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"Jacob's Ladder" is a 1986 song written by Bruce Hornsby and his brother John Hornsby and recorded by Huey Lewis and the News. The song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1987, [1] becoming the band's third and final number-one hit.
Fore! is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on August 20, 1986.The album was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 and went on to score five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder".
Three other notable tracks on the record were the single "Look Out Any Window"; "The Show Goes On", which was featured in Ron Howard's 1991 film Backdraft, as well as the pilot episode of Baywatch; and "Jacob's Ladder", which was written by Bruce and John Hornsby but is most well known as being a number-one hit for Huey Lewis and the News in ...
In live performances, Lewis would often dedicate the song to the casualties of the war in Vietnam, [5] as well as the veterans. [6] During some live performances, ESPN personality Chris Berman , who is a fan of the band, has shown up as a surprise guest, singing the song with the band.
Following the success of "The Power of Love" and Back to the Future, Huey Lewis and the News released their fourth studio album, Fore! in 1986. Fore! followed the success of Sports and reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album spawned the No. 1 singles, "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder" as well as the mainstream rock hit "Hip to Be Square".
On May 10, 2013, Huey Lewis and the News embarked upon a Sports 30th Anniversary Tour, in which they performed the album in its entirety, as well as other songs. [1] On May 14, a two-disc 30th Anniversary Edition of Sports was released, featuring the remastered album in addition to archival live versions of every song on the album.
It’s understandable that someone would want to remake "Jacob’s Ladder," Adrian Lyne's 1990 head-trip thriller about a Vietnam veteran haunted by fragmentary nightmare visions. I was far from ...
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.