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Jack and Diane
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80s Pop Stars Little ditty about Jack and Diane 2 American kids growin' up…
Aural Pleasure Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' …
Cougar A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…
Countdown Singers Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' …
hairy patt band Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' …
John Couger A little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growi…
John Mellencamp A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…
John Mellencamp & Kenny Chesney A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…
John Mellencamp Cougar A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…

John Mellencamp* A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…
Kenny Chesney & John Mellencamp A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…
KnightsBridge A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…
MATT TYLER Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin'…
The Hairy Patt Band Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' …
The Hit Crew Little ditty about Jack and Diane Two American kids growin' …

The Memory Lane A little ditty ′bout Jack & Diane Two American kids growing…

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01All I Need Is A Miracle3:52

02Pink Houses4:45

03Oh sherrie3:49

04Bette Davis Eyes3:51

05Edge Of Seventeen5:20

06Jack and Diane4:17

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08I Wish That I Had Jessie's Girl3:16

09How Do I Get You Alone3:39

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Comments from YouTube:

@JimSting

2y↑598

"Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone". The truest lyrics ever written.

@raygreen5926

2y↑5

Very true Matt Flynn where ever you are from

@bluesteel8376

2y↑29

I always found this song strange because of those lyrics. It is an up beat song with such a depressing message.

@Ballernotfound

2y↑3

Yes

@yhack55

2y↑10

Absolutely! This line is so PROFOUND 💕

@jameswalker3729

2y↑4

This song was epic. John Cougar really should have had a long career. What ever happened to him?

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@aaronmarshall

3y↑2.3K

John Mellencamp's studio was about 4 or 5 doors down from my house when I was growing up in Belmont, Indiana. I used to watch him drive by in his Porsche and he would always wave real big when I was playing in the yard. He always inspired me. His big hits came from that studio right by my old house. World class. My siblings and cousins would see his music videos on rotation with the likes of Michael Jackson and the early MTV heavy hitters. It made everything feel so close to home. I thought, if that's possible and he's right here, I could do it too. I'm not a rockstar by any means, but I am a music producer & audio engineer now. I think John Mellencamp seeded that idea in my brain. Thanks! I'm forever grateful. I didn't realize just how cool that was when I was a kid.

@mphlohi

3y↑48

Was there a Tastee-Freez around that area back then?

@denisemartin7035

3y↑31

Great. Thanks for sharing. 😍

@usernotfound2925

3y↑13

@@denisemartin7035 no need to be sarcastic love :)

@anthonypaul1562

3y↑39

What a great story. God bless!

@dipper1685

3y↑19

Ur so lucky

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@dianepitman8906

2y↑156

So, My name is Diane and my husband’s name is Jack. We are both Native Floridian’s. We got married in 1979 both at the age of 18. So yes, we’ve been married for 42 years. This song has been a part happen!

@frankantonio4790

2y↑5

Hello Diane

@didokinney9173

1y↑2

My name is Diane too, blessings to you & your family I love this song growing up ❤

@christopherwall9696

Lake panasofkee FL resident here.congrats on your marriage!

@Questfinder1

40w

Did youbals get pregnant as a teen and have to have an abortion to? Hust wondering

@b-dub6865

31w↑1

That’s awesome. When I was a young kid, my parents told me this was their song cuz it told their story. For the longest time, I believed it was literally written about them. Ha.

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@ronniearnett7601

31w↑58

This was my mother’s and my aunt’s song. They’re both gone now and I miss them dearly. I hope you’re listening momma ❤

@elainewhittaker6239

30w↑2

Am sure they are.x

@user-qo8ko5sx3e

28w↑1

Prayers for all

@JulianneJohnston-wj1iv

28w

Got you, kid, my prayers & condolences ❤🎉

@JulianneJohnston-wj1iv

28w

Made me cry❤

@JohnMellencamp-vw4fm

24w↑1

Hello Ronniearnett
How're you doing?
Comment like this are priceless,
Thank you,
It's a pleasure meeting you here ❤

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@JR-zv6qm

8y↑4.2K

The line "Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone" becomes more and more relevant as I get older.

@clairefreeman6273

8y↑188

Yes and so does "Hold on to 16 as long as you can. Changes come around real soon- make us women and men."

@valkor73

7y↑86

no kidding and it sucks everything gets old

@elinderfler9358

7y↑25

yep. true story

@dericandkhristy

7y↑95

Never thought about the line when I was a kid or a teenager. Now I'm 36 and I'm like..."oh"

@clairefreeman6273

7y↑35

Deric Gregory just wait...it gets worse!

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@ScubaPuddingJr

3y↑357

Here to hear him say he's suckin' on a chili dog

@zackgb

3y↑16

I just found my people! 😂

@mountaindont34ify

3y↑8

Best rendition ever ❤

@dylanleason5724

3y↑8

Holy crap, I thought that I was alone! This is incredible!

@VORIANYT

3y↑5

Yess

@jmendoza3812

3y↑5

Omg same

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@thomaswhite5928

46w↑16

Graduated in '88. Our school had a jukebox in the cafeteria that took quarters and this song, without a doubt, was the most played. The seniors had first dibs and it wasn't unusual for them to put a few dollars in the machine and select this song a dozen times so that even second round of students couldn't play anything else. Life goes on.

@BG-tf8bo

13w↑8

In 1982 I was in Chicago in bootcamp, this song helped me through and I have been a John Cougar Mellencamp fan ever since.

@bleep77

3y↑926

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

@acatinthecradle

3y↑16

Same....and here I am feeling it March 2021.

@Mofokker

3y↑11

Makes me miss these days so much. Chasing girls and hanging out my my buds.

@treasurehunteruk9718

3y↑3

It sounds to me like it was 76/77. I was surprised to see it was so late.

@americafirst6408

3y↑7

@@assortedbile5381 I am 51 and feel so old,i been in 3 conflicts starting in 1989 with the Panama fiasco and it was on Christmas eve if i am correct but so much has happened and i get depressed when i hear these songs but i love all the same.

@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat

Totally agree. Whilst not an 80s song, the 1999 song Graduation by Vitamin C......sends me over the edge with bittersweet nostalgia.

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@bizzlebee1817

3y↑630

My grandparents were actually called Jack and Diane. When my grandpa died in the summer of 2020 from a heart attack we played this at the funeral and since then it has a whole new meaning. Life really does go on. And we miss you everyday ❤️

@nicholasmabe8565

3y↑17

Rest in peace may he forever live on in your memory 🙌

@zariaclinton6888

3y↑9

Sorry for your loss

@geofftaylor8627

3y↑4

Excellent thanks.

@MrDulaboo

3y↑7

My condolences....

@kingcurt7716

2y↑5

My condolences goes out to you and your family.

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@dogslobbergardens6606

2y↑12

Gen X'er here. Born and raised in farm country, USA. This tune was a big hit when I was in high school. The overall message is timeless, but the imagery is a perfect snapshot of that specific era and region. The '80s were definitely not like that for every American kid by any means. But for a small town white boy in the middle of nowhere with nothing much to look forward to but banging your high school sweetheart, and joining the Army or farming or getting some dead-end factory job... yeah, this song is exactly what it felt like to be young then. Sweet and simple... but with a foreboding sense of, "You better enjoy it now, son, 'cause it ain't ever gonna get any better than this."

@carlospuerto4873

2y↑78

I was a teenager in the 80’s. This was one of my favorite songs . Years later, as a charter pilot, I flew John and his family back home from the caribbean. I still have a picture of that day.

@blazeit505

17w

I started kindergarten in 83. It was great being an 80's kid growing up in a small mountain town. I got to shoot guns and go hunting. I was driving a manual truck as soon as my legs could reach the pedals.

@jai5745

4y↑2K

the fact that 80s music makes me feel nostalgic for that time when i wasn’t alive then is crazy

@Tom-kt8lu

4y↑60

Fauxstalgia?

@matt.9750

4y↑89

I’m eleven and this shit makes me nostalgic, idfk man

@sebapotatoboy3683

4y↑108

@@matt.9750 im about 14 and im glad that they're is a small group of young-ins in the modern age that are able to appreciate all the great things the 50's through 90's brought this world. Sometimes i wish i was born during those times

@JesusIsKing2000s

4y↑18

Panic! Leelu at least you’re listening to music like this man 🤘🏻

@BigUps-Bucket-Cat

4y↑50

Probably subconscious from your parents when they had parties and drinks at Christmas time and these songs were played in the background. So your body relates them to hapiness

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@kochnasakti7187

4y↑956

Did not feel the time passed so quickly, first heard this song as a teenager ... now I am 51 years old ... this song is still exciting.

@willritter4076

4y↑7

I'd be honored if some John Cougar & 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel in tribute to the great musical summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and keep on rocking.

@GBURGE55

4y↑13

Feel the same. Bought this on a 7 inch single on its release. I'm now 55...Where has the time gone ?

@jimtim8805

4y↑31

Before dying January of this year my dad got teary eyed and kept saying "Seems like yesterday when I joined my job as a young man in 1975 and now I'm 70. Where does time go". And then he said he still closes his eyes and sees those days like it was yesterday. I felt it hit me really bad and felt emotional myself.
I miss him so much now but at least he didn't live for a really long time as a sick human being as it was his complain that youth remains for a very short time and his dream was to die as an active person. Love you dad.

@paisleyprincess7996

4y↑9

I heard this song back in the summer of 82, as an 8-year old. Some parts passed quickly without ever enjoying the time, then real life passed slowly. Wish I could have smelled the roses and enjoyed my youth more

@TheProphessorx

4y↑4

Some cUuDdY(I think it right) sniffer say man u old,. I go Yar man; but my lady still puts the lamb chops in the paper bag n shake it the way it ought ta till the bottom just about ready to drop out..hehehe boyyy

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@marcussmith3934

2y↑16

Happy 71st Birthday John Mellencamp!(Born October 7, 1951)😃🥳🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🎂🥂👍👏🙌

@gavinfleetwood

12w

Wow. Same birthday as me lol.

@marilynmanord1790

2y↑72

“They say life goes on. Long after the thrill of living is gone.” There’s so much truth to those words.

@TNT-km2eg

1y↑3

The thrill is gone - B.B.King

@maddogg5555

11w↑2

"suckin on a chili dog outside the tastee freeze"

@Emilkado14

Im going thru a mid life crisis right now and the thrill went away 20yrs ago

@deserthighways4095

8y↑2.3K

I was young when first heard this but now at 66 I can confirm the lyrics, life does go on long after the thrill of living is LONG gone. Whatever age you're at, if you're young, make the most of it. One day you'll open your eyes in the morning, look in the bathroom mirror, and see an old face looking back at you, and your old bones will ache.

@deserthighways4095

8y↑122

You fail to understand the song. It's not at all upbeat. May your ignorant bones ache before you get as old as me

@JP-ou6ss

8y↑43

+Venlible Well, it's upbeat...but not really at the same time. It has that nostalgic feeling. Kinda like "Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen.

@deserthighways4095

8y↑64

If you die young you're lucky. Don't fight death. It's a release from the bullshit of the world.

@deserthighways4095

8y↑36

Your flesh will at first just get loose, and then gradually seem to rot and fall off, like the hairs on your head which will be replaced by a few hairs coming out your ears. And U can forget about sex or having any interest in women, especially some old crow your age (my age at present)

@deserthighways4095

8y↑38

Yes, I need to find a way to be 35 years old again.

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@freedom4mealways

2y↑35

Jack and Diane still hits "the nail on the head" 40 years later.

@willritter4076

12w↑1

I'd be honored if some early 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YouTube performances of JACK & DIANE by John Cougar and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne in tribute to the great musical summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Stay safe and keep on rocking in the '020s.

@stephaniehahn7881

3y↑164

My dad's been gone 34 years today and this was his favorite song of all time! Still a banger

@Ada-zn3pw

24w↑1

Truly timeless songs like this only come around every once in awhile

@buttyscott1

11w

My condolences 🙏

@rahulbudhathoki3221

2y↑45

80's the best era, Great music, gifted artists, probably best living... Golden era.

@bengtgerstrom8268

2y↑3

Japp!👍

@madgardener5820

41w↑8

The wife and me are both 55 we're still Jack and Diane.
The thrill of livin still isn't gone.

@guiniga1

2y↑36

Happy 40th Birthday “Jack and Diane”! 10/2/2022. I was 9 yrs old when the song debuted - thankfully, the thrill of living has never left! Cheers.

@frankantonio4790

Hello

@henshawsm

1y↑1

I was born on October 2nd!

@lifeisgood6074

2y↑134

I was literally 16 when this song was popular on the radio. I always remembered that line, hold on to 16 as long as you can, changes come around real soon, make us women and men...I tried as hard as I could to hold on to 16. But boy, was he right!......

@frankantonio4790

2y↑1

Hello Rosalyn

@frankantonio4790

Hello

@lemurianchick

2y↑7

I was 16 that summer too. Now about to turn 57.

@BioVisier

1y↑9

Probably one of the best lyric lines ever written.

@agittleson434

1y↑4

So funny! I was also 16 at the time, and I ALWAYS thought the same thing!

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@ernestoalvarez2812

43w↑24

This song will forever be a timeless classic.

@dailysneed

41w↑1

I'm 5 years old and I feel nostalgic

@mickjagger8439

41w

@@dailysneed That's 5 in dog years?

@billyraytrent9493

5y↑757

I don't get much time to listen to John but when I do so do my neighbors

@cassandrastuppiello5890

5y↑5

mine too ;)

@billyraytrent9493

5y↑8

@@cassandrastuppiello5890 I got put in jail for disturbing the peace because I had John cracked up

@hemmohoving2558

5y↑22

My neighbors like it so much they smashed my window with a brick so they could here it better.......i think!!!!

@gusm5128

Ha ha 😂

@jonashopson4625

Billy Ray Trent old

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@christinae.amaker5661

4y↑174

Who’s still listening in 2020.. 9-2-20 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@thomasmusto2049

4y↑5

It makes the best days come back

@tonybensley6246

4y↑4

@@thomasmusto2049 Yes! It sure does!! CHEERS!!

@usryjl1

4y↑4

2020

@alterego3590

4y↑4

Generation X...1964...from Europe...this song will never be old...but sure as hell we are, and our brothers and sisters in the US as wel. Time has not been to great for the last few months, neither for you neither for us...

@josemurillo7922

4y↑1

1ske

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@coolcat6303

1y↑25

Classic from my 80’s childhood. And that drum solo where Kenny Aronoff is really laying down the Funk is my favorite drum solo after Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”. 🥁🤘

@section8usmc53

34w↑1

There's a great interview with him here on YouTube about doing this song.

@michaelwills1926

33w↑1

@@section8usmc53I came here directly from that interview. Kenny is the man 🤙🏼

@Theodorik9

43w↑37

As a 30 something married man with kids this is the most depressing and at the same time uplifting song.

@Meatsquadron

39w↑3

Yup! Also this is a real song about small towns. People forget that and it’s sad.

@Theodorik9

39w

I would love to have that experience. I live on the eastern seaboard our smallest town is likely a metropolis to a mid westerner

@donaldshotts4429

19w

@@Theodorik9I'm a Hoosier and I've been all over. Hearing JCM always made me homesick, but at the same time you're not missing anything. He even says it in Small Town..."there's little opportunity". I will say southern Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee can be beautiful. Closest I've been to you is a short stay at Dover AFB or Rhode Island which was also beautiful in it's own way

@alanmontgomery9335

4y↑90

So glad I grew up in the 80s with music like this.

@carolinewhitaker967

2y↑3

I remember my cousin and boyfriend Alan Dainty playing this video in Blackpool.

@datsfrank

7y↑127

A little ditty about Jack & Diane....... two American kids doin best they can!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!
My favorite part.

@CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes

2y↑46

This song just randomly came into my head just now, and here I am appreciating good old 80s music! ❤️

@markhamburton7331

1y↑2

I remember this song well. I ,like most of us,thought this song was about the song writer JCM. However I was shocked to learn what it was truly about. The song's true origins before the record company encouraged him to change the lyrics. When I use to watch the video on MTV originally I thought about how ,while I loved the best and the song,I felt this song was light years from my own experience. Decades later I found out how wrong I was.

@arafjan7488

51w↑1

Woke up this morning and from nowhere this song popped up even before I brushed my teeth- great song

@laurie273

44w↑2

Me too. Popped in my head Out of Nowhere! Had to listen to it...

@CorridorOfMirrorsRemixes

44w

@@laurie273 It's a classic! :)

@brianmonayong2769

2y↑163

JCM is one of the few artists who can make you think about your entire life with a 4 minute song.

@TNT-km2eg

1y↑4

The thrill is gone - B.B. .King

@glynis1007

25w↑1

Yup 😊

@mattrawling6646

16w↑1

Totally agree

@Vlinny

5y↑342

This song brings back the good days...

Anyone else agree?

@shutterbug_713

5y↑2

Me! AND in this video, 👎👎the hands @ 0:07, 0:16, 1:40 and 1:49--the punches @ 3:48, 3:57, and 4:06 R 2.1 gazillion times better! 👍👍

@rethamckenna7090

4y↑1

Vlinny Absolutely Agree!! BEST TIMES..BEST DECADE💯 2020!!!

@96rekoj

Very much so

@chrisloewen2994

Nob. Glad those days are over. I’m glad my 16th year is over.

@paisleyprincess7996

4y↑2

Yes. Summer of 82

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@blackknightbtw1211

5y↑24

My papa who’s dying suffering from cancer always played this for me when I was 2 and when I see him he puts it on and says not smoke like me bud or you’re end up like me. I am crying while saying this well the lesson is I guess don’t smoke oh pa you see this keep fighting.

@kb420ps

3y↑82

I'm 50. I remember when this song was new. John was right. Life does go on long after the thrill of living is gone.....

@GenieKOHara

2y↑5

Amen brother. If we could just all go back and live it all over...

@RecklesSleepy805

2y↑18

I may only be 17 but this song hits deep, thankyou dad for showing me it❤️

@Cameron-ul2xe

no problem son!

@lindsaywilson76

4y↑15

I remember listening to my older sister’s 45 of this song over and over at 12 years old and thinking “I can’t wait until I’m older” - now 50, oh to be young again!

@johnmellencamp1731

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@BradleyJuby

4y↑73

0:57 “Suckin’ awn chili dawg.....” Favorite line.

@jenniferbridgesmerrow8501

3y↑5

Scratches his head and Does his best James Dean!!

@DakGuy05

3y↑1

The only good part that makes it worth listening to lol. Way overplayed

@tonibologna03

1y↑11

My grandma Diane loved this song before she passed. I've been listening to it since I was a baby. In my 19 years, I've been blessed with this song. I now listen to it to honor her memory. It's honestly a mood lifter. Just makes me sad some days.

@JoePruessner1

17w↑3

Haven't listened to this song in a while, coming back to it I love it as much as ever. I lived in Bloomington for a couple years, went to the music school there. One of my friends worked a little with Kenny Aranoff, who said that Johnny Cougar was a brilliant musician who knew exactly what he was doing. Can't argue with that. This is pure poetry, John Mellencamp captures exactly the essence of teenage life in a Heartland small town, whether in Kansas, Ohio or Indiana.

@DLeske

9y↑144

I met my high school sweetheart Emily in 1966 when I visited her church. I drove 10 miles a day to her town in my '55 Chevy 2dr to work (yep, went to school and had a job), but I also had to sneak around to see her. I could write a book about the things we did and this song by John Mellencamp REALLY brings those memories back, even though it was written over a decade later. Ha ...damn son, no wonder some kids wish that they had lived in the '60s. News Flash: Live for today. I am loving 2010-2015 and some of today's songs, like Royals by Lorde, Roar by Katy, Sugar by Maroon 5... fact is, I can pick out a whole group of cool songs that stir my blood from every year since 1965 when I got my first piece of ... :-D - I am 65/yo and still rock hard when it comes to love and life.

@cousins4l65

Cee dot

@cousins4l65

Not certain cee cee. Not shows.

@valkor73

ggggggood for ya

@soniarena5250

5y↑2

You should write that book

@Georghiou2D

you rule man. i wanna read that book

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@mrpankau

8y↑251

The groove in this song is legendary :D

@snakesinalaska

7y↑5

ikr

@therealawakener7

7y↑8

'Kenny Aronoff', drumming legend. That's why. :-).

@Mitchieboo1970

Max Pankau For Real!!!

@Ironman829

Kenny is killer on this song. Chills

@jessatheclassicrockfan6925

Max Pankau Ikr :D

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@CarolDiChiara

27w↑7

Long live John Mellencamp this is legend

@g.y.u3649

2y↑18

This song speaks to me of my carefree teenage years. My name is Diane and it's such a cool song with my name in it. But the line "Hold onto 16 for as long as you can" rings true for me, because my 16th year was so exciting and memorable. It was my junior year in high school and I had finally come out of my shell. Boys started to notice me--I was a late bloomer. I was one of those kids who was lucky enough to have a joyous, innocent youth until I started college in the late 70s.
Although universal, Jack and Diane seem to come from my era--even their childhood photos used this video are all from my era. I I grew up fast in college and the protected, safe world of 16 and high school was gone and replaced by adult things and activities that I was ill-prepared for. Even now I miss the innocence and joy of life when I was 16. I was so happy and carefree back then. Kids nowadays grow up a lot faster and seem to have a lot more pressure to grow up faster than when I was a kid.

@mrkrabslove

4y↑191

Turned 16 yesterday. Let's make this year the best one yet :) holding on into it as long as I can

@JohnDoe-xg4yr

4y↑19

I have been holding onto 16 for 40 years.

@barackobama4777

4y↑11

John Doe Most people hold onto it for a year but you must have listened to this song a lot and you have now possessed the power of John Cougar Mellencamp.

@zebiak41

4y↑7

Kaelyn, you have a great life in front of you. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

@eradikate306

4y↑4

Happy late birthday

@adamholtz733

3y↑2

Rock On Kaelyn !!! This is your song !!!

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@johnlstover

9y↑46

My mom loved this tune . God bless her soul;..

@ch3vygrl333

9y↑4

My mom as well rip mom

@melissasaggus9683

My brother loved this song! I remember riding in his Malibu cross I-20. I miss him and the good times.

@glennschlegel7160

2y↑72

As a teenager in the 80s. I thought this was just a great song 🎵. In 2022 I know what it all means. I take it day by day. Always doing the best I can......

@joekaiser7512

1y↑3

How about a lil ditty about Joe and Lisa…an all -American boy livin in Cali and a Sunset Blvd. street sweetie lovin it up in a retirement home. Yeah buddy!

@vovo1204

45w↑2

Same feelings here

@michaelwills1926

33w↑1

Same

@editorsampson6279

11w↑3

My FIRST RECORD! American Fool. This man mad me learn guitar without ever paying for a lesson.Growing up in Indiana, he made me PROUD and taught me VALUES through his music.

@lovelydaniel8083

4y↑223

I remembered back in 2002 ,I suffered a bad hang over trying to be grown at the tender age of 16 on my spring break! I mean mannnn, I was throwing up every where in my aunt house , I was depressed because I was missing a grown ass man ( who was four years my senior...20) who could careless about me! I didn't sober up until the next following day in the evening and I was left at home alone. I decided to clean my aunts house for her and I turned on the radio and heard this song for the first time in my life! At the time I didn't realized this song was speaking to me about enjoying my youth while I can! Coincidently, I was 16 years old at the time😢....This song holds a special place in my heart💙💖

@MichaelTurner856

3y↑5

That's so beautiful! Hope you're doing well

@cfalcon0754

3y↑6

I will definitely pray for you so that way nothing bad ever happens to you like that again.

@refresh1984

3y↑1

Life goes on buddy

@lovelydaniel8083

3y↑1

@@refresh1984 You don't say

@jimogrady1131

3y↑3

lovely Daniel I went to a Chatholic School Most of us 8th graders were drinking Beer. The school was crazy all Nun Teachers. To bad for me I still had my IRISH Freckles on my face. For got we were 70s kids. So much for Chatholics being Catholics. We were bad kids we went to lots of 70s concerts. 70s kid watching Brady Bunch & Partridge Family. Really sucks Im 58 & still drinking Beer. Not always fun being IRISH lots of people think were all Drunks, even today REDHEADS get Bullied. We do have our flaws our skin burns easilly in the Sun. Some people think our Freckles are Bug Bites

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@angiewatts4184

7y↑34

Favorite song for over 30 years!!!!!! Aww, the bliss and nostalgia the whole room feels when it comes on the radio...

@johnmellencamp1731

Hello Thanks for your comment and supports, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. Keep Supporting ❤️
Please send me a mail via. johnmellencamp03@gmail.com

@larrybill2661

Hello Angie how are you doing!!

@sarahhayes7327

30w

I’m known by all my friends as a huge music person and this is also my very favorite song and has been for decades.

@waterlily6747

2y↑24

When you're a kid all you want is to be an adult, but when you become an adult you learn what it's really like.
That's what I take from this song.

@malcolmferguson2771

17w

Me too buddy

@HRhodes1962

34w↑3

John my family and I just watched your interview with Bob Costas, it was amazing, thank you for all the years of great music, I've been to several Farm Aids and seen you for the first time in Little Rock,Ar back on 11/22/82. Love the new song Chasing Rainbows ...
Sincerely,
Harvey Rhodes

@johngreene9220

4y↑17

Reminds me of my dear friend who just lost her struggle with cancer....love u Tracey

@andrethomas6367

Sorry man:(

@briandawton2015

9y↑16

Just finished HS in 1982 when this song came out...Helped build a house that summer and always remember the gal next door who passed by everyday, highlight of the day. Never amounted to anything, but was the best 5 minute break each day...lol went off to military after that summer...but will always associate that song to that summer. (Yes, I did talk with her..my age, but she had a boyfriend and happy..lol)

@angel3213

1y↑3

My dogs are the best in life. As a teen hearing this song id thought about, how I'd want too hold on to 16 as long as I could. Now a senior citizen I don't feel as one. Thanks for this song🕺💃

@francescooper5932

2y↑11

It's funny, still to this very day, when I hear this song I stop and sing the lyrics no mater where I am. One of my favorite songs as a teenager.

@bobbobob2797

6y↑14

I'm 60, and still loving life. It's so much clearer now that I'm wiser, lol

@omobolanleosaji313

3y↑54

My late dad was a huge fan...this song reminds me of him all the time :(

@bbanger73

3y↑3

Me too honey. My daddy passed away 3 weeks ago and it's miserable. Take care of yourself

@JJ-qs9hu

2y↑3

This is my all time favorite of his. I'm 50 today ...we share the same birthday. Happy birthday John

@sylviademel9749

48w↑5

Omg, such a long time I've heard this song. Bring back memories of a great time. ❤

@spellbinder3113

3y↑7

This was the first American song I heard when I came to America in 1982. Shaped my whole life.

@Purple1984Rain

8y↑88

John wrote some of the best rock songs of the 80's. I love the acoustic guitar as a counterpoint to that great electric riff. The clap-a-long and Kenny Aronoff's kick-ass drum solo in the middle just elevates the song to even greater status.

@alessandroperini6021

6y↑3

Shane Anthony the guitar riff was made by mick ronson

@shivaumesh1129

6y↑2

Shane Anthony Kenny Aronoff's solo is amazing!!!!

@johnhurst6552

6y↑2

Mick Ronson gone but never forgotten....

@coolcat6303

5y↑4

That drum solo is fantastic & right up there with Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight".

@davidlightner7565

5y↑2

Have to admit I didn’t know that was Kenny on drums. Always been a good tune.

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@offgridprincess133

2y↑41

So raw, authentic, and wholesome. What great music is supposed to sound like. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world. The 80’s and early 90’s music made the entire planet heal and vibrate higher. I love the 80’s music forever.

@zacharyrank3056

33w↑3

One of the most powerful nostalgia songs.... I hear this and in my mind it is instantly the early 2000s I'm 10 years old and I'm riding around with my friends and their parents singing this song word for word on the dirt roads and cow pastures of central Florida

@user-vg5dj6qi9b

3y↑6

A young black dude from the hood use 2 love this song!!! This shit hot....🔥🔥🔥🔥.... Feel good song!!! Life goes on!!! Let it rock let roll!!!! Shout out 2 John!!! Timeless hit!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@steveblaugh2180

8y↑18

One of the absolute BEST tunes of the eighties-if not THE best!

@maryhartman9253

40w↑4

I can still see my childhood living room...watching MTV..this video was always on!! 🤣❤️The greatest times ever! #80sgreatness #thewonderyears

@mywienersyoumusttouch6446

44w↑6

Reminds me of my childhood growing up in the 80's . 😊

@mommyof3_908

7y↑45

this song will always remind me of my parents...Dave and diane. Yeah, we made the whole "dave" part work hahaha...rip momma..love you 😍✌🌻

@edreebenaker5094

6y↑3

Amy Lynn sorry for your loss Amy best wishes to you

@cnh3203

5y↑353

can remember waiting beside the radio every Saturday to hear if Casey Kasem was gonna
play this song .

@willritter4076

5y↑1

I'd be honored if some John Cougar Mellencamp fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of JACK & DIANE and SOMEBODY'S BABY by Jackson Browne on my YT channel (tap on my photo go there) in tribute to the great musical summer of 1982. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital enhancements. Thanks and keep on rocking.

@Theviduch

5y↑5

Me too :)

@Joeltrejo62

5y↑7

I still miss Casey Kasem reviews on the radio. He used to comment on letters he read on the air asking for a especial dedication.

@tomstevens1516

5y↑5

At our local radio station they remastered kasey kasem, every Saturday and sunday

@Professor-Retro

5y↑2

Yup

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@Bebe.B.

1y↑3

I am an 80s girl and this was one of my FAVORITE songs back then. Many years later, I named my son Jack.................................

@nunziolagana7912

2y↑4

I was 11 years and just loved this song, 80s music remains the most epic, I was blessed to living those youth day's.

@discos_out_murders_in6899

4y↑14

I was 4 years old in 95 and my dad and I were just driving in the middle of the night (for no reason to my understanding anyways) and this song came on, that was the first memory I had of my dad. I just did the same drive listening to this song and hacking darts to this song. Now adays I'm a bassist playing in a progressive metal band, and despite the differences between my band and this song, and my dad and myself, I can all link it back to John Cougar because the music he created forever bonded me and my dad through common interests, and got me into music.

@areannasings8441

10y↑8

My mom used to play this in the car when I was younger I'm only 15 but I love this song so so so much, i wasn't around when it came out, but I'm so lucky to know this song... Deff one of my favorite songs of all time. It's timeless!!!

@raymondlopez7202

25w↑2

My grandma loved this song❤️🥲🙏🙏🙏

@kaiandmikefishingfrueh2212

1y↑2

I grew up on a dairy farm in Southwest Wisconsin. I was in high school in the mid 80s. We would hear and sing this song on the bus. Gave me a good feeling thinking he was "one of us". His thoughts from the words were so naturally... normal. Cool. Takes me back to those times every time I hear this song. I certainly miss those simpler times.
"Oh, yeah. Life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone".

@sallyoneill8147

9y↑174

"Life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone." How this stings.

@randomyoutube0

6y↑6

Stings the nostrils, indeed

@BigboiiTone

6y↑13

if you get tired of living you're living wrong

@TomMy-jb1qr

6y↑9

@@BigboiiTone ?? How do you?? Live right I've tried for 54 year s and still haven't quite figured it out

@g-star9434

5y↑1

Love your comment,take care!

@BigboiiTone

5y↑3

@@TomMy-jb1qr by not caring what society says. doing my own thing

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@samsticka

5y↑1.1K

"Hold onto 16 as long as you can". I did for a year, then I turned 17.

@karenlinka60

4y↑7

Lol

@Rob-qr2kn

4y↑6

u funny Sam, but also right

@GlassTopRX7

4y↑4

The drummer, bassist thought this song was so cheesy they didn't bother to play it.

@danielengler643

4y↑32

I swear when I was 16 I thought it was the stupidest line in the song. Now at 46, it might be the truest

@GlassTopRX7

4y↑5

@@danielengler643 Well for us it wasn't 16 it was 21.

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@robertirwin7016

39w↑4

One of my favorite songs. Truly a classic.

@jeffpeterson2012

2y↑6

John and Kenny Aronoff were the architects of this song and it's amazing. I was in 8th grade when Jack and Diane went to number one. MTV was the shit back then and EVERYBODY watched it. The Jack and Diane video was on heavy rotation and it blew up. Everybody was singing, and air drumming to it. The drums are just as iconic as Phil Collins drums in Air Tonight. Kenny Aronoff rocked BigTime. Rain on the Scarecrow was another powerhouse Drumming song. John was very smart to bring Kenny on board, because he pushed those songs from good to Fuckin Amazing

@davidmatthews3131

3y↑54

Mick Ronson: arrangement, backing vocals and electric guitar

@MCAndyT

3y↑5

Yeah! I just learned that from The Guitar Historian! Now that I know this I can totally hear it! Amazing

@henryelder923

3y↑4

Yup here is the link about Ronson and Mellencamp https://youtu.be/-g0heriM6KI?t=652

@rebeccastevens1876

3y↑3

I just read that today would have been Ronson's 75th birthday-that's what brought me here. Plus, I grew up with this song, and man, it really takes me back...

@unknownkingdom

What? No way

@rayh3391

3y↑1

like mick ronson

@evanr1784

5y↑35

Oh yeah,life goes on
Long after the thrill of living is gone
I can't think of better lyrics than that in any song of any genre

@Ada-zn3pw

24w↑2

Songs like this are very rare. Truly a classic.

@KittyGrizGriz

21w↑1

Mellencamp was one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen; everyone was up dancing~singing along with the band! Great song 😘

@grantbattison7948

5y↑55

Takes me back to simpler, less complicated times!

@chepelapodgaming4072

5y↑4

It's always been complicated your where just too young to really see any of it

@princessofnada87j25

5y↑3

Yes people are more complicated now

@kennethcannon6374

4y↑2

only people make life complicated

@tracysullivan3715

Where’s the time machine? I’d ❤️ to re-live 1982!!!

@jenniferbridgesmerrow8501

Mr too

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@tb8651

4y↑51

When you are young and experiencing lots of new stimuli—everything is new—time actually seems to be passing more slowly. As you get older, the production of mental images slows, giving the sense that time passes more rapidly
.... That experiencing of new stimuli is the "thrill of living"....
It's inevitable that a person's production of mental images will slow... less stimuli, less thrill.
In other words, been there done that.

So find new things, make new stimuli, the world is a massive place with more things to discover in a life time. You don't need to hold on to 16 just keep experiencing new things.

I wonder how John feels about this song now as apposed to when he wrote it?

@jaimiegoofball

3y↑2

Yes

@violetgc6049

I love this. Thank you for sharing these thoughts xo It's fascinating!

@Andrea1542

I love this! I'm middle aged, I had been static for close to a decade. Time flew, I was bored and stopped caring about myself. 9 months ago I found my tribe and my favorite activity I never imagined I would ever be doing, especially as a middle aged Gen Xer. I am the oldest of my group, but I fit in.

I am loving life so much right now!

@hansam2284

So true! Well said… live life to the fullest! It goes by so quickly. Enjoy your youth!

@debib.8397

2y↑7

One of favorite musicians!!!
He is great in concert!!!
I remember when he went by John Cougar!! ❤️

@frankantonio4790

Hello Debi

@user-fx6tx4zg8h

what a fabulously fun time this was to be alive!!! So many memories attached to this tune.

@negan2747

5y↑156

When I die I will do so knowing that I lived through the greatest music ever to cross the airwaves

@mariealexa6578

yessssssssss!

@annobrien5287

Yessssssssss

@stevieb9066

ain't that the effin truth

@charlinatrice60

Z1@@annobrien5287

@tobymaxmax658

80smwere fantastic

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@bigstunna2049

4y↑230

Just went on a date and she told me she just wants to be friends, I felt sad but thought "life goes on" and picked myself back up

@rustybrowneye

4y↑9

You should have forced it bro

@kadenp4130

4y↑7

Good on you

@pontiacexcitement3541

4y↑19

Hey brother it's okay. My dad just got out of prison 2 months ago. He went to prison when i was 3 and now I'm 12. It's sad but he is a big part of my life. Family is better then a friend or girl friend. I felt much worst and suicide but don't worry. You didn't have to take her out. I hope you get better buddy. Because as they say. "Life goes on".

@TheDivayenta

4y↑11

What’s meant for you will never miss you! She wasn’t the one.

@BillyOnYouTube

4y↑6

I recently lost my father to Covid two months ago. The thought of "Life goes on" really helps. Especially coming from this song.

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@thaddeauscaldwell7101

3y↑24

I was 16 years old when this song came out and loved it and when I heard the lyrics "Hold on to 16 as long as you can " , I thought to myself , I'm going to because that was one of the best years of my life. I always remember the lyrics "Hold on to 16 as long as you can" I'm now in my 50's and I'm still "Holding on to 16 " .
I'll never grow old on the inside .

@agittleson434

Same!

@Playbackrm100

19w↑1

This song will NEVER grow old.

@faithknight7665

6y↑9

Love you Dad ..till we meet again 🙏 I remember this as a little girl and will carry it down!!

@arcmov24

10y↑8

'life goes long after the thrill of living is gone' AMEN to that John !

@JamesK7911

The Jack & Diane story can be for anyone.

This song will always make me think of my grandparents as well as my parents. Both my grandparents back in the 1950s & 60s, young Americans kids doing the best they can in life and raising a family, 30 years later my parents meet doing the best they can in life and raising me… that was back in the 2000s. Now 3 out of 4 of my grandparents have died (in 2004, 2017, and 2020)… yet life still goes on and now I’m a young American doing the best I can.

@benlafour38

2y↑2

The clap is everything

@anuncolonizedmind6296

4y↑10

The nostalgia! It makes me want to cry 😭

@promontorium

8y↑9

This song was #1 when I was born. Considering the subject matter and that the video starts with baby photos, it's pretty surreal for me.

@thomasmoore5949

2y↑2

Takes me to about 1988. I was touring Florida with 2 friends, in a RV. We are Scottish but 2 of us had big USA connections. The other certainly got into the spirit of USA. This was always on the radio on our trip! Great Fun! Great memories!

@ruthworman2733

1y↑1

Awww wasn't he the cutie little baby boy you ever saw besides my son 🥰 Oh I love those pictures John . Man I ❤️ sure appreciate your music man 👌👍👏 Been fan for many many yrs ❤❤❤

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