"Cherry Bomb" was released as the second single from Mellencamp's ninth studio album, The Lonesome Jubilee (1987). The track is a nostalgic song that reflects on Mellencamp's teenage years hanging out at the Last Exit Teen Club and features a female voice (Mellencamp's background singer Crystal Taliefero) and two other male voices (band members Toby Myers and Mike Wanchic) in addition to Mellencamp's on the second verse. Mellencamp told GQ magazine

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