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45 REVELATIONS

Finally! “Rain On The Scarecrow” is a single. I try to avoid mentioning LP tracks, to preserve the ideological purity of one of the country’s last surviving singles columns, but four months ago I felt impelled to dub this John Cougar Mellencamp cut the best non-single of 1985.

August 1, 1986
KEN BARNES

45 REVELATIONS

Finally! “Rain On The Scarecrow” is a single. I try to avoid mentioning LP tracks, to preserve the ideological purity of one of the country’s last surviving singles columns, but four months ago I felt impelled to dub this John Cougar Mellencamp cut the best non-single of 1985. Now it could end up the best single of 1986.

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