"Pink Houses" is a song written and performed by John Cougar Mellencamp. It was released on the 1983 album Uh-Huh on Riva Records. Recorded in a farmhouse in Brownstown, Indiana, the song was inspired when Mellencamp was driving along an overpass on the way home to Bloomington, Indiana from the Indianapolis airport. Bruce performed the song 2 times: 2024-03-10 New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ: Bruce makes a surprise appearance with John Mellencamp to duet on "Pink Houses". 2019-12-09 Beacon Theatre, New York City, NY: Together with John Mellencamp during Sting's 30th Anniversary Rainforest Foundation Benefit.