<Tr> <Td> "Hurts So Good" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Jack & Diane" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Hand to Hold On To" (1982) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Jack & Diane" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Jack & Diane" is a 1982 hit rock song written and performed by American singer - songwriter John Mellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar ." It appears on Mellencamp's album American Fool . It was chosen by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as one of the Songs of the Century . The single spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982, and, to date, is Mellencamp's most successful hit single . </P>

Let me tell you a little ditty about jack and diane