He did the same with candidate John McCain in 2000. Ain’t that America?!įun fact: Mellencamp refused to permit President Ronald Reagan to use this song in his 1984 campaign. The winner of the contest sold the house two days after moving in. Pink Houses By John Mellencamp (Song Project) Fariha Rahman -John Cougar Mellencamp Was Born On October, 7, 1951. So the channel had to buy another house and paint it pink. When it was discovered that the prize house was located across from a toxic waste dump, Mellencamp refused to let MTV give it away. To promote the song, MTV ran a contest where one viewer would win a pink house. Unlike “Jack & Diane” and “Hurts So Good”, Mellecamp shared that writing “Pink Houses” happened “very quickly”. Despite its use as a pro-America theme, the lyrics are sarcastic with Mellcamp calling it “an anti-American song”. 1 contributor total, last edit on Oct 14, 2016. Mellencamp said his inspiration for the song came when he saw black man sitting in a lawn chair watching the road, when driving down Interstate 65 in Indianapolis. Pink Houses Tab John Mellencamp 84,557 views, added to favorites 1,027 times Capo: no capo Author Unregistered. It became his fourth of ten career US top 10 hits and Rolling Stone magazine ranked the single at #447 on their “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list in 2004.
“Pink Houses” was the second single released from the 1983 album Uh-Huh.
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