WHENEVER WE WANTED
Whenever We Wanted is American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp's 11th album, and the first to be credited simply to Mellencamp's given name (i.e., without the "Cougar" name). The album includes the hits "Get A Leg Up" (#1 for three weeks on the Album Rock Tracks chart), "Now More Than Ever" (#3 on the Album Rock Tracks chart), "Last Chance" (#12 on the Album Rock Tracks chart), and "Again Tonight" (#1 for two weeks on the Album Rock Tracks chart). (More from Wikipedia)
For some reason, John Mellencamp's surname "Mellencamp" seemed funny to media people, though it was probably the numerous name changes that did it. He was able to shut that crap down for keeps by showing a tombstone with the name in large letters on one of his videos, I believe "Small Town". Mellencamp's name was rightfully a point of pride with him; and eventually people began to realize how incredibly unfair the whole Johnny Cougar thing was. As far as I know, that has never happened to any other musician since. At length, after 15 years, his 11th album, Whenever We Wanted came out under his real name John Mellencamp.
(July 2012)
