Walls come crumbling down john mellencamp biography

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Crumblin' Down

1983 single by John Cougar Mellencamp

"Crumblin' Down" is a rock song co-written and performed by John Cougar Mellencamp, released as the lead single from his 1983 album Uh-Huh. It was a top-ten hit on both the US BillboardHot 100 and Canadian pop charts, and it reached #2 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.

Background

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"Crumblin' Down" was written by John Mellencamp and longtime writing partner George Green. It was the last song recorded for Uh-Huh; after listening to the masters for the other tracks recorded, Mellencamp decided that the album needed a song that would work as the album's lead single. He contacted Green, with whom he had previously written "Hurts So Good," to solicit ideas. Green had begun a song with lines about walls crumbling down; he and Mellencamp then built the song by trading lines, attempting to top one another.^[1]: 64

According to Green, the song attempts to answer the question of what to do when success eventually fades, and "the big-time deal falls through."^[1]: 64 The song touches on Mellencamp's fame as well as the frustrations of losing one's livelihood: the lyrics were inspired, in part, by Mellencamp's cousin losing his job as an electrical engineer.^&

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The early ‘80s was a boom period for rockers with strong regional ties commanding the ears of the nation.

Over in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen was riding high with 1980’s The River and 1982’s Nebraska as he was prepping for the 1984 monster, Born in the U.S.A.

Meanwhile, out on Long Island, Bily Joel was fresh off his first-ever #1 single, “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” from 1980’s Glass Houses album, and firing on all cylinders with 1982’s The Nylon Curtain and 1983’s An Innocent Man.

Over in Detroit, Bob Seger was on a hell of a run: 1980’s quintuple-platinum Against the Wind was followed up a year later by the quadruple-platinum Nine Tonight, and a year after that by 1982’s excellent record, The Distance.

Then there’s Indiana’s Johnny Cougar. Or John Cougar. Or John Cougar Mellencamp. Or John Mellencamp.

Yeah, that whole name thing was a hot mess. His first two albums were released under the name Johnny Cougar and his next three under the name John Cougar. That fifth studio album – 1982’s American Fool – was a huge breakthrough for the heartland rocker. Propelled by the massive success of the singles “Jack and Diane” and “Hurts So Good,” the album held the #1 spot on the Billboard chart for nine weeks.

Fans were anxious for the follow-up, so when The Kid Inside