History Music / HueyLewisAndTheNews

* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: {{Invoked|Trope}} in the first two verses of "Bad Is Bad".
** The first verse concerns his cousin, a [[DreadfulMusician dreadful guitar player]] to the point that BrutalHonesty is the only possible policy in describing his playing to the guitar player's parents.
** The second verse concerns an awful "soul stew" that is advertised at "all you can eat for $1.99"; the singer can't stomach more than a dollar's worth of it.

* SoBadItsHorrible: {{Invoked|Trope}} in the first two verses of "Bad Is Bad".

* CityShoutOuts: There is at least one regional version of "Heart of Rock and Roll" which references Syracuse and Albany, NY.

* HeartbeatSoundtrack: One closes "The Heart of Rock & Roll".

--> --'''Patrick Bateman''', ''Film/AmericanPsycho''

* CityShoutOut: There is at least one regional version of "Heart of Rock and Roll" which references Syracuse and Albany, NY.

--> --'''Patrick Bateman''', ''AmericanPsycho''

Huey Lewis and the News is a band from TheEighties fronted 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.

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 ''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''.

* CoverVersion: "It's Alright" by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: After their popularity receded in the early 90s, Huey semi-retired and the "News" became the live band for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.

->''"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."''

* ThePowerOfLove: Possibly the trope-namer, as the title of one of their most famous songs. Probably the trope-codifier; the 1st paragraph of the page quotes the opening lines.

* AffectionateParody: Of ''{{Frankenstein}}'', in their video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpdZvewjwJs Doing It All for My Baby]]".

* AffectionateParody: Their video [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpdZvewjwJs Doing it all for my Baby]] of {{Frankenstein}}

* LoveIsADrug: "I Want A New Drug" implies that no drug compares to the feeling of being 'alone with you'.
* MortonsFork: In "Workin' For A Livin'":

* SignatureStyle: Which, ironically, might be why they are almost forgotten in many circles. They had a signature, but it wasn't distinctive enough; most of their hits sound like the ones that are still remembered.

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 ''AmericanPsycho'' the movie. They also did "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time," both from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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

* AffectionateParody -- Their video [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpdZvewjwJs Doing it all for my Baby]] of {{Frankenstein}}
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase -- Their name follows that pattern.
* TheEighties -- they were very part of that zeitgeist.
* LoveIsADrug -- "I Want A New Drug" implies that no drug compares to the feeling of being 'alone with you'.
* ThePowerOfLove -- Possibly the trope-namer, as the title of one of their most famous songs. Probably the trope-codifier; the 1st paragraph of the page quotes the opening lines.
* SignatureStyle -- which, ironically, might be why they are almost forgotten in many circles. They had a signature, but it wasn't distinctive enough; most of their hits sound like the ones that are still remembered.

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 ''AmericanPsycho'' the movie. They also did "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time," both of which were in the credits of BackToTheFuture.