Huey Lewis and the News: Artist Essentials

First released: 1985 (year verified)

Original studio single associated with the 1985 Back to the Future soundtrack. The official soundtrack calls it the first single, and the artist Fore! history independently places that hit in 1985. Later compilations and live versions are excluded.

Recording: Original 1985 studio single recording
Credit: Huey Lewis & the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: The Power of Love

Back to the Future - official original soundtrack program
Official film site identifies The Power of Love and Back in Time as new Huey Lewis & the News recordings on the original 1985 MCA soundtrack. The Power of Love is its first single. The soundtrack format dates do not establish an exact earliest worldwide day for the songs. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Fore! - official 1986 album program and first single
Original 1986 album and ten-track program. Stuck with You is the first single in 1986. Later singles from the album, including Doing It All for My Baby, do not redate the original recordings. Named instrumental and background contributors are session credits, not separate featured-artist billing. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1983 (year verified)

Original Sports studio recording released in 1983. The artist distinguishes the subsequent single cycle; the retained 1984 annual association is not its first-release year.

Recording: Original 1983 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sports
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Sports - official original release and subsequent singles
Original 1983 album date and nine tracks. Heart and Soul is identified as the first 1983 single; I Want a New Drug and The Heart of Rock & Roll have later 1984 single dates. Those single/annual years do not replace the 1983 album-recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1983 (year verified)

Original Sports studio recording released in 1983. The artist distinguishes the subsequent single cycle; the retained 1984 annual association is not its first-release year.

Recording: Original 1983 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sports
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Sports - official original release and subsequent singles
Original 1983 album date and nine tracks. Heart and Soul is identified as the first 1983 single; I Want a New Drug and The Heart of Rock & Roll have later 1984 single dates. Those single/annual years do not replace the 1983 album-recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1983 (year verified)

Original Sports studio recording released in 1983. The artist distinguishes the subsequent single cycle; the retained 1984 annual association is not its first-release year.

Recording: Original 1983 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sports
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Sports - official original release and subsequent singles
Original 1983 album date and nine tracks. Heart and Soul is identified as the first 1983 single; I Want a New Drug and The Heart of Rock & Roll have later 1984 single dates. Those single/annual years do not replace the 1983 album-recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1982 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1982 and belongs to the original Picture This program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1982 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Picture This
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Picture This - official original album and single notes
Despite the inherited URL slug, the page explicitly identifies Picture This, its 1982 release and original ten-song program. Workin for a Livin is the studio album recording; the page separately notes a later live B-side. Unrelated template lyrics lower on the page are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1983 (year verified)

The artist explicitly identifies the first Sports single as released in 1983. The album day is not assigned to the single.

Recording: Original 1983 studio single recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Heart and Soul

Sports - official original release and subsequent singles
Original 1983 album date and nine tracks. Heart and Soul is identified as the first 1983 single; I Want a New Drug and The Heart of Rock & Roll have later 1984 single dates. Those single/annual years do not replace the 1983 album-recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1986 (year verified)

The artist identifies the first Fore! single in 1986. The supported year is retained without promoting the album day to the single date.

Recording: Original 1986 studio single recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original single: Stuck with You

Fore! - official 1986 album program and first single
Original 1986 album and ten-track program. Stuck with You is the first single in 1986. Later singles from the album, including Doing It All for My Baby, do not redate the original recordings. Named instrumental and background contributors are session credits, not separate featured-artist billing. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1986 (year verified)

Original Fore! studio recording released in 1986. The later 1987 annual/single association is preserved separately and does not redate the recording.

Recording: Original 1986 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Fore!
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Fore! - official 1986 album program and first single
Original 1986 album and ten-track program. Stuck with You is the first single in 1986. Later singles from the album, including Doing It All for My Baby, do not redate the original recordings. Named instrumental and background contributors are session credits, not separate featured-artist billing. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1982 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1982 and belongs to the original Picture This program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1982 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Picture This
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Picture This - official original album and single notes
Despite the inherited URL slug, the page explicitly identifies Picture This, its 1982 release and original ten-song program. Workin for a Livin is the studio album recording; the page separately notes a later live B-side. Unrelated template lyrics lower on the page are not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1986 (year verified)

Original Fore! studio recording released in 1986. The later 1987 annual/single association is preserved separately and does not redate the recording.

Recording: Original 1986 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Fore!
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Fore! - official 1986 album program and first single
Original 1986 album and ten-track program. Stuck with You is the first single in 1986. Later singles from the album, including Doing It All for My Baby, do not redate the original recordings. Named instrumental and background contributors are session credits, not separate featured-artist billing. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1983 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1983 and belongs to the original Sports program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1983 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sports
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Sports - official original release and subsequent singles
Original 1983 album date and nine tracks. Heart and Soul is identified as the first 1983 single; I Want a New Drug and The Heart of Rock & Roll have later 1984 single dates. Those single/annual years do not replace the 1983 album-recording release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1986 (year verified)

Original Fore! studio recording released in 1986. The later 1987 annual/single association is preserved separately and does not redate the recording.

Recording: Original 1986 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Fore!
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Fore! - official 1986 album program and first single
Original 1986 album and ten-track program. Stuck with You is the first single in 1986. Later singles from the album, including Doing It All for My Baby, do not redate the original recordings. Named instrumental and background contributors are session credits, not separate featured-artist billing. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1988 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1988 and belongs to the original Small World program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1988 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Small World
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Small World - official original studio album
Original 1988 release and tracklist includes Perfect World. Small World Part One and Part Two are separate album tracks; neither is silently equated with the unsuffixed annual title in this collection. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1991 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1991 and belongs to the original Hard at Play program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1991 studio recording
Credit: Huey Lewis and the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Hard at Play
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Hard at Play - official original album and singles
Original 1991 release and tracklist includes Couple Days Off. The page identifies It Hit Me Like a Hammer as the second single. Only the supported original release year is used. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

First released: 1985 (year verified)

The official soundtrack program identifies this as a new 1985 band recording. The Power of Love also had a single release in that cycle. Only the first-release year is asserted; album and film format dates are not substituted for an exact song-release day.

Recording: Original 1985 studio soundtrack recording
Credit: Huey Lewis & the News
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Back to the Future
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Back to the Future - official original soundtrack program
Official film site identifies The Power of Love and Back in Time as new Huey Lewis & the News recordings on the original 1985 MCA soundtrack. The Power of Love is its first single. The soundtrack format dates do not establish an exact earliest worldwide day for the songs. | Reviewed 2026-10-18