I Was Jack (You Were Diane) reminisces about falling in love to the tune years before." Owen said that he asked Mellencamp personally for permission to incorporate portions of "Jack & Diane" into the song, and recorded it after receiving Mellencamp's permission. Owen said that he wanted to record it because of the feelings of nostalgia that the lyrics evoked in him. The song is Owen's first release on Big Loud Records, following a decade on RCA Records Nashville. The song has sold 110,000 copies in the United States as of August 2018. I Was Jack (You Were Diane) "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" is
Diane (1927 song) Diane' or confused with The Beach Boys song "My Diane", which is a different song. Diane (1927 song) "Diane" - also known as "Diane (I'm in Heaven When I See You Smile)"- is a song by Ernö Rapée and Lew Pollack, originally written as a theme song for the 1927 silent movie "Seventh Heaven". In 1928, The Nat Shilkret Orchestra had a hit with the song. The song appears (without lyrics) on the 1961 Miles Davis Quintet album "Steamin'", originally recorded in 1956. Instrumental version was recorded on March 22, 1962, for the LP "There Is Nothing Like a Dame"