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
Jack & Diane a story about Jack Lang and Diane Davidson. Two American kids from very diverse backgrounds." The 2003 romantic comedy "Something's Gotta Give" billed its stars as simply "Jack & Diane" (i.e., Nicholson and Keaton), although the song itself was not used in the film. Jack and Diane are the two Great Khans responsible for the Red Rocks Drug Lab in "". All illegal "chems" in the game are said to originate with these two characters, either directly or indirectly, as Khans are the primary drug runners. Kenny Chesney's song "I Go Back" mentions Jack and Diane in its opening line.