Catalog Number: R-216 Condition Details: Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). 7" Single. Replacement generic white sleeve. Original picture sleeve NOT included. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Authority Song Pink Houses (Acoustic Version) About The Record: Authority Song, by John Cougar Mellencamp, was released as a single from his album Uh-huh. The song reached No. 15 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Charts in 1984. Cash Box reviewed the single saying "Opening with a twanging country riff, this rocker jumps off the vinyl with the authority that Cougar-Mellencamp is singing against: 'I fight authority, and authority always wins!'" Cash Box especially praised the "pounding rhythm section and percussion work." The B-side was an acoustic version of the album's second hit single Pink Houses.