John Cougar (aka John Mellencamp) conceived of this mega hit while taking a shower – one can only wonder: did he stub his toe? He wrote the lyrics in only a few minutes. The song went on to spend 16 weeks on the top 10 charts.
It’s the first track on Cougar’s 1982 album, American Fool, which also c...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
When I was a young boy
Said put away those young boy ways
Now that I'm getting 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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
You 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
[Chorus]
Hurt so good
Come on, baby, make it hurt so good
Sometimes love don't feel like it should
You make it
A-hurt so good
[Bridge]
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
Uh
[Chorus]
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
[Outro]
Hey, hey
Hurts So Good was written by John Mellencamp & George Green (Lyricist).
Hurts So Good was produced by Don Gehman & John Mellencamp.
John Mellencamp released Hurts So Good on Thu Apr 01 1982.
George Green and I wrote that together. We exchanged lines back and forth between each other and laughed about it at the time. Then I went and picked up the guitar, and within seconds, I had those chords."
–Via AmericanSongwriter (2005)