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Post by jaxxalude on Aug 28, 2006 9:19:15 GMT -5
The second single out of their 1986 album, "Fore!", the fourth in their career and the last one to really deliver the big numbers comercially. It got to #3 on the Hot 100.
If there's one thing we all agree here is that this was a bar band at heart who just happened to make better produced albums than the average band of the genre. Also, they knew exactly who their audience was, hence a song with a title and a message like "Hip To Be Square". In the feel-good-kick-back-relax-pop-rock category, you don't get much better than this, really, and its success was even more understandable because this song totally captured the yuppie vibe of the time.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Aug 28, 2006 10:27:57 GMT -5
I like this song a helluva lot better than "Stuck With You", I was soooo excited to hear this song. Absolutely infectious. I did not really listen to the lyrics until a couple of years ago. Nevertheless the song reached #1 on the R&R charts in 1986. I absolutely wanted this to hit number one on Billboard as well, I thought for sure that it would.
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Post by tico on Aug 29, 2006 9:21:45 GMT -5
My favorite song of theirs. Has a lot of energy to it and not nearly as overplayed as "Stuck With You" and especially "The Power Of Love".
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Post by banet2001 on Aug 29, 2006 13:06:47 GMT -5
I kind of like this. It is catchy and much better than Stuck With You.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 29, 2006 15:54:27 GMT -5
This would definitely be one of my least favorite songs by Huey Lewis & The News and probably THE worst from his "Fore!" album. He should have released "Forest For The Trees" instead (though not right after "Stuck With You", as the song sounded a lot like it). "I Know What I Like" would have been a good choice as the second single, then "Jacob's Ladder" and then "Forest For The Trees", which, of course, is my favorite song from "Fore!" and one of my all-time faves by Lewis.
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Post by BillboardBoy on Aug 29, 2006 15:56:35 GMT -5
It was OK, but nothing special.
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Post by Libra on Jan 30, 2007 17:14:50 GMT -5
"I Know What I Like" would have been a good choice as the second single, then "Jacob's Ladder" and then "Forest For The Trees", which, of course, is my favorite song from "Fore!" and one of my all-time faves by Lewis. I don't agree with "I Know What I Like" as should've been second. That song was a little too simplistic, and could likely have ended the #1 parade early (as it is, it was the lowest-peaking of the five hits off Fore!). This might be his catchiest hit ever and is definitely one of my favorites. |
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Post by joker on Jan 30, 2007 18:42:46 GMT -5
I don't like this one as much as some of the group's other songs, but it's still pretty good to me.
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Post by johnnywest on Jan 30, 2007 21:31:30 GMT -5
This was the last "hip" song to hit #1, before "Hips Don't Lie."
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jan 31, 2007 13:27:28 GMT -5
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Post by unicorns on Oct 5, 2008 18:44:42 GMT -5
One of my favorites from HL&TN!
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 6, 2018 12:22:49 GMT -5
Been on a huge Huey kick lately. This is such a fun song. Love it.
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Post by kcdawg13 on Apr 11, 2018 15:36:06 GMT -5
So fun
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Apr 14, 2018 19:40:28 GMT -5
One of my favorites from HL&TN! Mines too. I recently heard that Huey has lost most of his hearing. Poor guy. |
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Post by Ernesto on Dec 6, 2020 20:10:47 GMT -5
34 years ago today, "Hip To Be Square" by Huey Lewis & The News reached its No.3 peak position on the Hot 100. It was the second single for their fourth album, "Fore!" following the 3-week No.1, "Stuck With You."
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Post by disman00911 on Dec 17, 2020 15:24:52 GMT -5
My least favorite from Huey Lewis and "Stuck With You" isn't far behind. My favorite song from him & the News is "The Power of Love" from the Back to the Future soundtrack.
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