Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock and roll artist John Mellencamp. This two-disc set was released October 19, 2004 on the Island and UTV Records labels. It is a retrospective of Mellencamp's career at the time of its release, and features at least one song from each of his studio albums released between 1978's A Biography and 2003's Trouble No More. Two songs, "Walk Tall" and "Thank You", were recorded exclusively for this album. No songs from Mellencamp's 1976 debut album Chestnut Street Incident or 1977's The Kid Inside are represented. Also omitted is Mellencamp's cover of "Without Expression", which was released on his previous compilation album The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988. Initial pressings of the album included a bonus DVD that contained the music videos for "Crumblin' Down", "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.", "Rain on the Scarecrow", "Check It Out", and "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)". AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the compilation a positive review, describing it as more thorough than The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988, but criticized its non-chronological track listing. In December 2004 the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA. Track listing All songs written by John Mellencamp, except where noted. Disc one "Walk Tall" – 3:45 (previously unreleased) "Pink Houses" – 4:45 (from Uh-Huh, 1983) "Lonely Ol' Night" – 3:46 (from Scarecrow, 1985) "Jackie Brown" – 4:03 (from Big Daddy, 1989) "Rain on the Scarecrow" (Mellencamp, George M. Green) – 3:46 (from Scarecrow, 1985) "Love and Happiness" – 3:54 (from Whenever We Wanted, 1991) "Check It Out" – 4:21 (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987) "Peaceful World" – 4:06 (from Cuttin' Heads, 2001) "Paper in Fire" – 3:52 (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987) "Your Life Is Now" (Mellencamp, Green) – 3:59 (from John Mellencamp, 1998) "Human Wheels" (Mellencamp, Green) – 5:36 (from Human Wheels, 1993) "When Jesus Left Birmingham" – 5:16 (from Human Wheels, 1993) "Authority Song" – 3:50 (from Uh-Huh, 1983) "What If I Came Knocking" – 5:06 (from Human Wheels, 1993) "Crumblin' Down" (Mellencamp, Green) – 3:36 (from Uh-Huh, 1983) "Small Town" – 3:42 (from Scarecrow, 1985) "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." – 2:55 (from Scarecrow, 1985) "Cherry Bomb" – 4:49 (from The Lonesome Jubilee, 1987) "Pop Singer" – 2:46 (from Big Daddy, 1989) Disc two "Thank You" – 3:38 (previously unreleased) "Martha Say" – 3:43 (from Big Daddy, 1989)