Complete List Of Huey Lewis And The News Songs From A to Z

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Huey Lewis & The News built one of the most recognizable pop-rock catalogs of the 1980s by combining sharp hooks, rhythm-and-blues influences, doo-wop harmonies, soul covers, bar-band energy, and an unusually tight horn-driven sound. This complete A-to-Z guide gathers the band’s ten studio albums, soundtrack recordings, compilation exclusives, early American Express singles, live performances, and fan-club releases.

Complete List Of Huey Lewis And The News Songs From A to Z

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Huey Lewis & The News formed in 1979 in San Francisco, California. Emerging from the remnants of earlier projects such as Clover and Soundhole, the band solidified its lineup with Huey Lewis as lead vocalist and harmonica player, Sean Hopper on keyboards, Bill Gibson on drums, Johnny Colla on saxophone and guitar, and Mario Cipollina on bass. The group became known for its tight musicianship and its seamless blend of rock, pop, rhythm and blues, and soul influences.

The band released ten studio albums between 1980 and 2020. Its self-titled debut in 1980 gained modest attention, but the breakthrough came with Sports in 1983. The multi-platinum album featured “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” “I Want a New Drug,” “Heart and Soul,” and “If This Is It.”

Fore!, released in 1986, further cemented the band’s status as one of the most popular acts of the decade. “Hip to Be Square,” “Stuck with You,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” and “Doing It All for My Baby” became staples of 1980s radio and MTV.

The band’s music also played a prominent role in Back to the Future. “The Power of Love” became one of Huey Lewis & The News’ defining recordings and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, while “Back in Time” closed the film.

Huey Lewis & The News achieved major commercial success with multiple platinum-certified albums and a long run of Top 10 singles. Their accessible songwriting, vocal harmonies, horn arrangements, and combination of classic rhythm and blues with contemporary pop production made them one of the era’s defining American bands.

The band’s later work demonstrated the same adaptability, including Plan B, the soul-oriented Soulsville, and Weather, released in 2020. The latter arrived after Huey Lewis developed Ménière’s disease, which severely affected his hearing and limited the band’s ability to perform.

The list below presents Huey Lewis & The News songs alphabetically, including studio-album tracks, soundtrack recordings, compilation exclusives, covers, live releases, and the group’s earliest recordings under the name American Express.

Complete List Of Huey Lewis and the News Songs From A to Z

A–E

“100 Years from Now” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996)
“Attitude” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Back in Time” – Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)
“Bad Is Bad” – Sports (1983)
“Best of Me” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Better Be True” – Small World (1988)
“Better to Have and Not Need” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Blue Monday” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Bobo Tempo” – Small World (1988)
“Build Me Up” – Hard at Play (1991)
“But It’s Alright” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Buzz Buzz Buzz” – Picture This (1982)
“Change of Heart” – Picture This (1982)
“Couple Days Off” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Cry to Me” – Soulsville (2010)
“Do You Believe in Love” – Picture This (1982)
“Do You Love Me, or What?” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Doing It All for My Baby” – Fore! (1986)
“Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Don’t Fight It” – Soulsville (2010)
“Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You” – Soulsville (2010)
“Don’t Look Back” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Don’t Make Me Do It” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Exodisco” – Exodisco / Kick Back (as American Express) (1979)

F–J

“Finally Found a Home” – Sports (1983)
“Flip, Flop & Fly” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Forest for the Trees” – Fore! (1986)
“Free” – Soulsville (2010)
“Function at the Junction” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Give Me the Keys (And I’ll Drive You Crazy)” – Small World (1988)
“Going Down Slow” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Good Morning Little Schoolgirl” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Got to Get You Off My Mind” – Soulsville (2010)
“Grab This Thing” – Soulsville (2010)
“He Don’t Know” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Heart and Soul” – Sports (1983)
“The Heart of Rock & Roll” – Sports (1983)
“Hearts” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Her Love Is Killin’ Me” – Weather (2020)
“Hip to Be Square” – Fore! (1986)
“Honky Tonk Blues” – Sports (1983)
“Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do” – Picture This (1982)
“Hurry Back Baby” – Weather (2020)
“I Ain’t Perfect” – Plan B (2001)
“I Am There for You” – Weather (2020)
“I Know What I Like” – Fore! (1986)
“I Never Think About You” – Plan B (2001)
“I Never Walk Alone” – Fore! (1986)
“I Want a New Drug” – Sports (1983)
“I Want to (Do Everything for You)” – Soulsville (2010)
“I Want You” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“I’m Not in Love Yet” – Plan B (2001)
“If This Is It” – Sports (1983)
“If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“If You Really Love Me You’ll Let Me” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Is It Me” – Picture This (1982)
“It Hit Me Like a Hammer” – Hard at Play (1991)
“It’s All Right” – People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield Tribute Album) (1993)
“Jacob’s Ladder” – Fore! (1986)
“Just One More Day” – Soulsville (2010)
“Just the One (I’ve Been Looking For)” – Soulsville (2010)

K–O

“Kick Back” – Exodisco / Kick Back (as American Express) (1979)
“Let Her Go and Start Over” – Plan B (2001)
“Little Bitty Pretty One” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Little Sally Walker” – Soulsville (2010)
“Mother-in-Law” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“My Other Woman” – Plan B (2001)
“Naturally” – Fore! (1986)
“Never Found a Girl” – Soulsville (2010)
“Never Like This Before” – Soulsville (2010)
“Now Here’s You” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Old Antone’s” – Small World (1988)
“One of the Boys” – Weather (2020)
“The Only One” – Picture This (1982)

P–T

“Perfect World” – Small World (1988)
“Pineapple Express” – Pineapple Express: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008)
“Plan B” – Plan B (2001)
“The Power of Love” – Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)
“Pretty Girls Everywhere” – Weather (2020)
“Remind Me Why I Love You Again” – Weather (2020)
“Respect Yourself” – Soulsville (2010)
“The Rhythm Ranch” – Plan B (2001)
“Searching for My Love” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“She Shot a Hole in My Soul” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“(She’s) Some Kind of Wonderful” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Simple as That” – Fore! (1986)
“Slammin'” – Small World (1988)
“Small World (Part One)” – Small World (1988)
“Small World (Part Two)” – Small World (1988)
“So Little Kindness” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996)
“Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Soulsville” – Soulsville (2010)
“Stagger Lee” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Stop Trying” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Stuck with You” – Fore! (1986)
“Surely I Love You” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)” – Picture This (1982)
“Tell Me a Little Lie” – Picture This (1982)
“Thank You #19” – Plan B (2001)
“That’s Not Me” – Hard at Play (1991)
“‘Til the Day After” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996)
“Time Ain’t Money” – Hard at Play (1991)
“Trouble in Paradise” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)

U–Z

“Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um” – Live at 25 (2005)
“Walking on a Thin Line” – Sports (1983)
“Walking with the Kid” – Small World (1988)
“We Should Be Making Love” – Hard at Play (1991)
“We’re Not Here for a Long Time (We’re Here for a Good Time)” – Plan B (2001)
“Whatever Happened to True Love” – Picture This (1982)
“When I Write the Book” – Plan B (2001)
“When the Time Has Come” – Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis & the News (1996)
“While We’re Young” – Weather (2020)
“Who Cares?” – Huey Lewis and the News (1980)
“Whole Lotta Lovin'” – Fore! (1986)
“Winter Wonderland” – Fan Club Release (1984)
“Workin’ for a Livin'” – Picture This (1982)
“World to Me” – Small World (1988)
“You Crack Me Up” – Sports (1983)
“You Left the Water Running” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)
“Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ but Trash” – Four Chords & Several Years Ago (1994)