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 Abbott (The Young and the Restless) him president of Jabot. However, Jack begins an affair with Jabot model Diane Jenkins. Diane continuously threatens to tell Patty about the affair to get her way. Once upset with Jack, Diane arranges to have Patty walk in on her and Jack sleeping together, and in the process causes Patty to miscarry her baby. When Patty overhears Jack admitting that he only married Patty to get ahead in his career, Patty shoots him. She loses her memory of the incident, and when she regains her memory Jack chooses not to press charges. Next Jack has an affair with his now-stepmother