Originally released on September 15, 1983, Sports hit #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 albums and generated four top ten hits. Sports is available for preorder here: https://HueyLewisTheNews.lnk.to/Sports40.
The album also found itself posited in the Top 40 in numerous counties across the globe, including Norway, Canada, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, the U.K. and, of course, their native U.S.
First single “Heart and Soul” peaked at #8 on Billboard’s Hot 100, “I Want a New Drug” found the band reaching #6 as did the third and fourth singles “The Heart of Rock and Roll” and “If This Is It” respectively. A fifth single “Walking on a Thin Line” broke the Top 20 at #16 on the Top Rock chart. The album charted in the Top 200 for 160 consecutive weeks, earning the album the designation of being the second biggest-selling album on Billboard’s end-of-year sales chart, beat only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
“In the early 80’s, there was no internet, no alternative scene, and really only one avenue to success; a hit single on CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio). We produced the Sports album ourselves because we wanted to make commercial choices we could live with while we aimed most of the tunes directly at CHR radio. Sports was a collection of singles. We needed a hit single … didn’t know we’d have five of them.”
- Huey Lewis
Sports garnered Huey Lewis & The News two GRAMMYS® - in 1984 for “Best Rock Vocal by a Group” for “Heart and Soul” and in 1985 for “Record of the Year” for “The Heart of Rock and Roll.”
Huey Lewis & The News "Heart of Rock and Roll"
Track listing:
Huey Lewis & The News "Heart of Rock and Roll"
Track listing:
Side 1
3. "Bad Is Bad"
4. "I Want a New Drug"
4. "I Want a New Drug"
Side 2
1. "Walking on a Thin Line"
2. "Finally Found a Home"
3. "If This Is It"
4. "You Crack Me Up"
5. "Honky Tonk Blues"
1. "Walking on a Thin Line"
2. "Finally Found a Home"
3. "If This Is It"
4. "You Crack Me Up"
5. "Honky Tonk Blues"
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