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. An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work. 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”.
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. He says, Lord this must be my destination. Little pink houses for you and me There's a young man in a t-shirt Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station He's got greasy hair, greasy smile He says, 'Lord this must be my destination.' 'Cause they told me when I was younger 'Boy you're gonna be president. 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. John Mellencamp - Pink houses Lyrics Click to play this song.
“Pink Houses” was the second single released from the 1983 album Uh-Huh.
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