Mellencamp almost always writes all of his own material, however, Uh-Huh saw him engage in one-time collaborations with two distinctly different songwriters: the legendary John Prine on "Jackie O," and the unknown Will Cary on "Lovin' Mother Fo Ya." .
Mellencamp had written "Lovin' Mother Fo Ya" and was playing it live on his 1982 American Fool tour before it was even recorded (and before Cary had anything to do with the song).