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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.
Huey Lewis & The News. Huey Lewis – lead vocals, harmonica; Mario Cipollina – bass; Johnny Colla – rhythm guitar, saxophone, backing vocals; Bill Gibson – drums, percussion, backing vocals; Chris Hayes – lead guitar, backing vocals; Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals; Additional personnel. Marvin McFadden – trumpet (4–7, 10 ...
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]
Huey Lewis & The News performing at Snoqualmie Casino in 2016. Huey Lewis and the News are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts.
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.
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]
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 .
After playing the show Lewis relented, with initially the title phrase being "The heart of rock and roll is in Cleveland", based on a comment Lewis made to the band, but he changed it to "The heart of rock and roll is still beating". According to him the message of the song is "There's real rock and roll in other places than LA or New York." [2]