Crumblin' Down

Crumblin' Down
"Crumblin' Down"
Single by John Cougar Mellencamp
from the album Uh-Huh
Released 1983
Format 7"
Recorded 1983
Genre Rock
Length 3:33
Label Riva 214
Writer(s) George Green, John Mellencamp
Producer John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
John Cougar Mellencamp singles chronology
"Hand to Hold on To"
(1982)
"Crumblin' Down"
(1983)
"Pink Houses"
(1983)

"Crumblin' Down" is a rock song co-written and performed by John Cougar Mellencamp, released as the lead single from his 1983 album Uh-Huh. It was a top-ten hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock charts.

Details

"Crumblin' Down" was written by Mellencamp and longtime writing partner George Green. It was among the last songs recorded for Uh-Huh; after listening to the masters for the other tracks recorded, Mellencamp decided that the album needed another hit song. He contacted Green, with whom he had previously written "Hurts So Good," to solicit ideas. Green had begun a song with lines about walls crumbling down; he and Mellencamp then built the song by trading lines, attempting to top one another.[1]:64

According to Green, the song attempts to answer the question of what to do when success eventually fades, and "the big-time deal falls through."[1]:64 The song touches on Mellencamp's fame as well as the frustrations of losing one's livelihood: the lyrics were inspired, in part, by Mellencamp's cousin losing his job as an electrical engineer.[1]:65

The video for "Crumblin' Down" received heavy play on MTV. It featured a chain-smoking Mellencamp in intentionally ripped denim jeans, dancing and kicking over chairs.[1]:65 "Crumblin' Down" was the first single released by Mellencamp to include his real last name: previous releases were credited to "John Cougar".[2]

"Crumblin' Down" was the lead single from Uh-Huh,[1]:65 following his previous hit single "Hand to Hold on To" (from 1982's American Fool) to the Billboard Top 40, where it debuted October 22, 1983.[2] It peaked at number 9 on that chart and at number 2 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[3]

"Crumblin' Down" is also included on Mellencamp's greatest hits compilations The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 and Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits.[4]

In the Season 2 of the hit 1980s TV series Knight Rider, an episode titled "White Line Warriors" features the song playing on the radio when burglaries in a small town take place.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Johnson, Heather (November 1, 2007). Born In A Small Town. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0825673368. 
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th Edition). Billboard Books. p. 419. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4. 
  3. ^ "John Mellencamp: Billboard Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-mellencamp-p105068/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 
  4. ^ "John Mellencamp: Crumblin' Down". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/crumblin-down-t2668688. Retrieved November 7, 2010. 

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