Jack & Diane Mellencamp and Don Gehman (with Gehman also engineering), and backing Mellencamp were guitarists/backing vocalists Mick Ronson, Mike Wanchic, Larry Crane, drummer Kenny Aronoff, bassist/backing vocalist Robert Frank, and keyboardist Eric Rosser. In 1982, producer and guitarist Mick Ronson worked with Mellencamp on his "American Fool" album, and in particular on "Jack & Diane." In a 2008 interview with "Classic Rock" magazine, Mellencamp recalled: Mick was very instrumental in helping me arrange that song, as I'd thrown it on the junk heap. Ronson came down and played on three or four tracks and worked on the "American Fool" record for four
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.