Hurts So Good
| "Hurts So Good" | ||||
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| Single by John Cougar | ||||
| from the album American Fool | ||||
| B-side | "Close Enough" | |||
| Released | April 1982 | |||
| Studio | Cherokee (Los Angeles) | |||
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| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Riva | |||
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| "Hurts So Good" on YouTube | ||||
"Hurts So Good" is a song by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp, then performing under the stage name "John Cougar". The song was a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for the singer/songwriter. It was the first of three major hit singles from his 1982 album American Fool. The others were "Jack & Diane" and "Hand to Hold on To," which were all released in 1982. The song was also a critical success with Mellencamp, winning the Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male at the 25th Grammy Awards on February 23, 1983.