06/28/2024
42 years ago, “Hurts So Good” by John Mellencamp debuted on the Australian Charts.
On this day in 1982, the John Cougar single “Hurts So Good” debuted on the Australian charts at #70 (June 28)
A classic 80s rock single…
In a 1982 interview with The L.A. Herald Examiner, Mellencamp said the song was written quickly:
“I wrote it in three minutes, scrawled the first line in soap on the glass door in the shower.”
In 2004, Mellencamp expounded on the writing of "Hurts So Good" in an interview with American Songwriter magazine:
“George Green and I wrote that together. We exchanged lines back and forth between each other and laughed about it at the time.
Then I went and picked up the guitar, and within seconds, I had those chords."
The song from the successful “American Fool” LP was his breakthrough hit, peaking at #2 in the US, #3 in Canada, and #5 in Australia and South Africa.
Although it only just failed to make #1 in the US, it spent 16 weeks in the top 10, the longest time for any song in the 1980s.
The song was also a critical success, with Mellencamp winning the Best Rock Vocal Performance Male at the 25th Grammy Awards in 1983….
Click on the link below to watch:
https://youtu.be/Q_8RLvMOqZg
