Sports (Huey Lewis and The News Album) - Singles

Singles

The lead single, "Heart and Soul", peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with its accompanying video containing shots of San Francisco and an appearance by soap opera star, Signey Coleman, who played a blind woman on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. The album's second release turned out to be the band's best-selling single. "I Want a New Drug" peaked at number 6 on the Hot 100 and was certified gold with sales of 500,000 copies in 1989. The track was also the center of a lawsuit against artist Ray Parker Jr., who was accused of plagiarizing the song for his 1984 hit, "Ghostbusters". The case was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Since "Ghostbusters" topped the Billboard charts with the sped-up bassline, the argument can be made that "I Want A New Drug" was the band's first #1 single.

The third single from the album continued the band's success as its ode to rock and roll, "The Heart of Rock & Roll", peaked at number 6 on the Hot 100. The accompanying video contained black & white footage of the band performing while legendary performers, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley & The Comets, Buddy Holly and Little Richard from the early rock era were shown.

In June 1984, Sports hit number 1 on the Billboard albums chart, and the fourth single from the album, "If This Is It", was released shortly thereafter, also peaking at number 6 on the Hot 100. The fifth and final single from the album, "Walking on a Thin Line", was released in December 1984 and peaked at number 18. Other tracks from the album include, "Bad Is Bad", which the band shot a video for but never released as a single, and a cover of "Honky Tonk Blues", originally written and performed by Hank Williams.