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On 'Jack & Diane' and representing food (and people) in song (E60)

The Adam Ragusea Podcast

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Johnny Cougar and the Gnome De Plumme

This was John Mellencamp's first album. He didn't know about the gnome de plume until he looked at the printed copy of his first album. Tom Gaiman is the co-writer of this song, Jack and Diane,. Is he a credited co-writer? That's interesting because it just said John Millingham. I might have seen a co-producer credit. Okay. Because regardless from the story that they tell, he deserves a co-writer credit.

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