Jack & Diane Jack & Diane "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 is Mellencamp's most successful hit single. According to Mellencamp, "Jack & Diane" was based on the 1962 Tennessee Williams film "Sweet Bird of Youth". He said of recording the song: "'Jack & Diane'
Jack & Diane MKTO's 2014 song "American Dream" claims Jack left Diane thirty years ago. In the American ABC sitcom "Black-ish", the protagonist's six-year-old twins are named Jack and Diane. The fourth episode of the Netflix sitcom "Lady Dynamite" is called "Jack and Diane", as Maria Bamford assumes the fictional identity of one Diane to date a man named Jack Tripper. The episode concludes with a song named "People Pleaser" that parodies "Jack & Diane", edited in the style of the original video. The single "No Such Thing as A Broken Heart" by "Old Dominion" mentions "Jack and Diane" in the opening verse