To achieve this effect, Jack & Diane starts with a Linn drum machine, followed by Kenny Aronoff’s thunderous drum break. One of the most interesting aspects of the song is Mellencamp’s desire to make it like Phil Collins’s In The Air Tonight – a ballad with huge drums coming in halfway through. This change proved fortuitous as it gave rise to Mellencamp’s “working man for Mid West America” persona, which resonated with audiences and helped propel Jack & Diane to fame.
However, he eventually caved in to pressure from the record company and changed the song so that Jack was a football star, which in turn changed the entire song to be more about small town life in the Midwest. Originally, Mellencamp wrote the song about the rise of mixed-race relationships he was seeing around him, with Jack being an African American. Despite these setbacks, Jack & Diane went on to become Mellencamp’s greatest commercial success, and even after 38 years, it remains a beloved classic. The song had a rocky start, with Mellencamp himself almost giving up on it and record company executives insisting on lyrical changes before it could be released. It’s hard to imagine that the hit song Jack & Diane from John Mellencamp’s album American Fool almost never made it to the airwaves. The Evolution of Sony Signal Processors.Sony DASH Digital Audio Recording Format.
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