<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>
<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>
who sang the song about jack and diane
who sang the song about jack and diane
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp