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
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"