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 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.