Hurts So Good

Album: American Fool (1982)
Charted: 2
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  • When I was a young boy
    Said put away those young boy ways
    Now that I'm gettin' older, so much older
    I long for those young boy days
    With a girl like you
    With a girl like you
    Lord knows there are things we can do, baby
    Just me and you
    Come on and make it a

    Hurt so good
    Come on baby, make it hurt so good
    Sometimes love don't feel like it should
    You make it hurt so good

    Don't have to be so exciting
    Just trying to give myself a little bit of fun, yeah
    You always look so inviting
    You ain't as green as you are young
    Hey baby, it's you
    Come on girl, now it's you
    Sink your teeth right through my bones, baby
    Let's see what we can do
    Come on and make it a

    Hurt so good
    Come on baby, make it hurt so good
    Sometimes love don't feel like it should
    You make it hurt so good

    I ain't talking no big deals
    I ain't made no plans myself
    I ain't talking no high heels
    Maybe we could walk around, all day long
    Walk around, all day long

    Hurt so good
    Come on baby, make it hurt so good
    Sometimes love don't feel like it should
    You make it hurt so good
    Hurt so good
    Come on baby, now
    Come on baby, make it hurt so good
    Sometimes love don't feel like it should
    You make it hurt so good

    Hey, hey Writer/s: George Green, John Mellencamp
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 18

  • Tony Wood from IndianapolisIn the hurts so good video two female dancers go arm in arm with John down the small town street. I believe one of the dancers was a local (Indiana) model. I believe her name was Patty Corelli. Is this correct?
  • Bobaroonie from TokyoI once heard a Burma/Myanmar version of this song. I wonder if Mallencamp ever got credit and royalties for that
  • AnonymousI f--king love this album to listen to daily and kicks ass!!
  • Craig Q from CincinnatiI know I just always dig the Hurts So Good video when I see it, how did John get away with that boob grab about 2:20 in? She was cute and quite a sport lol
  • University Of Nebraska from OmahaMy friend sent in a demo with "Hurt so good" on it, no wonder john only claims writing it in 3 minutes (Phony)
  • Roy from New YorkMichael (from Seymour, Indiana) - I'm a big music "geek" :-) did your uncle write vocal melodies and play guitar too?
    or you mean he wrote the lyrics to the song?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 24th 1982, John Mellencamp performed "Hurts So Good" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    One week earlier on April 18th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #82; and on August 1st it peaked at #2 (for 4 weeks) and spent over a half-year on the Top 100 (28 weeks, and for 16 of those 28 weeks is was on the Top 10)...
    And prior to its 4 weeks at #2, it had spent 4 straight weeks at the #3 position...
    On June 13th it reached #1 (for 1 week) on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart...
    The four weeks it was at #2 on the Top 100, the record at #1 for those four weeks was "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor...
    Mr. Mellencamp will celebrate his 63rd birthday this coming October 7th.
  • Ashley from Henderson, KySome people are truly born with the gift for writing music and lyrics and John Mellencamp has proven time and time again that he infact is one of those people!! If you go back look at all the old sleeves of the albums it will tell you who wrote what, and who was credited for what!! Stop all your stupid whining and prove this s--t that George Green got knocked off the list! Oh and guess what if it were actually so, then his name would have been on the credits but most of them he wasn't!! Oh and guess what else dumb asses! It's illegal for an artist to leave another writer out on the credits!!
  • David from Bloomington, InI also know George Green was the writer of this song because I am from Bloomington and I am dating George's grand daughter Kirstie. Her mom is Carrie Green and she talks of her father all the time I have yet to meet him but I would just to clear it up that George Green wrote i'm guessing at least 95% of the lyrics to this song and also several other of his top songs. Green is very undercredited and I wish Mellencamp wouldn't take FULL credit for writing this song as all he probably did was change a few words to it.
  • Ched - from La Union, Philippineshow about a concert here in Manila, Philippines. I would love to see you. i love this man i have a number of his albums here and even memorize most of his songs... one night in a bar there was a band sang most of john's songs and i sang along with them. my husband knows how i love john's music.
  • Ken from Louisville, KyMellencamp hated being called "Johnny Cougar".
  • Ed from Incognito, IlIf someone from a foreign, 3rd world country asked me to describe/define American Rock 'n' Roll music to them, I would give that person an early John Cougar/Mellencamp CD...'nuff said!
  • Richie from Sedalia, MoYeah, keep that story going pal. (Michael, Seymour, IN)
  • Michael from Seymour, InI am from Mellencamp's hometown, and my uncle was the person who wrote that song... The "facts" about the title and where mellencamp wrote it are false... Mellencamp did not even write the song... George M. Green wrote it...
  • Julian from Anaheim, CaMellancamp rocks!
  • Brendon from Paxton, IlMellencamp, from the sleve of his "The Best That I Could Do (1978-1988)" collection: "I literally dreamt up that song in the shower in my house in Bloomington and I was still dripping wet when I got dressed, walked out of my bedroom and said to my old song writing friend George Green, 'Hey! I just thought of a great chorus that goes "Sometimes love don't feel like it should. You make it hurt so good!"' In the time it took to dry off, we'd written the verses together and finished it."
  • Laura from Hanover Twp., PaJohn Mellancamp is and will be remembered as one of the best rockers...she won't!
  • Phil from London, EnglandHurts so good also a reggae song by Susan Cadogan, probably a lot better than John Mellancamp's tune!
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