Cherry Bomb (John Mellencamp song)

"Cherry Bomb"
"Cherry Bomb"
Single by John Cougar Mellencamp
from the album The Lonesome Jubilee
B-side	"Shama-Lama Ding Dong"
Released	October 24, 1987
Recorded	Belmont Mall Studio, Indiana
Genre	Heartland rock
Length	4:47
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	John Mellencamp
Producer(s)	John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
John Cougar Mellencamp singles chronology

"Cherry Bomb" is a song by American rock singer John Mellencamp. It was released as the second single from Mellencamp's 1987 album entitled The Lonesome Jubilee.^[1]

"Cherry Bomb" is a nostalgic song that reflects on Mellencamp's teenage years hanging out at the Last Exit Teen Club.^[2]^[3] The single was a success in the U.S., reaching number 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,^[4] #12 on the Adult Contemporary Chart,^[4] and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[4] The music video for the song features a young couple dancing intimately with one another near a jukebox while Mellencamp dances by himself, various home movie footage, and footage of Mellencamp and his band performing the song on the beach in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Charts[]

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1988)	Position
United States (Billboard)^[5]^[6]	92

References[]

^ Masciotra, David (February 12, 2015). Mellencamp: American Troubadour. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813147352 – via Google Books.
^ "John Mellencamp likely to bring diverse collection of hits to the FICA on Saturday". AP NEWS. April 18, 2019.
^ DeCurtis, Anthony (October 8, 1987). "The Lonesome Jubilee".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "John Mellencamp Chart History". Billboard.
^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.

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[1] Masciotra, David (February 12, 2015). Mellencamp: American Troubadour. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813147352 – via Google Books.

[2] "John Mellencamp likely to bring diverse collection of hits to the FICA on Saturday". AP NEWS. April 18, 2019.

[3] DeCurtis, Anthony (October 8, 1987). "The Lonesome Jubilee".

[auto-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "John Mellencamp Chart History". Billboard.

[5] "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.

[6] "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.

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Studio albums	Chestnut Street Incident (1976) A Biography (1978) John Cougar (1979) Nothin' Matters and What If It Did (1980) American Fool (1982) The Kid Inside (1983) Uh-huh (1983) Scarecrow (1985) The Lonesome Jubilee (1987) Big Daddy (1989) Whenever We Wanted (1991) Human Wheels (1993) Dance Naked (1994) Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996) John Mellencamp (1998) Rough Harvest (1999) Cuttin' Heads (2001) Trouble No More (2003) Freedom's Road (2007) Life, Death, Love and Freedom (2008) No Better Than This (2010) Plain Spoken (2014) Sad Clowns & Hillbillies (2017)
Live albums	Life, Death, Live and Freedom (2009) Performs Trouble No More Live at Town Hall (2014) Plain Spoken: From the Chicago Theatre (2018)
Compilations	The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 (1997) Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits (2004) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of John Mellencamp (2007) On the Rural Route 7609 (2010) Other People's Stuff (2018)
Notable singles	"I Need a Lover" "This Time" "Ain't Even Done with the Night" "Hurts So Good" "Jack & Diane" "Crumblin' Down" "Pink Houses" "Lonely Ol' Night" "Small Town" "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." "Paper in Fire" "Cherry Bomb" "Check It Out" "Pop Singer" "Wild Night" "Dance Naked" "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" "Just Another Day" "Peaceful World" "Walk Tall" "Our Country" "My Sweet Love"
Other singles	"What Say You" (with Travis Tritt)
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