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The John Mellencamp Discography

This discography is basically the one published on Record Collector n.207. It was updated and completed by Edoardo la Sala. Should you find something missing or any mistake please refer to him.

 

JOHNNY COUGAR SINGLES

Cat. No.

Title(s) / Date of Release
   

Riva RIVA 14

I NEED A LOVER / BORN RECKLESS (2/1978)

Riva RIVA 16

FACTORY / ALLEY OF THE ANGELS (5/1978)

Rive RIVA 25

THIS TIME / DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME (1980)

JOHN COUGAR SINGLES

Riva RIVA 20

MIAMI / DO YOU THINK THAT'S FAIR (6/1979)

Rive RIVA 21

TAXI DANCER / SMALL PARADISE (9/1979)

Riva RIVA 14

I NEED A LOVER / BORN RECKLESS (reissue as John Cougar, 11/1979)

Riva RIVA 30

HOT NIGHT IN A COLD TOWN / TONIGHT (2/1981)

Riva RIVA 31

AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT / TO M.G. WHEREVER SHE MAY BE (5/1981)

Rive RIVA 36

HURTS SO GOOD / CLOSE ENOUGH (5/1982)

Riva RIVA 37

JACK AND DIANE / DANGER LIST (12", No. 25)

Riva RIVA 37T

JACK AND DIANE / DANGER LIST / I NEED A LOVER (12", 10/1982)

Riva RIVA 38

HAND TO HOLD ON TO / HURTS SO GOOD (1/1983)

Riva RIVA 38T

HAND TO HOLD ON TO / HURTS SO GOOD (12", 1/1983)

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP SINGLES

Riva JCM 1

CRUMBLIN'DOWN / GOLDEN GATES (11/1983)

Riva JCM 112

CRUMBLIN'DOWN / GOLDEN GATES (12",11/1983)

Riva JCM 2

AUTHORITY SONG / HURTS SO GOOD (2/1984)

Riva JCM 212

AUTHORITY SONG / HURTS GO GOOD / THUNDERING HEARTS (12", 2/1984)

Riva JCM 3

PINK HOUSES / WARMER PLACE TO SLEEP (6/1984)

Riva JCM 4

LONELY OL'NIGHTIJACK AND DIANE (10185)

Riva JCMX 4

LONELY OL'NIGHT / JACK AND DIANE / RUMBLE SEAT (12",10/1985)

Riva JCM 5

SMALL TOWN / SMALL TOWN (acoustic) (1/1986, No. 53)

Riva JCMDP 5

SMALL TOWN / SMALL TOWN (acoustic) / HURTS SO GOOD / THE KIND OF FELLA I AM (double pack, 1/1986)

Riva JCMX 5

SMALL TOWN / SMALL TOWN (acoustic) (12", 1/1986)

Riva JCMXD 5

SMALL TOWN / JACK AND DIANE / PINK HOUSES / SMALL TOWN (Acoustic Version) (12"double-pack, 1/1986)

Riva JCM 6

R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A / UNDER THE BOARDWALK (4/1986, No. 67)

Riva JCM 7

PINK HOUSES / (Howard Jones: 'No-One IS To Blame') (as Conspiracy Of Hope)

Riva JCMX 7

PINK HOUSES / (Howard Jones: 'No-One IS To Blame') / PINK HOUSES (Acoustic) (12" as Conspiracy Of Hope, 11/1986)

Mercury JCM 8

PAPER IN FIRE / NEVER TOO OLD (8/1987)

Mercury JCMX 8

PAPER IN FIRE / NEVER TOO OLD / COLD SWEAT (12",8/1987)

Mercury JCM 9

CHERRY BOMB / SHAMA LAMA DING DONG (11/1987)

Mercury JCMX 9

CHERRY BOMB / SHAMA LAMA DING DONG / UNDER THE BOARDWALK (12",11/1987)

Mercury JCMCD 9

CHERRY BOMB / SHAMA LAMA DING DONG / UNDER THE BOARDWALK / PRETTY BALLERINA (live) (CD, card sleeve, 11/1987)

Mercury JCM 10

CHECK IT OUT / WE ARE THE PEOPLE (2/1988)

Mercury JCMX 10

CHECK IT OUT / WE ARE THE PEOPLE / SHAMA LAMA DING DONG PRETTY BALLERINA (12",2/1988)

Mercury JCMCD 10

CHECK IT OUT / WE ARE THE PEOPLE / PINK HOUSES (Acoustic Version) CHECK IT OUT (live) (CD, card sleeve, 2/1988)

Mercury JCM l1

ROOTY TOOT TOOT / CHECK IT OUT (live) (7/1988)

Mercury JCMX 11

ROOTY TOOT TOOT / CHECK IT OUT (live) / PRETTY BALLERINA/ LIKE HOME (acoustic) (12'", 7/1988)

Mercury JCMD 11

ROOTY TOOT TOOT / CHECK IT OUT (live) / NEVER TOO OLD / COLD SWEAT (CD, card sleeve, 7/1988)

Elektra EKR 90

RAVE ON (Beach Boys: "Kokomo") (3/1989)

Elektra EKRT 90

RAVE ON (Fabulous Thunderbirds: 'Powerful Stuff") / (Starship: 'Wild Again') (12")

Mercury JCM 12

POP SINGER / J.M.'S QUESTION (5/1989)

Mercury JCM 1212

POP SINGER / J.M.'S QUESTION / LIKE A ROLLING STONE (live) (12", 5/1989)

Mercury JCMCD 12

POP SINGER / J.M.'S QUESTION / LIKE A ROLLING STONE (live) / CHECK IT OUT (live) (CD, 5/1989)

JOHN MELLENCAMP SINGLES

Mercury MER 354

GET A LEG UP / WHENEVER WE WANTED (9/1991)

Mercury MERMC,354

GET A LEG UP / WHENEVER WE WANTED / SEVENTH SON (cassette, 9/1991)

Mercury MERX 354

GET A LEG UP / WHENEVER WE WANTED / SEVENTH SON (12", 9/1991)

Mercury MERCD 354.

GET A LEG UP / WHENEVER WE WANTED / SEVENTH SON (CD, 9/1991)

Marcury MER 362

LOVE AND HAPPINESS / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (L.A. Rock Dance Mix 7") (2/1992)

Mercury MERMC 362

LOVE AND HAPPINESS / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (L.A. Rock Dance Mix) (cass., 2/1992)

Mercury MERX 362

LOVE AND HAPPINESS (L.A. Rock Dance 12" Mix) / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (Jezzard Club Mix) / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (Factory Dub) (12", 2/1992)

Mercury MERCD 362

LOVE AND HAPPINESS / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (L.A. Rock Dance 12" Mix) / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (Dub and Happiness Mix) / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (London Club Mix) (CD, 2/1992)

Mercury MER 368

NOW MORE THAN EVER / JACK AND DIANE (live) (4/1992)

Mercury MERMC 368

NOW MORE THAN EVER / LONELY OL'NIGHT (cassette 4/1992)

Mercury MERCB 368

NOW MORE THAN EVER / LONELY OL'NIGHT / SMALL TOWN / PINK HOUSES (CD, digipak. 4/1992)

Mercury MERCD 368

NOW MORE THAN EVER / CHECK IT OUT (live) / MARTHA SAY (live) / JACK AND DIANE (live) (CD, gatefold digipak, 4/1992)

Epic 659072 2

JAILHOUSE ROCK (Stacy Dean Campbell 'Surrender') / (Jeff Beck and Jed Leiber 'Hound Dog') (CD, 1993)

Mercury MER 409

WILD NIGHT/HURT SO GOOD (yellow vinyl, 8/1994)

Mercury MERMC 409

WILD NIGHT/HURT SO GOOD (cassette, 8/1994)

Mercury MERCD 409

WILD NIGHT / DANCE NAKED (live mix) / WHEN JESUS LEFT BIRMINGHAM / SMALL TOWN (Acoustic version) (8/1994, No. 34)

Mercury MERCX 409

WILD NIGHT / JACK AND DIANE / PINK HOUSES / R.O.C.K. IN THE U.S.A. (CD, 8/1994)

Mercury MERCD 474

578 599-2

KEY WEST INTERMEZZO (I SAW YOU FIRST) (edit) / WILD NIGHT (live) / WHAT IF I CAME KNOCKING (live) / SMALL TOWN (Acoustic version, live) CD, 9/1996

Mercury 578 398 2

KEY WEST INTERMEZZO (I SAW YOU FIRST) (edit) / LIKE A ROLLING STONE (live) CD, (96)

Mercury MERCX 474

KEY WEST INTERMEZZO (I SAW YOU FIRST) (edit) / COLD SWEAT (live) / CHECK IT OUT (live) (CD with 3 collector's cards, 9/1996)

Columbia I'M NOT RUNNING ANYMORE/ YOUR LIFE IS NOW (live) / EDEN IS BURNING (live) (Australian edition CD, 1998)

JOHNNY COUGAR LPs

Riva RVLP 6

A BIOGRAPHY (3/1978)

MainMan MML 602

CHESNUT STREET INCIDENT (as John Cougar Mellencamp, 10/1984; original issued in U.S. in 1976)

Castle CLALP 112

THE KID INSIDE (5/1986. originally issued in U.S. in 1977)

JOHN COUGAR LPs

Riva RVLP 9

JOHN COUGAR (7/1979)

Riva RVLP 10

NOTHIN' MATTERS AND WHAT IF I DID (7/1981)

Riva RVLP 16

AMERICAN FOOL (6/1982. No. 37)

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP LPs

Riva RIVL 1

UH.HUH (3/1984, No. 92)

Riva RIVH 2

SCARECROW (11/1985)

Mercury MERH 109

THE LONESOME JUBILEE (9/1987. No. 31)

Mercury 838 220

BIG DADDY (5/1989, No. 25)

Mercury 510 151 1

WHENEVER WE WANTED (10/1991. No. 39)

JOHN  MELLENCAMP LPs

Columbia JOHN MELLENCAMP (10/1998)
   

REISSUE LPs & COMPILATIONS

Mercury PRICE 85

AMERICAN FOOL (9/1985)

Castle CCSLP 124

THE JOHN COUGAR COLLECTION (2-LP, 4/1986)

Castle CLALP 113

CHESTNUT STREET INCIDENT (5/1986)

Mercury PRICE 119

JOHN COUGAR (6/1988)

COMPACT DISC VIDEOS

Mercury 080 212-2

PAPER & FIRE / NEVER TOO OLD / UNDER THE BOARDWALK / COLD SWEAT / PAPER & FIRE (Video) (4/1989)

Mercury 081 200-2

POP SINGER / J.M.'s QUESTION / CHECK IT OUT (live) / POP SINGER (live) / POP SINGER (Video) (7/1989)

IMPORTANT FOREIGN RELEASES

Mercury 884 856-7

RUMBLESEAT / COLD SWEAT (U.S. 7",1985)

Mercury 874 644-7

JACKIE BROWN / JACKIE BROWN (Acoustic) (U.S. 7", 1989; also issued in Europe)

Mercury

AGAIN TONIGHT / GET A LEG UP / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (L.A. Club Mix) / LOVE AND HAPPINESS (London Club Mix) (Canada CD)

Ultradisc UDCD 604

SCARECROW (U.S. gold audiophile CD, 1995)

Ultradisc UDCD 634

THE LONESOME JUBILEE (U.S. gold audiophile CD, 1995)

Mercury 536 7852

THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978-1988 (Australian CD version, contains two bonus tracks "Miami" and "Under the boardwalk")

Columbia 491652 9 JOHN MELLENCAMP (European version - 2 CD set containing two bonus live tracks "Your life is now" and "Eden is burning", 1998)

CDs

Riva 814 485-2

UH-HUH (8/1984)

Riva RVCD 7501

AMERICAN FOOL (9/1985)

Riva 824 865-2

SCARECROW (11/1985)

Riva 814 994-2

NOTHIN'MATTERS AND WHAT IF DID (1/1986)

Riva 814 995-2

JOHN COUGAR (11/1986)

Castle CCSCD 124

THE JOHN COUGAR COLLECTION (4/1986)

Castle CLACD 113

CHESTNUT STREET INCIDENT (5/1986)

Castle CLACD 112

THE KID INSIDE (11/1986)

Mercury 832 465-2

THE LONESOME JUBILEE (9/1987)

Riva 81 4 993-2

AMERICAN FOOL (1/1988)

Mercury 838 220-2

BIG DADDY (5/1989)

Mercury 518 088 2

HUMAN WHEELS (9/1993, No. 37)

Mercury 522 428 2

DANCE NAKED (6/1994)

Mercury 532 896-2

MR HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (10/1996)

Mercury 536 738-2

THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978-1988 (11/1997)

Columbia CK69602 JOHN MELLENCAMP (10/1998)
Mercury 314 558 355 2 ROUGH HARVEST (8/1999))
REISSUE CDs
Snapper 1 5510 2 THE KID INSIDE (1998) contains two bonus tracks "The whore" and "The man who sold the world"
Snapper 1 5513 2 CHESTNUT STREET INCIDENT (1998) contains two bonus tracks "Hit the road Jack" and " I need somebody"
Snapper SKIN IT BACK  (7/2000)

DCC

Mercury 510 151-5

WHENEVER WE WANTED (1/1993)

HOME VIDEOS

Embassy VHSEV5603

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP ... AIN'T THAT AMERICA (1984)

Channel 5CPV 06342

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP ...AIN'T THAT AMERICA (reissue, 9/1987)

Spectrum SPC 00142

JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP... AIN'T THAT AMERICA (2nd reissue, 10/1989)

PolyGram (no cat. no.)

VIDEO COMPILATION REEL FEATURING -"KEY WEST INTERMEZZO" (promo,'9/1996)..

MISCELLANEOUS RELEASES

Elektra EKT 54

COCKTAIL (film soundtrack, Incl. "Rave On', 1987)

A&M AMA 3911

A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS (Incl." I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", 1987)

CBS 4609051

FOLKWAYS: A VISION SHARED (Incl. 'Do-Re-Mi', 9/1988)

Epic 4719251

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS (film soundtrack, includes 'Jailhouse Rock", 1991)

Mercury (U.S.)

FALLING FROM GRACE (film soundtrack, 1992)

CBS 4740001

DYLAN 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (Includes 2 JM tracks: "Like a rolling stone" and  "Leopard -Skin Pilll- Box Hat", 2 CD set, 1993)

WEA

THE UNPLUGGED COLLECTION VOL.1 (Incl. 1 JM track, 1994)

MCA BLUE CHIP (film soundtrack, Incl. 1 JM   track "Baby please don't go", 1994)

Columbia 483793 2

THE CONCERT FOR THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME (Incl. 1 JM tracks, 1996)

Sony FOOTLOOSE-15th Anniversary Expanded Edition (film soundtrack, incl. 1 JM track "Hurts so good", 10/1998)
Interscope 0694905112 VH1 Storytellers (Incl "Jack & Diane", 2000)
Sony SK 89282 THE PERFECT STORM (film soundtrack, incl. "Yours Forever", 2000)

 

 


 

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