There was a time when Huey Lewis & The News were my favorite band. I loved Sports. 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.
Then Fore! came out and exploded, and I remember finding the first single off the album to be rather bland, so I moved on.
Then they released their second single, which was all about how not actually cool they were - and I remembered why I liked them again. The song is not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself. That's not an original thought by me. It's a quote from American Psycho, a film in which this song was featuted. It's also not the first American Psycho quote I peppered in here, so start hunting.
This song was a #3 hit for the band in 1986, and featured background vocals from Football Hall of Famers Ronnie Lott and Joe Montana, who at the time were playing for Huey's hometown San Francisco 49ers.
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