Huey Lewis and the News discography
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Huey Lewis and the News
. Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and are ranked in the top 200 selling groups of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America
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Three of their albums, Sports, Fore!
, and Small World
have been certified platinum (which in the United States market is equivalent to one million units sold). Sports is the band's best selling album, having been certified 7x platinum. Picture This and Hard at Play
have both been certified gold. The band has released 38 singles, of which 12 have reached the top ten, and three have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100
.
The band has also appeared on two soundtrack albums. For the 1985 film, Back to the Future
, the band contributed two songs. "The Power of Love" became their first ever number-one hit, and "Back in Time
" received some radio airplay, cracking the Mainstream Rock charts
. More than 20 years later, the band contributed the title track, appearing over the end credits, to the 2008 film Pineapple Express
.
The band has released three compilation albums. The first one, released worldwide (but not in the U.S.), peaked at number 23 on the UK charts. The second one, Time Flies... the Best of Huey Lewis and the News was released only in the U.S. and included four newly recorded tracks. The third one was a career-spanning greatest hits album that included some harder-to-find tracks. The band has also released one live album.
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Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...
. Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and are ranked in the top 200 selling groups of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
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Three of their albums, Sports, Fore!
Fore!
Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 . The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."- Album cover :The wall...
, and Small World
Small World (album)
Small World is the fifth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1988 .Although it reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the album was much less successful than its predecessors, 1983's Sports and 1986's Fore!...
have been certified platinum (which in the United States market is equivalent to one million units sold). Sports is the band's best selling album, having been certified 7x platinum. Picture This and Hard at Play
Hard at Play
Hard at Play is the sixth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI America Records. Hard at Play peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart and produced two Top 40 singles, "Couple Days Off" and "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"...
have both been certified gold. The band has released 38 singles, of which 12 have reached the top ten, and three have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
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The band has also appeared on two soundtrack albums. For the 1985 film, Back to the Future
Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure film. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson. The film tells the story of...
, the band contributed two songs. "The Power of Love" became their first ever number-one hit, and "Back in Time
Back in Time
"Back in Time" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News written for and featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. The song is heard near the end of the film when Marty McFly wakes up to the song playing on the radio while in his own bed after returning from 1955. It is also played during the...
" received some radio airplay, cracking the Mainstream Rock charts
Mainstream Rock Tracks
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...
. More than 20 years later, the band contributed the title track, appearing over the end credits, to the 2008 film Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express (film)
Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner action comedy directed by David Gordon Green, written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and starring Rogen and James Franco. Producer Judd Apatow, who previously worked with Rogen and Goldberg on Knocked Up and Superbad, assisted in developing the story,...
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The band has released three compilation albums. The first one, released worldwide (but not in the U.S.), peaked at number 23 on the UK charts. The second one, Time Flies... the Best of Huey Lewis and the News was released only in the U.S. and included four newly recorded tracks. The third one was a career-spanning greatest hits album that included some harder-to-find tracks. The band has also released one live album.
Studio albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
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SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1982 | Picture This
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| 1986 | Fore! Fore! Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 . The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."- Album cover :The wall... |
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| 1988 | Small World Small World (album) Small World is the fifth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1988 .Although it reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the album was much less successful than its predecessors, 1983's Sports and 1986's Fore!... |
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| 1991 | Hard at Play Hard at Play Hard at Play is the sixth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI America Records. Hard at Play peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart and produced two Top 40 singles, "Couple Days Off" and "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"... |
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| 1994 | Four Chords & Several Years Ago Four Chords & Several Years Ago Four Chords & Several Years Ago is the seventh album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1994 . The title is a play on the first sentence in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address .It is a collection of 1960s rhythm & blues covers influential to the members of the group during... Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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| 2001 | Plan B Plan B (album) Plan B is the eighth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 2001 .This was the last album to feature founding member/guitarist Chris Hayes, who performed on the album but then left after work was completed. Hayes was replaced by Oakland-born guitarist Stef Burns... |
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| 2010 | Soulsville Soulsville Soulsville is the ninth studio album from Huey Lewis and the News and the band's first since Plan B in 2001. The album was released on October 18, 2010, in the United Kingdom and Europe and November 2, 2010, in the United States. The album, a tribute to the artists and music of Stax Records, was... |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales threshold) |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1992 | The Heart of Rock & Roll
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| 1996 | Time Flies... The Best Of Time Flies... The Best of Time Flies is a greatest hits album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1996 . The album also features four previously unreleased tracks. This marks the first time "The Power of Love" was available on an International Huey Lewis and the News album- it had previously been... Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
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Live albums
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| 2005 | Live at 25 Live at 25 Live at 25 is a live album by Huey Lewis and the News celebrating the 25 year anniversary since the band's formation in 1980. The performance was recorded December 2004 in the band's home turf of Northern California and was released along with a separate Live at 25 DVD in 2005 by Rhino Records...
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Singles
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AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
NL | NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1979 | "Exo-Disco"/"Kick Back" (as Huey Lewis & the American Express) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| 1980 | "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Huey Lewis and the News | |
| "Now Here's You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Do You Believe in Love Do You Believe in Love "Do You Believe in Love" is the first top-ten hit for the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, peaking at number seven in May 1982, off their second album Picture This. It was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.-History:... " |
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| "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as the second single from the album Picture This in 1982. The single peaked at number 36 on the U.S... " |
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| "Workin' for a Livin' Workin' for a Livin' "Workin' for a Livin" is a single by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1982. Included on their 1982 album Picture This, the song peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, and number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.In 2007, Huey Lewis himself recorded the... " |
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| 1983 | "Heart and Soul Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song) "Heart and Soul" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and made famous by Huey Lewis and the News. The song was first recorded by Exile in 1981 as the title track of their album Heart & Soul. Exile's single was unsuccessful, bubbling under the Billboard Hot 100 at number 102... " |
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| 1984 | "I Want a New Drug I Want a New Drug "I Want a New Drug" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News from their third album Sports. It was released as the second single from the album, following the top-ten hit "Heart and Soul" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S... " |
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| "The Heart of Rock & Roll The Heart of Rock & Roll "The Heart of Rock & Roll" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as the third single from their album Sports in 1984. The single peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-History:... " |
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| "If This Is It If This Is It "If This Is It" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released as the fourth single from their number-one album Sports in 1984, and became their fifth top-ten and third consecutive number-six hit on the Billboard Hot 100... " |
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| "Walking on a Thin Line Walking on a Thin Line (song) "Walking on a Thin Line" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as the fifth and final single from the album, Sports, in 1984.-History:... " |
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| 1985 | "The Power of Love" | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | Gold | Back to the Future (soundtrack) Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Back to the Future: Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the hit 1985 film Back to the Future. The album included two tracks culled from Alan Silvestri's compositions for the film, two tracks from Huey Lewis and the News, two songs played by Marvin Berry and The... |
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| "Back in Time Back in Time "Back in Time" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News written for and featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. The song is heard near the end of the film when Marty McFly wakes up to the song playing on the radio while in his own bed after returning from 1955. It is also played during the... " |
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| 1986 | "The Power of Love" (re-issue) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | ||
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| "Stuck with You Stuck with You "Stuck with You" is the title of a hit single by Huey Lewis and the News, written by guitarist Chris Hayes and lead singer Huey Lewis, from 1986. It was the first single from the band's fourth album, Fore!. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 20, 1986,... " |
1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 12 | — | Fore! Fore! Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 . The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."- Album cover :The wall... |
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| "Hip to Be Square Hip to Be Square "Hip to Be Square" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album, Fore!. The song features Pro Football Hall of Famers and then-San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott... " |
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| "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" (remix) | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Hip to Be Square" B-side Hip to Be Square "Hip to Be Square" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album, Fore!. The song features Pro Football Hall of Famers and then-San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott... |
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| 1987 | "Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder (Huey Lewis and the News song) "Jacob's Ladder" is a 1986 song, written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John Hornsby, that was recorded by Huey Lewis and the News and became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987.... " |
1 | 10 | 17 | — | 48 | 65 | — | 50 | — | — | — | Fore! Fore! Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 . The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."- Album cover :The wall... |
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| "I Know What I Like I Know What I Like "I Know What I Like" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as a single from the album Fore! in 1987. The single peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100... " |
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| "Doing It All for My Baby Doing It All for My Baby "Doing It All for My Baby" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as a single from the album Fore! in 1987. The single peaked at number six on the U.S... " |
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| 1988 | "Perfect World Perfect World (Huey Lewis and the News song) "Perfect World" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the first single from the album Small World in late June 1988... " |
3 | 5 | 1 | — | 22 | — | 64 | 43 | — | 48 | — | Small World Small World (album) Small World is the fifth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1988 .Although it reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the album was much less successful than its predecessors, 1983's Sports and 1986's Fore!... |
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| 1989 | "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy) Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy) "Give Me the Keys " is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, released in January 1989 as the third single from the album Small World. The single peaked at #47 on the US Billboard Hot 100.... " |
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| 1991 | "Couple Days Off Couple Days Off "Couple Days Off" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as a single from the album Hard at Play in 1991. The single peaked at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-Chart performance:... " |
11 | 3 | — | — | 40 | 40 | 17 | 24 | — | — | — | Hard at Play Hard at Play Hard at Play is the sixth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI America Records. Hard at Play peaked at number 27 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart and produced two Top 40 singles, "Couple Days Off" and "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"... |
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| 1993 | "It's All Right It's All Right "It's All Right" is a 1963 single by The Impressions. The single was the most successful chart entry of the group's career. "It's All Right" was one of two top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and the first of six number ones on the Billboard R&B chart... " |
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| 1994 | "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful Some Kind of Wonderful (Soul Brothers Six song) "Some Kind of Wonderful" is a song written by John Ellison. It was first recorded in 1967 by the American group Soul Brothers Six, peaking at number ninety-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100... " |
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| 1995 | "Little Bitty Pretty One Little Bitty Pretty One "Little Bitty Pretty One" is a rock and roll song written and originally recorded by Bobby Day, and popularized by Thurston Harris in 1957. His version reached #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It has most notably been covered by Frankie Lymon in 1958, Clyde McPhatter in 1962, the Jackson Five in... " |
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| 1996 | "100 Years from Now" | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time Flies... The Best Of Time Flies... The Best of Time Flies is a greatest hits album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1996 . The album also features four previously unreleased tracks. This marks the first time "The Power of Love" was available on an International Huey Lewis and the News album- it had previously been... |
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| 2001 | "Let Her Go and Start Over" | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Plan B Plan B (album) Plan B is the eighth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 2001 .This was the last album to feature founding member/guitarist Chris Hayes, who performed on the album but then left after work was completed. Hayes was replaced by Oakland-born guitarist Stef Burns... |
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Other appearances
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| 1985 | "Trouble in Paradise" (live version) | We Are the World We Are the World (album) We Are the World was a 1985 album that contained USA for Africa's "We Are the World" superstar charity recording for famine relief efforts in Ethiopia.... |
| 1994 | "Heart of Rock 'N Roll The Heart of Rock & Roll "The Heart of Rock & Roll" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as the third single from their album Sports in 1984. The single peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.-History:... " (live version) |
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