Huey Lewis & the News / Discography

Huey Lewis & the News, 2008

This discography is an overview of the released records of the American rock band Huey Lewis & the News .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Picture This	-	-	-	-	US116 gold (59 weeks)US	First published: January 29, 1982 Producer: Huey Lewis and the News
1983	Sports	DE29 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK23 gold (24 weeks)UK	US1 × 7 Seven times platinum (160 weeks)US	First published: September 15, 1983 Producers: Huey Lewis and the News Chart entry DE: 12/1984 / UK: 09/1985
1986	Fore!	DE5 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT22 (4 weeks) AT	CH4 (17 weeks) CH	UK8th × 2 Double platinum (52 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (61 weeks)US	First published: August 20, 1986 Producer: Huey Lewis and the News
1988	Small World	DE8 (18 weeks) DE	-	CH10 (13 weeks) CH	UK12 gold (8 weeks)UK	US11 platinum (30 weeks)US	First published: June 1988 Producer: Huey Lewis and the News
1991	Hard at play	DE14 (24 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (12 weeks) CH	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	US27 gold (27 weeks)US	First published: May 7, 1991 Producers: Bill Schnee, Huey Lewis and the News
1994	Four Chords & Several Years Ago	DE46 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH21 (4 weeks) CH	-	US55 (21 weeks) US	First published: May 10, 1994 Producer: Stewart Levine
2001	Plan B	-	-	-	-	US165 (1 week) US	First published: July 24, 2001 Producers: Huey Lewis , Johnny Colla
2010	Soulsville	-	-	-	-	US121 (1 week) US	First published: October 18, 2010 Producers: Jim Gaines, Huey Lewis and the News
2020	Weather	DE21 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH13 (1 week) CH	-	US71 (1 week) US	First published: February 14, 2020

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• 1980: Huey Lewis and the News (release: June 25)
• 2005: Live at 25 (live album; release: May 17th)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1992	The Heart of Rock & Roll: The Best Of	DE54 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH39 (1 week) CH	UK23 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1992
1996	Time Flies… The Best of Huey Lewis	-	-	-	-	US185 (1 week) US	First published: October 29, 1996
2011	Greatest Hits & Videos	-	-	-	-	US61 gold (24 weeks)US	First published: May 23, 2006

More compilations

• 1997: The Only One (release: August 29th)
• 1997: The Power of Love: Best of Huey Lewis and the News
• 1999: Original Gold (box with 2 CDs; release: June 21)
• 2000: The Heart of Rock & Roll
• 2005: Greatest Hits (3 CDs)
• 2006: Icon

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1982	Do You Believe in Love Picture This	-	-	-	-	US7 (17 weeks) US	First published: January 22, 1982 in the UK charts 1985 as the B-side of The Power of Love Author: Robert John Lange
	Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do Picture This	-	-	-	-	US36 (11 weeks) US	First published: May 4, 1982 Author: Mike Duke
	Workin 'for a Livin' Picture This	-	-	-	-	-	First published: July 23, 1982 Authors: Chris Hayes , Huey Lewis
1983	Heart and Soul Sports	DE39 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US8 (21 weeks) US	First published: August 30, 1983 Authors: Nicky Chinn , Mike Chapman Original: Exile , 1981
1984	I want a new drug sports	DE27 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US6th gold (19 weeks)US	First published: January 3, 1984 Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
	The Heart of Rock & Roll Sports	DE71 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK78 (4 weeks) UK	US6 (20 weeks) US	First published: April 10, 1984 Authors: Johnny Colla , Huey Lewis
	If This Is It Sports	-	-	-	UK39 (7 weeks) UK	US6 (17 weeks) US	First published: July 10, 1984 Authors: Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis
	Walking on a Thin Line Sports	-	-	-	-	US18 (15 weeks) US	First published: October 1984 Authors: André Pessis, Kevin Wells
1985	The Power of Love Back to the Future (Soundtrack)	DE16 (15 weeks) DE	AT24 (4 weeks) AT	CH11 (18 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (25 weeks)UK	US1 gold (19 weeks)US	First published: June 17, 1985 from the soundtrack of Back to the Future. Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis, Johnny Colla
1986	The Heart and Soul EP	-	-	-	UK61 (8 weeks) UK	-	First publication: November 1985 including Jellybean dance mix by Hearts and Soul
	The Heart of Rock and Roll (Reissue) Sports	-	-	-	UK49 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1986
	Stuck with You Fore!	DE15 (15 weeks) DE	AT23 (2 weeks) AT	CH14 (11 weeks) CH	UK12 (12 weeks) UK	US1 (19 weeks) US	First published: July 21, 1986 Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
	Hip to Be Square Fore!	-	-	-	UK41 (10 weeks) UK	US3 (16 weeks) US	First published: October 6, 1986 Authors: Bill Gibson , Sean Hopper , Huey Lewis
1987	Jacob's Ladder Fore!	DE65 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US1 (15 weeks) US	First published: January 5, 1987 Authors: Bruce Hornsby , John Hornsby
	Simple as That Fore!	-	-	-	UK47 (5 weeks) UK	-	First publication: March 1987 Authors: Frank Biner, Stephen Kupka, Emilio Castillo
	I Know What I Like Fore!	-	-	-	-	US9 (14 weeks) US	First published: March 23, 1987 Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
	Doin 'It (All for My Baby) Fore!	-	-	-	UK93 (1 week) UK	US6 (16 weeks) US	First published: June 29, 1987 Authors: Mike Duke, Phil Cody
1988	Perfect World Small World	-	-	-	UK48 (6 weeks) UK	US3 (15 weeks) US	First published: June 28, 1988 Author: Alex Call
	Small World Small World	-	-	-	-	US25 (11 weeks) US	First published: September 27, 1988 Tenor saxophone: Stan Getz Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
	World to Me Small World	-	-	-	UK84 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1988 Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
1989	Walking with the Kid Small World	-	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	-	First published: February 1989 Author: Geoffrey Palmer
	Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy) Small World	-	-	-	-	US47 (8 weeks) US	First published: January 1989 Authors: Bill Gibson, Huey Lewis
1991	Couple Days Off Hard at Play	DE40 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US11 (13 weeks) US	First published: April 1991 Authors: Authors: Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis, Geoffrey Palmer
	It Hit Me Like a Hammer Hard at Play	DE51 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US21 (13 weeks) US	First published: July 1991 Authors: Huey Lewis, Robert John Lange
1992	He don't know hard at play	DE59 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH18 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: January 1992 Authors. Don Covay , Jon Tiven, Sally Tiven
1994	(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful Four Chords & Several Years Ago	DE51 (18 weeks) DE	-	-	UK84 (1 week) UK	US44 (12 weeks) US	First published: May 1994 Author: John Ellison Original: Soul Brothers Six, 1967
	But It's Alright Four Chords & Several Years Ago	-	-	-	-	US54 (20 weeks) US	First published: August 1994 Authors: JJ Jackson, Pierre Tubbs Original: JJ Jackson , 1966

More singles

• 1980: Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later) (released June)
• 1980: Now Here's You (release: August)
• 1985: Trouble in Paradise
• 1987: Bad Is Bad (release: October)
• 1995: Little Bitty Pretty One
• 1996: 100 Years from Now
• 2000: Cruisin ' (feat.Gwyneth Paltrow; from the soundtrack of the movie Dream Couples )
• 2001: Let Her Go and Start Over
• 2001: I'm Not in Love Yet (with Wynonna)
• 2003: We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time)

Video albums

• 1985: The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll
• 1986: Video hits
• 1987: Fore & More
• 2000: Live at Rockpalast
• 2004: Huey Lewis at Rockpalast
• 2005: Live at 25
• 2005: Huey Lewis & the News Live (US:gold)
• 2010: The Heart of Rock & Roll

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US2US Top 10 albums DE2DE AT-AT CH3CH UK2UK US5US Albums in the charts DE7thDE AT1AT CH6thCH UK5UK US11US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US3US Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US12US Singles in the charts DE10DE AT2AT CH3CH UK13UK US20thUS

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1984: for the single I Want a new Drug 1985: for the single The Power of Love 1986: for the single Stuck with You 1991: for the album Hard at Play

5 × platinum record  Canada 1987: for the album Fore! Diamond record  Canada 1988: for the Sports album

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	diamond1	1,700,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	6 × gold6th	11 × platinum11	-	14,550,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	1,060,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	13 × gold13	18 × platinum18th	diamond1

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US

Web links

• Huey Lewis & the News at Allmusic (English)
• Huey Lewis and the News at Discogs (English)