Pink Houses

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"Pink Houses" is a 1983 heartland rock song by John Mellencamp that critiques the gap between the American Dream and everyday reality.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pink Houses canonical 1
“Pink Houses” 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Uh-Huh ⓘ
artist John Mellencamp ⓘ
associatedAct John Cougar Mellencamp ⓘ
linked to: John Mellencamp
bSide Serious Business ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 8 ⓘ
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 15 ⓘ
composer John Mellencamp ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs anthemic ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ
followedBySingle Authority Song ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact considered a classic of 1980s American rock ⓘ
used in political campaign contexts ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
hasLiveFavoriteStatus true ⓘ
hasTheme American Dream ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
gap between ideals and reality ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
includedInAlbum Uh-Huh ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:45 ⓘ
lyricist John Mellencamp ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Ken Galloway ⓘ
notableLyric Ain’t that America, home of the free ⓘ
Ain’t that America, home of the free, yeah ⓘ
Ain’t that America, something to see, baby ⓘ
performer John Mellencamp ⓘ
precededBySingle Crumblin' Down ⓘ
producer Don Gehman ⓘ
recordedIn 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel Mercury Records ⓘ
Riva Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-10-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
subjectMatter disillusionment with American Dream ⓘ
working-class American life ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
writer John Mellencamp ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Mellencamp → notableWork → Pink Houses ⓘ
John Cougar → notableWork → “Pink Houses” ⓘ
linked to: Pink Houses