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by American rock band

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, released on August 20, 1986. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 and went on to score five top-ten ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits, " Stuck with You" and "

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". The album was certified three-times platinum by the

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Music and lyrics

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album that

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was producing. Hornsby did not like the arrangement his band played, and it was given to Lewis. " Doing It All for My Baby" was written by Mike Duke and Phil Cody. Duke wrote the song and then recorded vocals himself (the band playing backing parts and instruments), with the intention of getting a record contract for his own solo career. When that plan fell through, Lewis decided to record a version with his own vocals for the album. Lewis stated he originally wrote the lyrics for " Hip to Be Square" in a third person perspective, "He used to be a renegade...". He referenced the book ''

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'' in describing the song's inspiration, explaining that the song was about the "phenomenon where people from the '60s started to drop back in, cut their hair, work out, that kind of crap, but they kept their bohemian tastes. ... bourgeois bohemians." Lewis later modified the lyrics to be in the first person as he believed it would enhance the joke, but stated this had unintentionally led to the interpretation of the song as an "anthem for square people". According to Lewis, the album track "Forest for the Trees" was written for and about kids struggling with life issues as an uplifting message for them. Lewis based it off the letters he received from young fans at the time who would talk about how important his music was to them. " The Power of Love", originally from the

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of the 1985 film ''

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'', is included as a bonus track on international editions of the album. The song was the band's first chart-topper on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Album cover

The wall that Lewis and the members of the band stand against on the album's cover is a wall from

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. Band members Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper and Mario Cipollina went to this school together.

In popular culture

The album is referenced in the film ''

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, while talking to one of his potential victims, gives a review of the album, discussing the band's viewpoint, intent, and how specifically the song "Hip to Be Square" espouses "the pleasures of conformity" but with a catchy 1980s beat, going on to state it is "the group's most accomplished album".

Track listing

Personnel

Huey Lewis and the News *

– harmonica, vocals * Johnny Colla – guitar, saxophone, backing vocals * Chris Hayes – guitar, backing vocals * Mario Cipollina – bass * Bill Gibson – percussion, drums, backing vocals * Sean Hopper – keyboard, backing vocals Additional personnel *

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Horns (4, 10): ** Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements ** Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone ** Richard Elliot – tenor saxophone ** Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone (4, 5, 10), backing vocals (5, 6) ** Lee Thornburg – trumpet * David Jenkins – backing vocals (1) * Ralph Arista – backing vocals (5, 6) * Dwight Clark – backing vocals (5, 6) * Mike Duke – backing vocals (5, 6) * Riki Ellison – backing vocals (5, 6) * Jerome Fletcher – backing vocals (5, 6) *

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– backing vocals (5, 6) *

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– backing vocals (5, 6) * Jim Moran – backing vocals (5, 6)

Production

* Huey Lewis and the News – producers * Jim Gaines – engineer * Robert Missbach – engineer, mixing (1-8, 10) * Michael Christopher – second engineer * Phil Kaffel – additional engineer * Malcolm Pollack – additional engineer, mixing (9) * Rob Beaton – assistant engineer * Alex Hass – assistant engineer * Tom Size – assistant engineer * Jim "Watts" Vereecke – assistant engineer *

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– mixing on "The Power of Love" * Mixed at The Power Station (New York, NY). *

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– mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY). * Ralph Arista – guitar technician * Jerry Daniels – keyboard technician * Terry Persons – production manager * Anita Wong – production design * Laura Lamar – graphic design * Bennett Hall – art direction, illustration, photography

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

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