You The Americans The Big Jack The Breakout The End Of The World The Full Catastrophe The Man Who Sold The World The Same Way I Do The West End The Whore Theo And Weird Henry Theyre So Tough Thinking About You This May Not Be The End Of The World This Time To Live To M.G. To The River To Washington Tonight Too Much To Think About Too Young To Live Troubled Land Twentieth Century Fox Under The Boardwalk Void In My Heart Walk Tall Welcome To Chinatown What If I Came Knocking When Jesus Left Birmingham When Margaret Comes To Town Whenever We Wanted Where The World Began Wild Angel Wild Night Without A Shot Women Seem Worn Out Nervous Condition Young Genocides Young Without Lovers Your Life Is Now
From the Album 1. I Need A Lover 2. Aint Even Done With The Night 3. Hurts So Good 4. Jack And Diane 5. Crumblin Down 6. Pink Houses 7. Authority Song 8. Lonely Ol Night 9. Small Town 10. R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. 11. Paper In Fire 12. Cherry Bomb 13. Check It Out 14. Without Expression
From the Album 1. Paper In Fire 2. Down And Out In Paradise 3. Check It Out 4. The Real Life 5. Cherry Bomb 6. We Are The People 7. Empty Hands 8. Hard Times For An Honest Man 9. Hotdogs And Hamburgers 10. Rooty Toot Toot 11. Blues from the Front Porch
From the Album
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From the Single
From the Album
Other Songs A Brand New Song A Graceful Fall A Little Night Dancin A Ride Back Home Again Tonight Alley Of The Angels American Dream American Son Another Sunny Day 12/25 Baltimore Oriole Beige To Beige Big Daddy Of Them All Born Reckless Break Me Off Some Brothers Case 795 Chance Meeting At The Trantula Cheap Shot Chestnut Street Chestnut Street Revisited Circling Around The Moon Clumsy Ol World Coming Down The Road Country Gentleman County Fair Crazy Island Crazy Ones Cuttin Heads Dance Naked Days Of Farewell Death Letter Deep Blue Heart Diamond Joe Do You Believe In Magic Do You Think Thats Fair Dont Forget About Me Dont Misunderstand Me Dont Need This Body Down In The Bottom Dream Killing Town Each Day Of Sorrow Easter Eve Eden Is Burning Emotional Love Factory Farewell Angelina For The Children Forgiveness Freedoms Road French Shoes Fruit Trader Gearhead Get A Leg Up Ghost Towns Along The Highway Good Girls Goodnight Great Mid-West Heaven Is A Lonely Place High C Cherrie Hit The Road Jack Hot Night In A Cold Town Human Wheels I Aint Ever Satisfied I Need Somebody If I Die Sudden Im Not Running Anymore In My Time Of Dying In Our Lives It All Comes True It Dont Scare Me None Jackamo Road Jackie Brown Jailhouse Rock Jena Jerry Jim Crow J.M.s Question John Cockers John The Revelator Joliet Bound Junior Just Another Day Just Like You Key West Intermezzo Kid Inside Lafayette Last Chance Let It All Hang Out Let Them Run Your Lives Life Is Hard Longest Days Love And Happiness Love At First Sight L.U.V. Make Me Feel Mansions In Heaven Martha Say Mean Melting Pot Miami Miss Missy Mr. Bellows My Aeroplane My Sweet Love Night Slumming No Better Than This No One Cares About Me Nothings For Free Now More Than Ever Oh Pretty Woman Our Country Overture Peaceful World Pop Singer Positively Crazy Pray For Me R. Gang Rave On Right Behind Me Rural Route Sad Lady Save Some Time To Dream Shy Sidewalk and Streetlights Small Paradise Someday Sometimes A Great Notion Stones In My Passway Sugar Marie Summer Of Love Supergirl Survive Suzanne And The Jewels Sweet Evening Breeze Take What You Want Taxi Dancer Teardrops Will Fall Thank You The Americans The Big Jack The Breakout The End Of The World The Full Catastrophe The Man Who Sold The World The Same Way I Do The West End The Whore Theo And Weird Henry Theyre So Tough Thinking About You This May Not Be The End Of The World This Time To Live To M.G. To The River To Washington Tonight Too Much To Think About Too Young To Live Troubled Land Twentieth Century Fox Under The Boardwalk Void In My Heart Walk Tall Welcome To Chinatown What If I Came Knocking When Jesus Left Birmingham When Margaret Comes To Town Whenever We Wanted Where The World Began Wild Angel Wild Night Without A Shot Women Seem Worn Out Nervous Condition Young Genocides Young Without Lovers Your Life Is Now
John Cougar Mellencamp is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock which emphasizes traditional instrumentation.
He has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and has amassed 22 Top 40 hits in the United States.
-Wikipedia
Also Known As: Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John MellencampHe has sold over 40 million albums worldwide and has amassed 22 Top 40 hits in the United States.
Born: October 7, 1951 (age 73)
Height: 5' 8" (1.72 m)
Spouse(s): Priscilla Esterline (m. 197081)
Victoria Granucci (m. 198189)
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp (m. 19922011)
Children: Michelle from his first marriage to Priscilla Esterline
Daughters Teddi Jo and Justice from his second marriage to Victoria Granucci
Sons Hud and Speck from his marriage to Elaine Irwin
Genre(s): Rock, heartland rock, roots rock, folk rock, hard rock, folk
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar, harmonica
Occupation(s): Musician, singer-songwriter
Active From: 1976present
Associated Acts: Mitch Ryder, James McMurtry, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Chuck D, India.Arie, Trisha Yearwood, Little Big Town, Joan Baez
Did You Know:
• He holds the record for the most tracks by a solo artist to hit number-one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven.
• Mellencamp is one of the founding members of Farm Aid, an organization that raises awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land.
• He is of German and one-sixteenth African-American ancestry
• He was born with spina bifida, for which he had corrective surgery as an infant
• He formed his first band, Crepe Soul, at the age of 14
• He eloped with his pregnant girlfriend Priscilla Esterline at the age of 18 and became a father in December 1970, six months after he graduated from high school.
• His daughter Michelle became a mother at age 19, making Mellencamp a grandfather at the age of 37.
• He dated actress Meg Ryan for over 3 years after his divorce from Elaine Irwin
Awards:
2008
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008
2001
Billboard Music Awards Century Award
1988
Edison Award for The Lonesome Jubilee Rock/New Wave (buitenlandse herkomst)
1982
Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Hurts So Good"
Quotes:
"Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great rock song."
"Forget all that macho sh*t, and learn how to play guitar."