Hurts So Good

Infobox Single
Name = Hurts So Good


Artist = John Mellencamp
from Album = American Fool
B-side = Close Enough
Released = 1982
Format = 45 record
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:37
Label = Riva Records
Writer = John Mellencamp, George M. Green
Producer = John Mellencamp, Don Gehman
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = Ain't Even Done With The Night/Make Me Feel (1981)
This single = Hurts So Good/Close Enough (1982)
Next single = Jack and Diane/Can You Take It (1982)"Hurts So Good" was a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a number one hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1982 by American singer-songwriter, John Mellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar". It was the first of three major hit singles from his 1982 album "American Fool". The others were "Jack and Diane" and "Hand To Hold On To", which were all released in 1982.

The songs was listed at #83 on "Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-90.shtml]

Much of the video was filmed in Medora, Indiana, a small town located approximately 20 miles southwest of Seymour, Indiana, where Mellencamp was born and raised.