John Mellencamp Songs List

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Gone So Soon' is an affecting detour into vintage torch-song piano balladry, the bruised tenderness in Mellencamp's voice evoking Dylan's take on the American Songbook."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Always Lie to Strangers
• 2.Driving in the Rain
• 3.I Am a Man That Worries
• 4.Streets of Galilee
• 5.Sweet Honey Brown
• 6.Did You Say Such a Thing - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
• 7.Gone So Soon
• 8.Wasted Days - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
• 9.Simply a One-Eyed Jack
• 10.Chasing Rainbows
• 11.Lie to Me
• 12.Life Full of Rain, A - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 2.Ain't Even Done With the Night
• 3.Hurts So Good
• 4.Jack and Diane
• 5.Crumblin' Down
• 6.Pink Houses - (live)
• 7.Authority Song
• 8.Lonely Ol' Night
• 9.Small Town
• 10.R.O.C.K. In the U.S.A.
• 11.Paper in Fire
• 12.Cherry Bomb
• 13.Check It Out
• 14.Without Expression
• 1.I Need a Lover

Rolling Stone: Rated #32 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The 80s" survey

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Crumblin' Down
• 2.Pink Houses
• 3.Authority Song
• 4.Warmer Place To Sleep
• 5.Jackie O
• 6.Play Guitar
• 7.Serious Business
• 8.Lovin' Mother For Ya
• 9.Golden Gates
• 10.Pink Houses

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Paper In Fire
• 2.Down And Out In Paradise
• 3.Check It Out
• 4.The Real Life
• 5.Cherry Bomb
• 6.We Are The People
• 7.Empty Hands
• 8.Hard Times For An Honest Man
• 9.Hot Dogs And Hamburgers
• 10.Rooty Toot Toot
• 11.Blues From The Front Porch (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 - "[M]ore than just an impressive retrospective from the bard of Belmont, Indiana....[features] a cherry-picked selection of lesser-known gems..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 9.Paper In Fire
• 10.Your Life is Now
• 11.Human Wheels
• 12.When Jesus Left Birmingham
• 13.Authority Song
• 14.What If I Came Knocking
• 15.Crumblin' Down
• 16.Small Town
• 17.R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)
• 18.Cherry Bomb
• 19.Pop Singer
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Thank You
• 2.Martha Say
• 3.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 4.Hand To Hold On To
• 5.I Need a Lover
• 6.Hurts So Good
• 7.Get a Leg Up
• 8.Wild Night
• 9.Dance Naked
• 10.Teardrops Will Fall
• 11.Ain't Even Done With the Night
• 12.Just Another Day
• 13.Jack & Diane
• 14.Rumbleseat
• 15.I'm Not Running Anymore
• 16.Again Tonight
• 17.This Time
• 18.Now More Than Ever
• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Walk Tall
• 2.Pink Houses
• 3.Lonely Ol' Night
• 4.Jackie Brown
• 5.Rain On the Scarecrow
• 6.Love and Happiness
• 7.Check It Out
• 8.Peaceful World

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Hot Night In A Cold Town
• 2.Ain't Even Done With The Night
• 3.Don't Misunderstand Me
• 4.This Time
• 5.Make Me Feel
• 6.To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)
• 7.Tonight
• 8.Cry Baby
• 9.Wild Angel
• 10.Peppermint Twist
• 11.Cheap Shot
• 12.Latest Game

CMJ: Ranked #19 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1982".

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Hurts So Good
• 2.Jack And Diane
• 3.Hand To Hold On To
• 4.Danger List
• 5.Can You Take It
• 6.Thundering Hearts
• 7.China Girl
• 8.Close Enough
• 9.Weakest Moments
• 10.American Fool

John Mellencamp also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
• 2.Winter Wonderland
• 3.Do You Hear What I Hear?
• 4.Merry Christmas Baby (Live)
• 5.Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• 6.I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
• 7.Gabriel's Message
• 8.Christmas in Hollis
• 9.Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
• 10.Santa Baby
• 11.The Little Drummer Boy
• 12.Run Rudolph Run
• 13.I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas
• 14.The Coventry Carol
• 15.Silent Night

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Small Town
• 2.Oklahoma Hills
• 3.In My Time of Dying
• 4.Captain Bobby Stout
• 5.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 6.All Along the Watchtower
• 7.The Spider and the Fly
• 8.Early Bird Cafe
• 9.Hey Gyp
• 10.Street Fighting Man
• 11.Cut Across Shorty
• 12.Pink Houses

Spin: "[With] Kenny Aronoff's drums booming as hard as anybody's in rock's past three decades."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 11.R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
• 12.The Kind Of Fella I Am
• 13.Small Town (Acoustic Version) (Bonus Track)
• 1.Rain On The Scarecrow
• 2.Grandma's Theme
• 3.Small Town
• 4.Minutes To Memories
• 5.Lonely Ol' Night
• 6.The Face Of The Nation
• 7.Justice And Independence '85
• 8.Between A Laugh And A Tear
• 9.Rumbleseat
• 10.You''ve Got To Stand For Somethin'

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.A Little Night Music
• 2.Small Paradise
• 3.Miami
• 4.Great Mid-West
• 5.Do You Think That's Fair
• 6.I Need A Lover
• 7.Welcome To Chinatown
• 8.Sugar Marie
• 9.Pray For Me
• 10.Taxi Dancer
• 11.Take Home Pay

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 12.Under The Boardwalk
• 13.Wild Night
• 14.Seventh Son
• 1.Love And Happiness
• 2.In My Time Of Dying
• 3.Between A Laugh And A Tear
• 4.Human Wheels
• 5.Rain On The Scarecrow
• 6.Farewell Angelina
• 7.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 8.Jackie Brown
• 9.When Jesus Left Birmingham
• 10.The Full Catastrophe
• 11.Minutes To Memories

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Small Town
• 2.Oklahoma Hills
• 3.In My Time of Dying
• 4.Captain Bobby Stout
• 5.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 6.All Along the Watchtower
• 7.The Spider and the Fly
• 8.Early Bird Cafe
• 9.Hey Gyp
• 10.Street Fighting Man
• 11.Cut Across Shorty
• 12.Pink Houses

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Gone So Soon' is an affecting detour into vintage torch-song piano balladry, the bruised tenderness in Mellencamp's voice evoking Dylan's take on the American Songbook."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Always Lie To Strangers
• 2.Driving In The Rain
• 3.I Am A Man That Worries
• 4.Streets Of Galilee
• 5.Sweet Honey Brown
• 6.Did You Say Such A Thing - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
• 7.Gone So Soon
• 8.Wasted Days - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)
• 9.Simply A One-Eyed Jack
• 10.Chasing Rainbows
• 11.Lie To Me
• 12.Life Full Of Rain, A - (featuring Bruce Springsteen)

Spin: "[With] Kenny Aronoff's drums booming as hard as anybody's in rock's past three decades."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Rain On the Srecrow
• 2.Grandma's The
• 3.Small Town
• 4.Minutes to Meries
• 5.Lonely Ol' Nit
• 6.The Face of the Nion
• 7.Justice and Iependence '85
• 8.Between a Lau and a Tear
• 9.Rumbleseat
• 10.You've Got totand for Somethin'
• 11.R.O.C.K. In T U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock)
• 12.The Kind of Fella Am
• 13.Small Town [Austic Version]
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Under the Boawalk [2022 Mix] - (mix)
• 2.Lonely Ol' Nit [Rough Mix] - (mix, remix)
• 3.Between a Lau and a Tear [Writer's Demo]
• 4.Carolina Shag - (previously unreleased)
• 5.Cold Sweat [22 Mix] - (mix)
• 6.Rumbleseat [Wter's Demo]
• 7.Smart Guys - (previously unreleased)
• 8.R.O.C.K. In T U.S.A. (A Salute to '60s Rock) [Rough Mix] - (mix, remix)
• 9.Minutes to Meries [Rough Mix] - (mix, remix)
• 10.Shama Lama Di Dong - (previously unreleased)
• 11.Small Town [Wter's Demo]

Rolling Stone: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]e's never inhabited traditional folk and blues-imbued settings as personally as on his 22nd album."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Troubled Man
• 2.Sometimes There s a God
• 3.The Isolation of Mister
• 4.The Company of Cowards
• 5.Tears in Vain

John Mellencamp also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Didn't Come Here (and I Ain't Leavin') [DVD] - Willie Nelson
• 2.Night Life [DVD] - Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson
• 3.Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain [DVD] - Willie Nelson, Shania Twain
• 4.Homeward Bound [DVD] - Willie Nelson, Paul Simon
• 5.Me and Bobby McGee [DVD] - Sheryl Crow, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson
• 6.Beer for My Horses [DVD] - Toby Keith, Willie Nelson
• 7.Crazy [DVD] - Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Willie Nelson
• 8.To All the Girls I've Loved Before [DVD] - Wyclef Jean, Willie Nelson
• 9.Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You) [DVD] - Norah Jones, Willie Nelson
• 10.San Antonio Girl [DVD] - Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Ray Price
• 11.She Loves My Automobile [DVD] - Willie Nelson, Zz Top
• 12.Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground [DVD] - Shelby Lynne, Willie Nelson
• 13.Song for You [DVD] - Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Leon Russell
• 14.I Couldn't Believe It Was True [DVD] - John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson
• 15.Run That by Me One More Time [DVD] - Willie Nelson, Ray Price
• 16.I'll Never Smoke Weed with Willie Again [DVD] - Scotty Emerick, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson
• 17.Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning [DVD] - Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson
• 18.One Time Too Many [DVD] - Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler
• 19.Happy Birthday [DVD] - Willie Nelson
• 20.On the Road Again [DVD] - Willie Nelson
• 21.Whiskey River [DVD] - Willie Nelson
• 22.Dreams Come True [DVD] - Norah Jones, Willie Nelson
• 23.Do Right Woman [DVD] - Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson
• 24.Help Me Make It Through the Night [DVD] - Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson
• 25.Jumpin' Jack Flash [DVD] - Willie Nelson, Leon Russell
• 26.Bonus Material [DVD] - Willie Nelson

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Walk Tall
• 2.Peaceful World
• 3.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 4.Get a Leg Up
• 5.Jackie Brown
• 6.Cherry Bomb
• 7.Small Town
• 8.R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
• 9.Pink Houses
• 10.Jack & Diane

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Paper In Fire
• 2.Minutes To Memories
• 3.Jackie Brown
• 4.Small Town
• 5.Lonely Ol' Night
• 6.Check It Out
• 7.Human Wheels
• 8.Crumblin' Down
• 9.Ain't Even Done With The Night
• 10.Jack and Diane
• 11.Pink Houses

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.I Need A Lover
• 2.Ain't Even Done With The Night
• 3.Hurts So Good
• 4.Jack & Diane
• 5.Crumblin' Down
• 6.Pink Houses
• 7.Authority Song
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Lonely Ol' Night
• 2.Small Town
• 3.R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
• 4.Paper In Fire
• 5.Cherry Bomb
• 6.Check It Out
• 7.Without Expression

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Lawless Times
• 2.Troubled Man
• 3.Minutes to Memories
• 4.Small Town
• 5.Stones in My Passway
• 6.Pop Singer
• 7.Check It Out
• 8.Longest Days
• 9.The Full Catastrophe
• 10.My Soul's Got Wings
• 11.Overture
• 12.Rain on the Scarecrow
• 13.Paper in Fire
• 14.Authority Song
• 15.Pink Houses
• 16.Cherry Bomb
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Lawless Times
• 2.Troubled Man
• 3.Minutes to Memories

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Lawless Times
• 2.Troubled Man
• 3.Minutes to Memories
• 4.Small Town
• 5.Stones in My Passway
• 6.Pop Singer
• 7.Check It Out
• 8.Longest Days
• 9.The Full Catastrophe
• 10.My Soul's Got Wings
• 11.Overture
• 12.Rain on the Scarecrow
• 13.Paper in Fire
• 14.Authority Song
• 15.Pink Houses
• 16.Cherry Bomb

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Mobile Blue
• 2.Battle of Angels
• 3.Grandview
• 4.Indigo Sunset
• 5.What Kind of Man Am I
• 6.All Night Talk Radio
• 7.Sugar Hill Mountain
• 8.You Are Blind
• 9.Damascus Road
• 10.Early Bird Cafe
• 11.Sad Clowns
• 12.My Soul's Got Wings

Rolling Stone: 3.5 Stars

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Big Daddy Of Them All (Side A)
• 2.To Live (Side A)
• 3.Martha Say (Side A)
• 4.Theo And Weird Henry (Side A)
• 5.Jackie Brown (Side A)
• 6.Pop Singer (Side B)
• 7.Void In My Heart (Side B)
• 8.Mansions In Heaven (Side B)
• 9.Sometimes A Great Notion (Side B)
• 10.Country Gentleman (Side B)
• 11.J.M.'s Question (Side B)

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 - "[M]ore than just an impressive retrospective from the bard of Belmont, Indiana....[features] a cherry-picked selection of lesser-known gems..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 19.Pop Singer
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Thank You
• 2.Martha Say
• 3.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 4.Hand to Hold on To
• 5.I Need a Lover
• 6.Hurts So Good
• 7.Get a Leg Up
• 8.Wild Night
• 9.Dance Naked
• 10.Teardrops Will Fall
• 11.Ain't Even Done With the Night
• 12.Just Another Day
• 13.Jack & Diane
• 14.Rumble Seat
• 15.I'm Not Running Anymore
• 16.Again Tonight
• 17.This Time
• 18.Now More Than Ever
• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Walk Tall
• 2.Pink Houses
• 3.Lonely Ol' Night
• 4.Jackie Brown
• 5.Rain on the Scarecrow
• 6.Love and Happiness
• 7.Check It Out
• 8.Peaceful World
• 9.Paper in Fire
• 10.Your Life Is Now
• 11.Human Wheels
• 12.When Jesus Left Birmingham
• 13.Authority Song
• 14.What If I Came Looking
• 15.Crumblin' Down
• 16.Small Town
• 17.R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
• 18.Cherry Bomb

John Mellencamp also appears in this compilation

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Baba O'Riley (ConfidentialMX Remix)
• 2.Things Can Only Get Better
• 3.Material Girl
• 4.Cold As Ice
• 5.She's Got You
• 6.R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
• 7.Neutron Dance
• 8.Can't Fight This Feeling
• 9.Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
• 10.My Bologna
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.Moving In Stereo
• 2.Never Surrender
• 3.Lovergirl
• 4.Workin' For A Livin'
• 5.We'll Meet Again

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Paper In Fire (Side A)
• 2.Down And Out In Paradise (Side A)
• 3.Check It Out (Side A)
• 4.The Real Life (Side A)
• 5.Cherry Bomb (Side A)
• 6.We Are The People (Side B)
• 7.Empty Hands (Side B)
• 8.Hard Times For An Honest Man (Side B)
• 9.Hotdogs And Hamburgers (Side B)
• 10.Rooty Toot Toot (Side B)

Rolling Stone: Rated #32 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The 80s" survey

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Crumblin' Down (Side A)
• 2.Pink Houses (Side A)
• 3.Authority Song (Side A)
• 4.Warmer Place To Sleep (Side A)
• 5.Jackie O (Side B)
• 6.Play Guitar (Side B)
• 7.Serious Business (Side B)
• 8.Lovin' Mother Fo Ya (Side B)
• 9.Golden Gates (Side B)

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.To The River
• 2.Gambling Bar Room Blues
• 3.Teardrops Will Fall
• 4.In My Time Of Dying
• 5.Mobile Blue
• 6.Eyes On The Prize
• 7.Dark As A Dungeon
• 8.Stones In My Passway
• 9.Wreck Of The Old 97
• 10.I Don't Know Why I Love You

Uncut (magazine): 4 stars out of 5 -- "7609 stands as a potent advertisement for the artist's future, not merely a celebration of his past."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Longest Days
• 2.Grandma's Theme
• 3.Rural Route
• 4.Jackie Brown
• 5.Rain on the Scarecrow
• 6.Jim Crow
• 7.Jim Crow
• 8.Big Daddy of Them All
• 9.Deep Blue Heart
• 10.Forgiveness
• 11.Don't Need This Body
• 12.Jenny at 16
• 13.Jack and Diane [Writing Demo] [Demo Version]
• 14.Jack and Diane
• Tracks of Disc 2
• 1.The Real Life
• 2.Ghost Towns Along the Highway
• 3.The Full Catastrophe
• 4.Authority Song [Writing Demo] [Demo Version]
• 5.Troubled Land
• 6.To Washington
• 7.Our Country [Alternative Version] [Version]
• 8.Country Gentleman
• 9.Freedom's Road
• 10.Mr. Bellows [Remixed Version]
• 11.Rodeo Clown
• 12.Love and Happiness
• 13.Pink Houses
• Tracks of Disc 3
• 1.If I Die Sudden [Live]
• 2.Someday
• 3.Between a Laugh and a Tear
• 4.Void in My Heart
• 5.Death Letter
• 6.Sugar Marie
• 7.Theo and Weird Henry
• 8.When Jesus Left Birmingham
• 9.L. U. V.
• 10.Thank You
• 11.Women Seem
• 12.The World Don't Bother Me None
• 13.Cherry Bomb [Writing Demo] [Demo Version]
• 14.Some Day the Rains Will Fall
• 15.A Ride Back Home
• Tracks of Disc 4
• 1.My Aeroplane
• 2.Colored Lights
• 3.Just Like You
• 4.Young Without Lovers
• 5.To M. G. (Wherever She May Be)
• 6.Sweet Evening Breeze
• 7.What If I Came Knocking
• 8.County Fair
• 9.Peaceful World
• 10.Your Life Is Now
• 11.For the Children
• 12.Rural Route

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Small Town
• 2.Oklahoma Hills
• 3.In My Time of Dying
• 4.Captain Bobby Stout
• 5.Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
• 6.All Along the Watchtower
• 7.The Spider and the Fly
• 8.Early Bird Cafe
• 9.Hey Gyp
• 10.Street Fighting Man
• 11.Cut Across Shorty
• 12.Pink Houses

Spin: "[With] Kenny Aronoff's drums booming as hard as anybody's in rock's past three decades."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.Rain On The Srecrow
• 2.Grandma's The
• 3.Small Town
• 4.Minutes To Meries
• 5.Lonely Ol' Nit
• 6.The Face Of The Nion
• 7.Justice And Iependence '85
• 8.Between A Lau And A Tear
• 9.Rumbleseat
• 10.You've Got Totand For Somethin'
• 11.R.O.C.K. In T U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock)
• 12.The Kind Of Fella Am

Spin: Highly Recommended - "...HUMAN WHEELS is just another John Mellencamp record, and it's a rewarding one...it's fortifying stuff..."

• Tracks of Disc 1
• 1.When Jesus Left Birmingham
• 2.Junior
• 3.Human Wheels
• 4.Beige To Beige
• 5.Case 795 (The Family)
• 6.Suzanne And The Jewels
• 7.Sweet Evening Breeze
• 8.What If I Came Knocking
• 9.French Shoes
• 10.To The River
• 11.When Jesus Left Birmingham