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
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body an evil giant who cannot be defeated until his heart is located and destroyed. The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. George MacDonald retold it as "The Giant's Heart" in "Adela Cathcart". A version of the tale also appears in "A Book of Giants" by Ruth Manning-Sanders. A king had seven sons, and when the other six went off to find brides, he kept the youngest with him because he could not bear to be parted from them all.