Friday, June 24, 2011

Hits List: Huey Lewis and the News

This San Francisco group was as hot as anyone in the mid-80's.  They racked up 22 hits, with 13 of those going Top 10 and 3 #1's.  Proving they were popular across different formats, Huey and the group also charted 14 Adult Contemporary hits, with five of those going Top 10, and also charted on Mainstream Rock.  Here is their complete chart record:


1979:  "Exo-Disco" (as Huey Lewis and the American Express)
1980:  "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)"
           "Now Here's You"
1982:  "Do You Believe In Love" (#7, #18 Australia)

           "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" (#36)
           "Workin' For a Livin'" (#41)
1983:  "Heart and Soul" (#8, #25 Australia, #61 U.K.)
1984:  "I Want a New Drug" (#6, #27 Australia)
           "The Heart of Rock and Roll" (#6, #58 Australia, #78 U.K.)
           "If This Is It" (#6, #5 Adult Contemporary, #20 Australia, #39 U.K.)
           "Walking On a Thin Line" (#18, #70 Australia)
1985:  "The Power of Love" (#1, #6 AC, #1 Australia, #11 U.K.)
           "Back In Time" (#3 Mainstream Rock)
1986:  "The Power of Love" (re-issue) --#9 U.K.
           "The Heart of Rock and Roll" (re-issue) --#49 U.K.
           "Stuck With You" (#1, #1 AC, 2 Australia, #12 U.K.)
           "Hip To Be Square" (#3, #20 AC, #17 Australia, #41 U.K.)
           "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later) --re-issue



1987:  "Jacob's Ladder" (#1, #17 AC, #48 Australia)
           "I Know What I Like" (#9, #30 AC)
           "Simple As That"
           "Doing It All For My Baby" (#6, #2 AC, #93 U.K.)
1988:  "Perfect World" (#3, #1 AC, #22 Australia, #48 U.K.)
           "Small World, Part 1"  (#25, #19 AC)
1989:  "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy) --#47, #42 AC
           "World To Me" (#84 U.K.)

           "Walking With the Kid" (#98 U.K.)
1991:  "Couple Days Off" (#11, #3 Mainstream Rock, #40 Australia)
           "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (#21, #10 AC)
           "He Don't Know" (#40 AC)
1993:  "It's All Right" (#7 AC)
1994:  "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" (#44, #7 AC, #84 U.K.)

           "But It's Alright" (#54, #5 AC)
1995:  "Little Bitty Pretty One" (#27 AC)
1996:  "100 Years From Now" (#10 AC)
2001:  "Let Her Go and Start Over" (#23 AC)

           "I'm Not In Love Yet" (with Wynonna Judd) --#30 AC

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