I Was Jack (You Were Diane) I Was Jack (You Were Diane) "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" is a song by American country music singer Jake Owen. It was written by David Ray, Tommy Cecil, Jody Stevens, Craig Wiseman, and John Mellencamp, with production handled by Joey Moi. It is Owen's first single released by Big Loud Records. The song is a tribute to John Mellencamp's 1982 single "Jack & Diane", and credits Mellencamp as a co-writer for incorporating that song's guitar riff. "Rolling Stone" writer Chris Parton described the song: "Owen's updated version highlights the original's impact on present-day America, while a regular Joe
Jack & Diane MKTO's 2014 song "American Dream" claims Jack left Diane thirty years ago. In the American ABC sitcom "Black-ish", the protagonist's six-year-old twins are named Jack and Diane. The fourth episode of the Netflix sitcom "Lady Dynamite" is called "Jack and Diane", as Maria Bamford assumes the fictional identity of one Diane to date a man named Jack Tripper. The episode concludes with a song named "People Pleaser" that parodies "Jack & Diane", edited in the style of the original video. The single "No Such Thing as A Broken Heart" by "Old Dominion" mentions "Jack and Diane" in the opening verse