Huey Lewis and the News discography | |
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Studio albums | 10 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
Singles | 39 |
This article presents the discography for the American band Huey Lewis and the News. Huey Lewis and the News have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and are ranked in the top 200 selling groups of all time by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Three of their albums, Sports , Fore! , and Small World have been certified platinum (which in the United States market is equivalent to one million units sold). Sports is the band's best selling album, having been certified 7× platinum. Picture This and Hard at Play have both been certified gold. The band has released 37 singles, of which 12 have reached the top ten, and three have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The band has also appeared on two soundtrack albums. For the 1985 film, Back to the Future , the band contributed two songs. "The Power of Love" became their first number-one hit, and "Back in Time" received radio airplay on album-oriented rock stations. More than 20 years later, the band contributed the title track, appearing over the end credits, to the 2008 film Pineapple Express .
The band has released three compilation albums. The first one, released worldwide (except in the U.S.), peaked at number 23 on the UK chart. The second one, Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News was released in the U.S. only and included four newly recorded tracks. The third one was a career-spanning "greatest hits" album that included some harder-to-find tracks and was certified gold. The band has also released one live album.
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
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US [1] | US Indie [2] | US R&B [3] | AUS [4] | CAN [5] | NOR [6] | NZ [7] | SWE [8] | SWI [9] | UK [10] | ||||||||||
1980 | Huey Lewis and the News
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1982 | Picture This
| 13 | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
1983 | Sports
| 1 | — | — | 22 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 40 | — | 23 | ||||||||
1986 | Fore!
| 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||
1988 | Small World
| 11 | — | — | 21 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 12 | ||||||||
1991 | Hard at Play
| 27 | — | — | 61 | 20 | — | 26 | 25 | 9 | 39 | ||||||||
1994 | Four Chords & Several Years Ago
| 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | ||||||||
2001 | Plan B
| 165 | — | — | — | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2010 | Soulsville
| 121 | 15 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
2020 | Weather [15]
| 71 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country |
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||||||||
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US [1] [16] | AUS [4] | NZ [7] | SWI [9] | UK [10] | |||||||||||||||
1992 | The Heart of Rock & Roll – The Best of Huey Lewis and The News | — | 23 | 3 | 39 | 23 |
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1996 | Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News
| 185 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
2006 | Greatest Hits & Videos
| 61 | — | 8 | — | — | |||||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country |
Year | Album details |
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2005 | Live at 25
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | |||||||||||
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US [17] [18] | US Rock [19] | US Dance [20] | AUS [21] [22] | CAN [23] | GER [24] | NL [25] [26] | NZ [27] | SWI [28] | UK [10] [29] | ||||||
1979 | "Exo-Disco"/"Kick Back" (as American Express) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |||
1980 | "Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Huey Lewis and the News | |||
"Now Here's You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1982 | "Do You Believe in Love" | 7 | 12 | — | 18 | 14 | — | — | 36 | — | 9 [A] | Picture This | |||
"Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Tattoo (Giving It All Up for Love)" (UK only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Workin' for a Livin'" | 41 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1983 | "Heart and Soul" | 8 | 1 | — | 25 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 41 | — | 61 | Sports | |||
1984 | "I Want a New Drug" | 6 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 27 | — | 10 | 27 | — | ||||
"The Heart of Rock & Roll" | 6 | 5 | — | 58 | 8 | 71 | — | 21 | — | 49 [B] | |||||
"If This Is It" | 6 | 3 | — | 20 | 6 | — | — | 37 | — | 39 | |||||
"Finally Found a Home" | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Walking on a Thin Line" | 18 | 16 | — | 70 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1985 | "The Power of Love" | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 9 [C] | Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||
"Back in Time" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1986 | "Stuck with You" | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| Fore! | ||
"Hip to Be Square" | 3 | 1 | — | 17 | 14 | — | 28 | 9 | — | 41 | |||||
"Whole Lotta Lovin'" | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1987 | "Jacob's Ladder" | 1 | 10 | — | 48 | 16 | 65 | — | 50 | — | — | ||||
"I Know What I Like" | 9 | 25 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Simple as That" (UK & JP) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | |||||
"Doing It All for My Baby" | 6 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | 93 | |||||
1988 | "Perfect World" | 3 | 5 | — | 22 | 1 | — | 64 | 43 | — | 48 | Small World | |||
"Small World (Part One)" | 25 | 28 | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1989 | "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)" | 47 | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"World to Me" | — | — | — | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | |||||
"Walking with the Kid" | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | |||||
1991 | "Couple Days Off" | 11 | 3 | — | 40 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 24 | — | 98 | Hard at Play | |||
"It Hit Me Like a Hammer" | 21 | — | — | 106 | 9 | 51 | — | — | — | 83 | |||||
"He Don't Know" | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | 18 | — | |||||
"Build Me Up" | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1993 | "It's Alright" (B-side only) | — [D] | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | People Get Ready – A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield | |||
1994 | "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" | 44 | — | — | — | 37 | 51 | — | — | — | 84 | Four Chords & Several Years Ago | |||
"But It's Alright" | 54 | — | — | 35 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
1995 | "Little Bitty Pretty One" | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1996 | "100 Years from Now" | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | Time Flies... | |||
2001 | "Let Her Go and Start Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Plan B | |||
"I'm Not in Love Yet" (with Wynonna Judd) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
2019 | "Her Love Is Killin' Me" [32] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Weather | |||
"While We're Young" [33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country |
Year | Title | Label |
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1985 | Huey Lewis & the News – The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll [34] | Warner Home Video |
1985 | Video Hits [35] | CBS/Fox Video |
1987 | Fore & More [36] | CBS/Fox Video |
1987 | All the Way Live[ citation needed ] | Toshiba EMI |
1994 | Four Chords & Several Years Ago: The Concert [37] | Warner Music Vision |
2000 | Live at Rockpalast [38] | Encore Music Entertainment |
2005 | Live at 25 [39] | Rhino Home Video |
2006 | Greatest Hits & Videos | Capitol |
Year | Song | Album |
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1985 | "Trouble in Paradise" (live version) | We Are the World |
1985 | "Back in Time", "Power of Love" | Back to the Future (soundtrack) |
1994 | "Heart of Rock 'N Roll" (live version) | Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume II [40] |
2008 | "Pineapple Express" | Pineapple Express (soundtrack) |
2018 | "While We're Young" | Animal Crackers (soundtrack) [41] |
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