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''Sports'' is the third Album by American Rock band Huey Lewis & The News , released in 1983 (see 1983 In Music ). This was the album that truly broke the band into the big time, going to #1 on the Billboard 200 on June 30 , 1984 and making the band internationally known. The album has been certified 7 x Platinum by the RIAA but has unofficially sold 10 million copies in the United States alone. ''Sports'' was the second biggest selling album of the year next only to '' Thriller '' and spawned four Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and an additional Top 20 on the same chart. It also did very well internationally, with most of its singles reaching chart peaks in various countries. The album's biggest hit "I Want a New Drug" was certified gold with sales of a million copies and was also the centre of a law suit against artist Ray Parker Jr. who had plagiarized the song for his 1984 hit " Ghostbusters ". The case was eventually settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. During the band's 1984-1985 ''Sports'' tour, Huey Lewis & The News were the biggest grossing touring act in America. The Album Cover was seen in an episode of Futurama . TRACK LISTING 1983 Release #" The Heart Of Rock & Roll " (Colla, Lewis) – 5:03 #" Heart And Soul " (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:13 #"Bad Is Bad" (Call, Ciambotti, Hopper, Lewis, McFee, Schriener) – 3:48 #" I Want A New Drug " (Hayes, Lewis) – 4:46 #"Walking on a Thin Line" (Pessis, Wells) – 5:11 #"Finally Found a Home" (Brown, Hayes, Lewis) – 3:43 #" If This Is It " (Colla, Lewis) – 3:54 #"You Crack Me Up" (Cipollina, Lewis) – 3:42 #" Honky Tonk Blues " (Williams) – 3:26 1999 Expanded edition A remastered "Expanded Edition" of ''Sports'' was released on June 29, 1999, and included five previously unreleased tracks. #"The Heart of Rock & Roll" (Colla, Lewis) – 5:03 #"Heart and Soul" (Chapman, Chinn) – 4:13 #"Bad Is Bad" (Call, Ciambotti, Hopper, Lewis, McFee, Schriener) – 3:48 #"I Want a New Drug" (Hayes, Lewis) – 4:46 #"Walking on a Thin Line" (Pessis, Wells) – 5:11 #"Finally Found a Home" (Brown, Hayes, Lewis) – 3:43 #"If This Is It" (Colla, Lewis) – 3:54 #"You Crack Me Up" (Cipollina, Lewis) – 3:42 #"Honky Tonk Blues" (Williams) – 3:26 #"The Heart of Rock & Roll (session take)" – 5:12 #"Walking On A Thin Line (session take)" – 5:39 #"If This Is It (live in San Francisco, 2/21/85)" – 4:25 #"Heart and Soul (live in San Francisco, 2/21/85)" – 4:25 #"I Want A New Drug (live in Los Angeles, 1/15/84)" – 5:27 PERSONNEL Huey Lewis & the News
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