Four Chords & Several Years Ago

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Four Chords & Several Years Ago
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 10, 1994
RecordedOctober 1993–February 1994
StudioThe Site (San Rafael, California)
Studio D Recording (Sausalito, California)
Genre Rock, R&B
Length48:52
Label Elektra
Producer Stewart Levine
Huey Lewis and the News chronology
Hard at Play
(1991)
Four Chords & Several Years Ago
(1994)
Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News
(1996)
Singles from Four Chords & Several Years Ago
  1. "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful"
    Released: April 1994
  2. "But It's Alright"
    Released: August 1994
  3. "Little Bitty Pretty One"
    Released: January 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Four Chords & Several Years Ago is the seventh album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1994. The title is a play on the first sentence in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ("Four score and seven years ago ...").

Contents

It is a collection of 1950s and 1960s rhythm & blues covers influential to the members of the group during their early years. It is the last album to feature founding member and bassist, Mario Cipollina, who left the band after the subsequent tour.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Shake, Rattle and Roll" Charles E. Calhoun Big Joe Turner 3:07
2."Blue Monday"
Fats Domino 2:41
3."Searching for My Love"Bobby Moore Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces 2:50
4."(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful"John Ellison Soul Brothers Six 3:06
5."But It's Alright"
J. J. Jackson 2:54
6."If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" Rudy Clark James Ray 2:32
7."Mother in Law" Allen Toussaint Ernie K-Doe 2:43
8."Little Bitty Pretty One" Robert Byrd Thurston Harris and the Sharps2:04
9."Good Morning Little School Girl"Sonny Boy Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson I 4:02
10."Stagger Lee"
  • Harold Logan
  • Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price 2:36
11."She Shot a Hole in My Soul"
  • Mac Gayden
  • Chuck Neese
Clifford Curry 2:38
12."Surely I Love You"
Rosco Gordon 2:51
13."You Left the Water Running"
Otis Redding 3:06
14."Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash"Charles E. Calhoun The Clovers 2:57
15."Function at the Junction"
Shorty Long 3:13
16."Better to Have and Not Need"
  • Don Covay
  • Erskin Watts
Don Covay 3:32
17."Going Down Slow"James B. Oden St. Louis Jimmy Oden 2:00
Total length:48:52

Personnel

Huey Lewis & The News

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
European Top 100 Albums [2] 61
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [3] 46
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [4] 19
Japanese International Albums (Oricon) [5] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 21
US Billboard 200 [7] 55

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1994"(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful"Adult Contemporary7
The Billboard Hot 10044
"But It's Alright"Adult Contemporary5
The Billboard Hot 10054
1995"Little Bitty Pretty One"Adult Contemporary27

References

  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine (November 1, 1994). "Four Chords & Several Years Ago - Huey Lewis & the News | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  2. "Billboard". June 11, 1994. Retrieved September 30, 2015 via Google Books.
  3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Huey Lewis and the News – Four Chords & Several Years Ago" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  4. "Oricon Archive - Huey Lewis and the News". Oricon. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  5. "Google Translate" . Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  6. "Swisscharts.com – Huey Lewis and the News – Four Chords & Several Years Ago". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  7. "Huey Lewis and the News Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard . Retrieved March 19, 2020.