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Track: Mr. Bellows
Artist: John Mellencamp
Album: Mr. Happy Go Lucky

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Name: John Mellencamp
Spotify Genres: classic rock
Followers: 1,885,507
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Born in Seymour, Indiana on October 7, 1951. He started out for a brief period of time as a glam rocker, but then tried out for a solo career with his first album [i]Chestnut Street Incident[/i] released by former [a=David Bowie] manager, [a=Tony DeFries] on the Mainman (division of MCA) label. That album was a complete flop partly due to the fact that the record label wanted to mold John into something he was not (a pretty boy ala James Dean) and the fact that the album consisted of only 6 originals and 5 cover songs. It was also the label's idea to release the album under the name [b]Johnny Cougar[/b] which Mellencamp did not approve of. It wasn't until the release of [i]American Fool[/i], released this time under the moniker [b]John Cougar[/b], which featured his most well-known hit to date, "Jack & Diane" that he really made it big; the album stayed at #1 on the charts for nine weeks. Following that was [i]Uh-huh[/i] which would be his first release under the moniker [b]John Cougar Mellencamp[/b]; the name he would stick by until he gradually dropped the "Cougar" and just went by his given name [b]John Mellencamp[/b]. A heart attack in 1994 prevented him from touring for one of his most famous albums to date [i]Dance Naked[/i]. John has collaborated with [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Me'Shell+Ndegeocello]Me'Shell Ndegeocello[/url] and [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/India+Arie]India Arie[/url] over the years. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (Performer).

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Release: John Mellencamp* - Mr. Happy Go Lucky
Year: 1996
Genres: Rock
Styles: Country Rock, Pop Rock

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The president he's a pretty nice guy
I'd like to take him out to dinner sometime
Drive around in his motorcade
Talk about those bills that ain't been paid
and maybe later on, just for fun,
We'll shoot off his submachine gun
We'll shoot out the sky, shoot out the sea
Shoot out those dreams about you and me

Take my hand girl, I know where you've been
Up the flag pole and back down again
Walk on water or sink or swim
When you're with me

Her majesty, the Queen, is a pretty nice babe
And I'd like to take her down to St. Petersburg someday
Hand around with her friends and old Joe Kennedy
After dinner I might give her a squeeze
Then we'll just see how blue her blood really is
And in the morning she can introduce me to her kids

Take my hand girl, I know where you've been
Up the flag pole and back down again
Walk on water or sink or swim
When you're with me

Well our lord Jesus he wants me to pray
So I do every single day
I don't know if I'm coming in very clear
Supposedly he can hear me from here
and sometimes he gives me a little relief
When I'm down here on my knees
But there's no redemption on judgment day
For people like you and me

Take my hand girl, I know where you've been
up the flag pole and back down again
Walk on water or sink or swim
When you're with me