50+ Music<p>"Jack & Diane" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnMellencamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMellencamp</span></a>, then performing as "John Cougar." Described by critics as a "love <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a>", this song was released as the second single from Mellencamp's 1982 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanFool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanFool</span></a>, and was chosen by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RIAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIAA</span></a>) as one of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SongsOfTheCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SongsOfTheCentury</span></a>. It spent four weeks at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/numberOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>numberOne</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 in 1982. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h04CH9YZcpI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=h04CH9YZcpI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>