One of my all time favorites. Still rocking to this at 58!! Love you John!!
@guysoceanharmonics14 жыл бұрын
The full version is one of the greatest "Rock and Roll" intro's ever, great song that never dates, most bands today absolutely struggle to find a driving riff like this
@rebeccawagner41675 ай бұрын
When I first heard this song I was totally hooked on listening to John Cougar,who now is John Mellencamp and still sounding awesome. ❤❤❤❤
@eliascrookshank Жыл бұрын
My favourite John Cougar song.
@johnnichols3113Ай бұрын
Mine too. It took me years to realize it was him. Because it is such a departure from his mid 80s hits.
@daltonpeterson3438 жыл бұрын
They need to make a movie about John. I would watch the hell out of that movie.
@MisterDeSoto8 жыл бұрын
They did. I remember a scene when his friends were dragging a metal cage with him inside behind a pickup truck.
@RetroSoulGirl7 жыл бұрын
That movie was called "Falling From Grace". Mellencamp starred in the movie, but the movie was fiction. It wasn't about his life or anything. The closest you'll get to a biography movie on his life is probably two other DVDs he released, "Trouble No More" and "It's About You". They're movies about his music and I liked them a lot. Mellencamp was also in another fiction movie called "After Image". It's a bit of a horror movie. It wasn't rated very well, but I liked it. John Mellencamp also stars a main role in that movie.
@lancethiele Жыл бұрын
It might need to be R rated based on his life, but I’d still wear it out.
@jamesschmidt99245 ай бұрын
Yes!!
@pinewaves6 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a great song and great memories to boot with it! Thank you for all the great music over the years. I can't conceive my childhood without it.
@davidrady18602 жыл бұрын
John you are the coolest!!
@Mark_J_on_guitarАй бұрын
If you are in your car, on the highway, by yourself, on a road trip, I guarantee you will scream along with this song. You might even well up with emotion if you have had your heart broken by someone that drove you crazy. Ok , maybe you need to be you need to 21 and it's 1985, What a great song !!! Master piece . You bettca '
@TheAce249 жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorite song from John Cougar. Such intensity and awesome lyrics. "I need a lover that won't drive me crazy." The national anthem of everyone me thinks :)
@ladybug44086 жыл бұрын
Mine too! I've always loved this song so much!
@bobhayes11672 жыл бұрын
Please
@bobhayes11672 жыл бұрын
ÀaaparkthetruckiAmHot
@bobhayes11672 жыл бұрын
Horney
@bobhayes11672 жыл бұрын
That's why
@robertmiller77218 жыл бұрын
1979 was a very good year for music. Of course post disco. This was a big one for Mr Cougar.
@Pauliewallnutts5 жыл бұрын
i don't think it was a hit for him.
@citygirl57055 жыл бұрын
This hit #28 on Billboard. My favorite musical years are 1977 - 1982. Tons of great songs.
@clairethemusician9684 жыл бұрын
This was 78!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
@robertmiller77214 жыл бұрын
Claire Gutridge Sorry but the radio station I heard it on very often btw was in 1979. I know that John had another song before this one but I never heard it. I was very surprised also when I heard the long version for the first time. Different songs and versions were released thru the country at various times. If you got to enjoy this in 1978 then you were lucky.
@clairethemusician9684 жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller7721 I was born in 2004! I know that this song is on his 1978 album, (his second album) A Biography!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
@peteolson6093 Жыл бұрын
I got to see JC perform this live in 1979 opening for KISS - I was 10, it was my first concert, and despite being KISS obsessed, the only thing I can still recall vividly is the opening act doing this song.
@dreamweaver67ify13 жыл бұрын
As a former DJ, in Conn, this song was requested lots!!!!great tune, esp long version
@bryancooper22473 жыл бұрын
I love the Long version
@TheCarlsonsRaiders14 жыл бұрын
I just love this song, such an amazing guitar track.
@theresabennett11758 жыл бұрын
John Cougar has been and always will be my favorite music artist. I love him. He is so talented. I would love to meet him.
@Drewzker16 жыл бұрын
Great band... they could pull off really good vocal harmonies and the lead guitar had great tone and licks... These were the days when bands needed talent to get on the radio, so unlike today.
@lightblueeyedgirl14426 ай бұрын
Old gold.
@GeorgeVreelandHill9 жыл бұрын
Some of the music at work drove me crazy. Finally ... John Cougar Mellencamp. I'm back to normal.
@babyimawantyou13 жыл бұрын
Hes Got Alotta Heart Passion And Soul You Can Really Tell In His Music
@JohnCoctostan5 жыл бұрын
Love the guitar in this song.
@kelckeri15 жыл бұрын
The music of the 70s and 80s was a lot of fun with real bands. So much better than the trash we have now... You would have love it....
@lynnpace5481 Жыл бұрын
Soooo many great memories listening to John Cougar (before he became John Cougar Mellencamp) in the car turned up as far as my cassette player could go!! I have to admit, I need a lover that won't drive me crazy has been thought of on more than one occasion!!
@brendaamata9233 Жыл бұрын
Intro is one of the best parts of this song!!!!! Gotta love it
@brendaamata9233 Жыл бұрын
He is just an amazing song writer.....old school no techno. Just guitar drums and voice
@kandylangford58869 жыл бұрын
So young & such a truth for males already...I know we females drive you crazy...
@JohnDavis-sb6ex Жыл бұрын
His voice! The bases! The drums! WOW!👍
@derrickyee11439 ай бұрын
John Mellencamp and the Greatful Dead
@kewlthings14 жыл бұрын
This song is an American classic. It should get more respect then it does. Great tune!
@thereal84 Жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever!!!
@davidfischer69234 ай бұрын
I like this song
@rogjackson3 жыл бұрын
Mellencamp writing rock classics in his 20s. Impressive.
@cathleenmilligan93976 жыл бұрын
I've heard this twice this week on Sirius and remember how much I love this song. My favorite Mellencamp, for sure - and I absolutely LOVE the extended intro.
@sotirisbakaimis32767 жыл бұрын
2017 and this song still rocks!!!!!!!!!
@janeypaul3172 Жыл бұрын
2023 and it STILL rocks!!!!
@humbleradioTokyoAdventures13 жыл бұрын
I swear, the absolute best comments on all of KZbin are those on 80s videos. Funny, clever, moving, tearful, nostalgic, and just feet on the ground smart. You guys are the best Keep it up!
@keithcarlson72673 жыл бұрын
The American Bandstand performance of this song is legendary!!
@GregoryConk4 ай бұрын
I know he is in the R&R HOF but is still criminally underrated🎼
@DWhite22804 жыл бұрын
Check that short hair! Love the man and his music! Some of the best of the 1980's. Still fantastic today!!
@ffejbboc14 жыл бұрын
my favorite cougar song...by far.
@londonhistory15 жыл бұрын
I love, love, love this song! I love the "a girl that knows the meaning of aaaa, hit the highway".
@cherylween49734 жыл бұрын
What's aaaa?
@johnmellencamp96443 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your sincere compliment and love, I’m not complete without you as my Fan 🌹🎻 I have you to be most thankful for 🎻🎻🌹
@ausbri29069 жыл бұрын
Love It Thanks John for your music. Watching from Australia.
@ZackHodgson14 жыл бұрын
I love this song. John Cougar Mellencamp is God.
@awholelottalumps7 жыл бұрын
Amen brother. Love this song and love hearing the rain at 6:08 in the morning. You guys rock!!!
@nancygarrett00003 жыл бұрын
I was in 6th grade when this song came out..and decades I STILL love.this song! This is when music was music!! Todays music is crappola
@christiandelorde5887 Жыл бұрын
Still rocking this song in 2023.
@nygiants43964 жыл бұрын
Words of wisdom! Listen up youngans...
@carlamongold3311 ай бұрын
Best song ever-love JCM❤️
@gianthairysasquatch16 жыл бұрын
Dude - thanks SO much for putting this up! Some other guy had this classic footage but it disappeared a while back. Free time travel back to the late 70s for me! Awesome snap! crack! boom! from one of the best ever.....
@chrisranz2714 Жыл бұрын
My goodness he is so young.ll👍👍👍
@MsJules19767 жыл бұрын
I love both his version and Pat Benetar's version of this song!
@thorianblack7322 Жыл бұрын
Who did the song first pat or john?
@bioloc846 Жыл бұрын
@@thorianblack7322 John wrote the song, Pat covered it
@ananonymoususer4698 Жыл бұрын
This was his first single and video.
@woodrowboudreaux9951Ай бұрын
Debut single for both he and Pat
@JohnOhkumaThiel3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize until just now, watching this video, how awesome-like top of the class awesome-John Cougar Mellencamp is.
@_cloudiiskxy_1588 жыл бұрын
I've just been introduced to John I like a lot of his music. my all time favorite is John Fogerty from Creedence Clearwater Rivial.
@jefferybarnett2073 Жыл бұрын
Just good ole rock. Good songs etc….great times!
@marccresta734710 жыл бұрын
Damn good song .Lotta power in this puppy from the young John Cougar
@petersonlafollette35213 жыл бұрын
Hearing this song at one of his early tours, knew it had that something that well describes the gritty restless American Spirit...
@EMTdrummer15 жыл бұрын
I agree with prior comment on the drummer... he is excellent... Love Kenny Aronoff also but this guys knocks it out of the park on this song...
@kellybow14416 жыл бұрын
This song is awesome
@markhoward9492 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite songs of all times such intensity , maybe its just myself but this song comes into my mind every few weeks , but dont tell my ol girl , can i say that these days bugger it i just did taker me to court i will speak my mind when it comes to love and great music .
@CharlesW925 ай бұрын
The guitar riffs in this song are fantastic
@GeorgeVreelandHill15 жыл бұрын
This song ROCKS! George Vreeland Hill
@stephenlackey6971 Жыл бұрын
Saw him in Hampton Va in 86 I believe. Great 3 hour show and a local radio station replayed the concert as we drove with the volume way up. Great night!!!!
@nicidevine6670 Жыл бұрын
Great 👍 song 🎶
@tinfoilhatter13 жыл бұрын
greatest rock song ever made...by the greatest band!
@ronaldneville99866 жыл бұрын
another great song written
@Dobiedoo215 жыл бұрын
Great Les Paul guitar, song rocks, great to play along with.and sing....stays in my playlist
@annachestnut15 жыл бұрын
TALENT!!!!!
@GrahamEdwards-kq4fx2 ай бұрын
I truly remember this superb track from 1978 .
@KimLombardini3139 жыл бұрын
The first concert I ever went to, JCM opened for a local band and played this, i felt like the only person in the room that knew this song.
@ronmessico80126 жыл бұрын
One of the most underrated John Cougar songs. I refuse to call him just John Mellencamp.
@shelbykenny13 жыл бұрын
Wonder what all them "cool guys" back in the days when John was still installing phone lines are thinking nowdays? You know the jerks that told John that he didnt know how to sing & he would never make it in the big time. You showed them, John. Thanks for all the very excellent and entertaining music.
@joshs56465 жыл бұрын
Cougar's 1979 hit right here.
@tonyrush276711 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a kid. When I first heard it back then, I thought it was kiss and recorded on my cassette radio.
@455Transam11 жыл бұрын
This and ROCK in the USA his best tunes
@Fireoddessy13 жыл бұрын
This song is sooo bad ass!!!
@animascat12 жыл бұрын
in my book mellencamp and petty are true american rockers. doesn't get any better the best.
@topeavler13 жыл бұрын
@jjputnam I agree 100% I have been a John Cougar Mellencamp or John Melloncamp fan for so so so many years he plays the best Rock & Roll Music.
@edbo1013 жыл бұрын
I hear this and Jack and Diane on the radio a lot of the time. Freaking awesome.
@tnawcwvictoria3 жыл бұрын
This was John Mellencamp's 1st Top 40 Hit on the Pop Chart here in America and this also got him to become a big name on the Pop Chart in the 80's and 90's and also, 1979 gave us Prince's 1st #1 Soul Hit as well God Bless Mellencamp and BTW, I remember hearing this song back when I was in High School on VH1's Best of Dick Clark's American Bandstand Plus, this song was out when shows like One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, SOAP, Benson, Charlie's Angels, Hart to Hart, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Vega$, The Waltons, Alice, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Knots Landing, M*A*S*H, Trapper John, M.D., Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Angie, Three's Company, Password Plus, The Joker's Wild, The NEW Tic Tac Dough and The Original Hawaii Five-O were still on the air Plus, the late Richard Dawson was still KING of the Family Feud, Peter Marshall was still the Master of the Hollywood Squares, Alex Trebek was still KING of the High Rollers, the late Jim Perry was still the Master Mechanic of Card Sharks, Chuck Woolery & Dr. Susan Stafford were still spinning the Wheel of Fortune, the Pittsburgh Pirates RULED the MLB, Terry Bradshaw & the Pittsburgh Steelers once again RULED the NFL and the NBA saw the beginning of a rivalry between Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers and Dr. J and the Philadelphia 76ers
@jeffreyagee177 Жыл бұрын
Yes...he is an American icon...
@WarriorMigs245 жыл бұрын
Classic 80's
@sherriloconnell18039 жыл бұрын
love it... from the old days...
@johnmellencamp96443 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your sincere compliment and love, I’m not complete without you as my Fan 🌹🎻 I have you to be most thankful for 🎻🎻🌹
@summerz88675 ай бұрын
Good times🎶🎵🎼🍃
@RUREDY2ROK14 жыл бұрын
I just heard this on the radio last night.. lol, GREAT song
@datsfrank10 жыл бұрын
Great Song!!!!!!!!!!!
@mikeshearer1250 Жыл бұрын
2:08 I love this part of the song with just the drums playing.
@1redsoxfan196315 жыл бұрын
This song is from the 1970's not the 80's, but a great one none the less.
@constantwarlock11008 жыл бұрын
I don't usually like cover songs, but both John Cougar and Pat Benatar sing this song and both are awesome
@caratcranker58748 жыл бұрын
Who is the guitarist here? this solo shreds it up BIG TME.. such an unusual descending pedaltone style solo. Very HARD to copy.
@jessecharles31714 жыл бұрын
Larry Crane
@ek39103 жыл бұрын
Beast !
@cosaselvaggia11 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmmmmmmm many happy memories from when you visited Australia in the 80's. Great song and fab person. Talk to ya soon Johnboy xxx
@EMHO315 жыл бұрын
John wrote the song. I saw him warming up for the Kinks in 1981, and he did this song. It was Johnny Cougar and the Zone...
@caw595113 жыл бұрын
always love this song and it's so cool to see John in make-up:) Love ya forever
@victoriahamblin52794 жыл бұрын
I love all of the songs that he has made and we all enjoy, iam a fan and do wish I could have a chance to get someone to let me see him again
@clongprong14 жыл бұрын
Got a powerful feel to it.
@MegaClete13 жыл бұрын
music lovers are the best
@boogiefever198516 жыл бұрын
You are so lucky to LIVED this! I am jealous. And thankyou for filming it so as to include the other musicians. I hate it when videos treat the singer like the only person that exists on stage.
@rawnbadillo98862 жыл бұрын
Like many others, I was introduced to Cougar with Hurt So Good. This song is pretty good. His best song, to me, was Small Town.
@georgeofthejuggle11 жыл бұрын
I remember I put this on at my buddies bachelor party. We were smashing furniture and breaking bottles before the song was over. Police showed up soon after. Then spent an hour looking for the groom. Perrrrrfect.
@xburnsmyheartx12 жыл бұрын
thumbs up if you feel that you need a lover that wont drive you crazy is so true.
@Palmtree201111 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS SONG!!
@210acer14 жыл бұрын
what a great song
@Jeet22614 жыл бұрын
Love that key change!
@merseymasala16 жыл бұрын
I produced this video for Johnny Cougar in 1978. It was shot at the Marquee Club in London for his album "A Biography" - never released in the US. But they added this track to his next US release. We alsi did the video for "Factory" at the same time,
@Highlandsman15 жыл бұрын
That's a young man. Good lord im old.
@dekepetrol416 жыл бұрын
You betcha!
@davidleigh443 Жыл бұрын
I just heard this song on the radio and it started with a 4 part musical intro before JCM started to sing. It was awesome.