George Green, American songwriter ("Hurts So Good", "Crumblin' Down"), died from lung cancer he was 59.

George Michael Green was an American songwriter died from lung cancer he was 59.. His compositions included the Top 10 Billboard hits "Crumblin' Down" and "Hurts So Good" (the latter of which was an RPM No. 1 hit in Canada), as well as another Canadian No. 1 hit in "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)."

(January 28, 1952 – August 28, 2011)

Green was John Mellencamp's long-time writing partner; he was a classmate and childhood friend of Mellencamp's from Seymour, Indiana.^[1] In 1985, Green's wife appeared in the video for Mellencamp's Top 10 hit "Lonely Ol' Night".^[1] In addition to writing with Mellencamp, Green also wrote songs recorded by Barbra Streisand, Hall & Oates, Jude Cole, Vanessa Williams, Percy Sledge, and The Oak Ridge Boys among others.^[2] Green died on August 28, 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 59 after suffering from a rapid-forming small cell lung cancer.^[3]

Credits

Green's songwriting credits with Mellencamp include:

• "Dream Killing Town" and "Sad Lady" from Chestnut Street Incident (1976)^[4]
• "Hurts So Good" (#2 Billboard hit)^[5] and "Thundering Hearts" from American Fool (1982)^[6]
• "Crumblin' Down" (#9 Billboard hit)^[5] and "Warmer Place to Sleep" from Uh-Huh (1983)^[7]
• "Rain on the Scarecrow" (#21 Billboard hit)^[5] and "Minutes to Memories" from Scarecrow (1985)^[8]
• "Empty Hands" from The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)^[9]
• "Human Wheels" from Human Wheels (1993)
• "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" (#14 Billboard hit)^[5] from Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)^[10]
• "Your Life Is Now" from John Mellencamp (1998)
• "The Grand Blvd." from "Blue Night" by Percy Sledge (1994) co-written written with Carla Olson

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