Cuttin' Heads is the 17th album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp, released on October 16, 2001.

"'Peaceful World' was extracted from a conversation with Pat Peterson, who's been singing backup in my touring band since 1981," Mellencamp explained to the Denver Post in an August 2001 feature.

You have the new Uncle Tom, the guy wagging the $200,000 watch and saying, ... 'Gimme the money, man, look what I got that you ain't got ...

Meanwhile, white kids in suburbs who buy these records find it entertaining if not comical half the time.

Cuttin' Heads is also noteworthy for "Deep Blue Heart", a love song that Mellencamp recorded as a duet with country star Trisha Yearwood.

Mellencamp picked Yearwood as his duet partner on "Deep Blue Heart" because of the rawness of her voice.