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"I Want a New Drug" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News from their third album Sports. It is its second single, following the top-ten hit " Heart and Soul " in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Dance Club Play chart.
The following is a list of all songs recorded by Huey Lewis and the News.. The table lists each song title by Huey Lewis and the News, the songwriters for each song, the album or soundtrack on which the song first appeared, and the year in which the song was released.
Later that year, Huey Lewis and the News sued Parker, citing the similarities between the "Ghostbusters" song and their earlier hit "I Want a New Drug". According to Huey Lewis and the News, this was especially damaging to them since "Ghostbusters" was so popular (it rose to number one on the charts for three weeks).
Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as “The Power of Love” and “I Want a New Drug,” is about to take his music to a Broadway stage.
The idea for "I Want a New Drug" came to Lewis during a car ride to his lawyer's office, and he wrote down the majority of the lyrics upon arriving. [2] After Lewis made an unsuccessful attempt to put the idea to music with bassist Mario Cipollina, guitarist Chris Hayes developed new music for the final song on his own. [2]
In 1979, the band's name was Huey Lewis and the American Express. Under this name they released a single and secured their recording contract with Chrysalis Records at the end of the year. The album was recorded within three weeks and the producer was Bill Schnee , who had produced for Boz Scaggs and Pablo Cruise .
The video was directed by Edd Griles, who also directed the band's videos for "The Heart of Rock & Roll" and "Stuck with You", as well as Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time". The video starts with a snippet of another Huey Lewis and the News song, "I Want a New Drug", also from the album Sports. [11]
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