Pop Singer (John Cougar Mellencamp song)

"Pop Singer"
Single by John Cougar Mellencamp
from the album Big Daddy
B-side	"J.M.'s Question"
Released	April 1989
Length	2:45
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	John Mellencamp
Producer(s)	John Mellencamp
John Cougar Mellencamp singles chronology
"Rave On" (1988) "Pop Singer" (1989) "Jackie Brown" (1989)

"Pop Singer" is a song by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp (then under the stage name John Cougar Mellencamp), released in April 1989 from Mellencamp's tenth studio album, Big Daddy (1989). Mellencamp wrote the song himself, in response to how the music industry was attempting to hide his "real" image, which included adopting one of his previous stage names, Johnny Cougar. The single was moderately successful worldwide, reaching number one in Canada and New Zealand, number eight in Australia, and number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100.