History Music / HueyLewisAndTheNews

!!'''I used to be renegade, I used to trope around''':

->''"Their early work was a little too New Wave for my tastes, but when ''Sports'' came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically."''

The group's heyday was the TheEighties, where their brand of feel-good rock n roll and memorably cheesy music videos made them a staple of the older Creator/{{MTV}} crowd. Some of their most famous songs include "Hip to Be Square" (famously used in the scene in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' when Patrick Bateman frantically analyzes the song before chopping up his colleague with an ax), "I Want A New Drug," "Do You Believe In Love" and "Stuck With You." They also contributed two songs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time" (Lewis himself makes a cameo in the film).

Their popularity waned considerably in TheNineties and their recordings have since become far more sporadic, releasing only four albums between 1991 and 2010, two of which were covers albums. They remained a hugely popular touring act until 2018, when Lewis was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Meniere's Disease]], an auditory disorder which can cause significant hearing loss, forcing the band to cancel any and all future tours indefinitely. A new album, ''Weather'', recorded before Lewis's condition worsened, was released in 2020. Lewis later said that the band will continue if he can stabilize his hearing.

* CityShoutOuts: "The Heart of Rock and Roll" gets this in live performances. There's also a regional version that mentions Syracuse and Albany, NY.

The group's heyday was the TheEighties, where their brand of feel-good rock n roll and memorably cheesy music videos made them a staple of the older Creator/{{MTV}} crowd. Some of their most famous songs include "Hip to Be Square" (famously used in the scene in ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' when Patrick Bateman frantically analyzes the song before chopping up his colleague with an ax), "I Want A New Drug," "Do You Believe In Love" and "Stuck With You." They also contributed two songs to ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time" (Lewis himself makes a cameo in the film).

Their popularity wained considerably in TheNineties and their recordings have since become far more sporadic, releasing only four albums between 1991 and 2010, two of which were covers albums. They remained a hugely popular touring act until 2018, when Lewis was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Meniere's Disease]], an auditory disorder which can cause significant hearing loss, forcing the band to cancel any and all future tours indefinitely. A new album, ''Weather'', recorded before Lewis's condition worsened, was released in 2020. Lewis later said that the band will continue if he can stabilize his hearing.

* BadassBaritone: Huey, but he can hit high notes, too.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ArtistAndTheBand: The band was previously named Huey Lewis & The American Express but changed their name after fearing copyright infringement from the credit card company.

Not to be confused with ''WebVideo/HewysAnimatedMovieReviews''.

* LongRunnerLineup: Type 1 and Type 2. Their first line-up of Lewis, Chris Hayes (lead guitar), Johnny Colla (rhythm guitar/sax), Sean Hopper (keys), Mario Cipollina (bass) and Bill Gibson (drums) lasted from the group's founding in 1979 through to 1995 when Cipollina left. After Stef Burns replaced Hayes in 2001, the band's line-up remained unchanged until 2016.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "The Power of Love" has the line "Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream."

Their popularity wained considerably in TheNineties and their recordings have since become far more sporadic, releasing only four albums between 1991 and 2010. They remained a hugely popular touring act until 2018, when Lewis was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Meniere's Disease]], an auditory disorder which can cause significant hearing loss, forcing the band to cancel any and all future tours indefinitely. A new album, ''Weather'', recorded before Lewis's condition worsened, was released in 2020. Lewis later said that the band will continue if he can stabilize his hearing.

!!'''Tropes''':

Their popularity wained considerably in TheNineties and their recordings have since become far more sporadic, releasing only four albums between 1991 and 2010. They remained a hugely popular touring act until 2018, when Lewis was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Meniere's Disease]], an auditory disorder which can cause significant hearing loss, forcing the band to cancel any and all future tours indefinitely. A new album, ''Weather'', recorded before Lewis's condition worsened, was released in 2020.

Their popularity wained considerably in TheNineties and their recordings have since become far more sporadic, releasing only four albums between 1991 and 2010. They remained a hugely popular touring act until 2018, when Lewis was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Meniere's Disease]], an auditory disorder which can cause significant hearing loss, forcing the band to cancel any and all future tours indefinitely.

Huey Lewis and the News is a band from TheEighties, fronted, of course, by Huey Lewis. Back in the 1980s, they had many hits and were reasonably adept with making music videos. Now, they are often forgotten even by shows waxing nostalgic over TheEighties, but remained a popular live act through the 2010's. However, in April 2018, Lewis was diagnosed with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease Meniere's Disease]], an auditory disorder which can cause significant hearing loss, and the band canceled the rest of their 2018 tour dates; their future remains uncertain.

Some of their work remains in the popular consciousness, though it isn't always consciously attributed to them. They recorded "Hip to Be Square," which made the soundtrack of ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' the movie and was rather frantically analyzed by Patrick Bateman in that film. They also did "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time," both from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' (and Huey Lewis himself had a brief cameo in that same film.)

* SignatureStyle: They're essentially a big band playing as a rock band.

Some of their work remains in the popular consciousness, though it isn't always consciously attributed to them. They recorded "Hip to Be Square," which made the soundtrack of ''Film/AmericanPsycho'' the movie and was rather frantically analyzed by Patrick Bateman in that film. They also did "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time," both from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

Huey Lewis and the News is a band from TheEighties, fronted, of course, by Huey Lewis. Back in the 1980s, they had many hits and were reasonably adept with making music videos. Now, they are often forgotten even by shows waxing nostalgic over TheEighties, but remain a popular live act.