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"I Want a New Drug"
"I Want a New Drug"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Sports
B-side	"Finally Found a Home"
Released	January 3, 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	New wave
Length	4:46 (album version); 3:29 (single edit); 5:32 (12" dance mix)
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Chris Hayes; Huey Lewis;
Producer(s)	Huey Lewis and the News
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"I Want a New Drug" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News from their third album Sports. It is its second single, following the top-ten hit "Heart and Soul" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Dance Club Play chart. It is a love song wherein the word "drug" has an intentionally open-ended meaning for the listener's interpretation, and became one of the band's signature songs.

History[edit]

According to Lewis, he wrote the song in only a few minutes. He drove to his attorney's office and told him, "Bob, give me a pen and paper!"^[1] According to Lewis, the song is a love song, and the meaning of the word "drug" in the song was purposely open ended.^[2] "It's really a love song. It's not a pro-drug song; it's not really even an anti-drug song. The word drug sort of gets your attention. But I think in love relationships there's more than 'I want you' or 'I need you' kind of thing."^[2] Lewis believed the definition of love was very open to interpretation depending on the listener. "I think real love contains humor and anger and confusion, all of those things."^[2]

Three versions of the song were released. The album version has two extensive guitar solos, one in the middle of the song and the other as a fade out. The single edit eliminates the first solo (on their greatest hits album, the first solo is there but truncated) and has the band stop on a sustained chord which is allowed to fade out naturally.^{[citation needed]} This is used in the music video and is parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "I Want a New Duck". A special dance mix reduces the instrumental, gives the song a more electronic feel, and extends the song to 5 minutes and 32 seconds. Lewis was heavily influenced by "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience with the recording of the song and called the guitar riff at the end of the song a "tip of the hat" to Hendrix.^[3]

The video echoes the song's origin, with Lewis waking up late, remembering he has a concert that night, and racing across San Francisco using his yellow convertible, the San Francisco ferry,^[2] and a chartered helicopter to get to the concert on time, sighting a woman twice on his way, and finding her in the front row at the concert. The woman is actress Signy Coleman, whose mother was a friend of Lewis's mother^[4]^[2] and also appears in the music video for "Heart and Soul".^[5] According to Lewis, one of the reasons the band agreed on doing the music video was to avoid a literal translation of the song and its lyrics. "The song [...] is not about drugs. It's a love song. The only way to avoid that was to sort of do 'a day in the life', which is what [the video] is."^[2]

Reception[edit]

Cash Box said that it has "hard-edged guitars setting the pace above harpsichord-like synth chording and a grinding organ base."^[6]

Lawsuit[edit]

When the theme song of the 1984 film Ghostbusters was released, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. and Columbia Pictures for copyright infringement, claiming that Parker had stolen the melody from "I Want a New Drug". The three parties settled out of court. Details of the settlement (specifically, that Columbia paid Lewis a settlement) were confidential until 2001, when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of VH1's Behind the Music. Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality.^[7]

Track listing[edit]

7" Chrysalis / CHS 2776 United Kingdom

"I Want a New Drug" – 3:29 unlabelled 7" mix
"Finally Found a Home" – 3:48

12" Chrysalis / CHS 12 2776 United Kingdom

"I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (12" mix) – 5:32
"I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (7" mix) – 3:29
"Heart and Soul" – 3:55
"(Tattoo) Giving It All Up for Love" (Phil Lynott) – 3:11

12" Chrysalis / CS 42779 Canada

"I Want a New Drug" (dance mix) – 5:32
"I Want a New Drug" (instrumental) – 4:30

7" Chrysalis / CHS 42766 Canada

"I Want a New Drug" - 3:29
"Finally Found a Home" - 3:42

12" Chrysalis / 601 194 Germany

"I Want a New Drug" (extended version) – 5:32
"Heart and Soul" (special remix) – 6:42
"Tell Me a Little Lie" – 4:08

12" Chrysalis / 601 343 Germany

"I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (maxi mix) – 5:32
"I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (simple mix) – 3:29
"(Tattoo) Giving It All Up for Love" – 3:11
"Honky Tonk Blues" (Hank Williams) – 3:16

Charts and certifications[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	27
Canada (CHUM)^[9]	8
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[10]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[11]	10
US Billboard Hot 100^[12]	6
US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)^[12]	1
US Top Tracks (Billboard)^[12]	7
US Cash Box^[13]	5
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[14]	27

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[15]	51
US Billboard Hot 100^[16]	55
US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)^[17]	32
US Cash Box^[18]	41

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[19]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[20]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Greene, Andy (May 17, 2013). "Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Exclusive Interview with Huey Lewis by Steve Wosahla, Song Hits Magazine, July 1984
^ "Question of the Week". Huey Lewis and the News. November 25, 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.
^ "Question of the Week". Huey Lewis and the News. February 9, 2015. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.
^ "Question of the Week". Huey Lewis and the News. September 1, 2013. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.
^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 14, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
^ Vanhorn, Teri (March 23, 2001). "Ray Parker Jr. Suing Huey Lewis Over ‘Ghostbusters’ Comment". MTV.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "CHART NUMBER 1418 – Saturday, March 10, 1984". Archived from the original on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 2016-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). CHUM. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "Top Singles - Volume 40, No. 3, Mar 24, 1984". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "Huey Lewis and the News – I Want a New Drug". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Huey Lewis – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MARCH 31, 1984". Cash Box. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Huey Lewis and the News – I Want a New Drug" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^ "Top 100 Singles of 1984". RPM. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. 5. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "Top Dance Singles/Albums". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. 13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1984". Cash Box. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
^ "Canadian single certifications – Huey Lewis & the News – I Want a New Drug". Music Canada. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
^ "American single certifications – Huey Lewis & the News – I Want a New Drug". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

External links[edit]

"I Want a New Drug" video on YouTube

[1] Greene, Andy (May 17, 2013). "Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2013.

[SongHits-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Exclusive Interview with Huey Lewis by Steve Wosahla, Song Hits Magazine, July 1984

[Haze-3] "Question of the Week". Huey Lewis and the News. November 25, 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.

[Coleman-4] "Question of the Week". Huey Lewis and the News. February 9, 2015. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.

[Coleman2-5] "Question of the Week". Huey Lewis and the News. September 1, 2013. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016.

[cb-6] "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 14, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-07-22.

[7] Vanhorn, Teri (March 23, 2001). "Ray Parker Jr. Suing Huey Lewis Over ‘Ghostbusters’ Comment". MTV.

[8] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[9] "CHART NUMBER 1418 – Saturday, March 10, 1984". Archived from the original on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 2016-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). CHUM. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[10] "Top Singles - Volume 40, No. 3, Mar 24, 1984". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[sc_New_Zealand_Huey_Lewis_and_the_News-11] "Huey Lewis and the News – I Want a New Drug". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[awards-12] "Huey Lewis – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[13] "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MARCH 31, 1984". Cash Box. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[sc_West_Germany_Huey_Lewis_and_the_News-14] "Offiziellecharts.de – Huey Lewis and the News – I Want a New Drug" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

[15] "Top 100 Singles of 1984". RPM. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[16] "Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. 5. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[17] "Top Dance Singles/Albums". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. 13. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[18] "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1984". Cash Box. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.

[CanadaHuey_Lewis_&_the_NewsI_Want_a_New_DrugsingleCertRef-19] "Canadian single certifications – Huey Lewis & the News – I Want a New Drug". Music Canada. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

[United_StatesHuey_Lewis_&_the_NewsI_Want_a_New_DrugsingleCertRef-20] "American single certifications – Huey Lewis & the News – I Want a New Drug". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

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-| prev_title = [[Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Heart and Soul]]
+| prev_title = [[Heart and Soul (Exile song)#Huey Lewis and the News version|Heart and Soul]]
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-"'''I Want a New Drug'''" is a song by American rock band [[Huey Lewis and the News]] from their third album ''[[Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Sports]]''. It was released as the second single from the album, following the top-ten hit "[[Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Heart and Soul]]" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and topped the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Dance Club Play]] chart. The song, a love song wherein the word "drug" is purposely left as an open-ended meaning to the listener, became one of the band's signature songs.
+"'''I Want a New Drug'''" is a song by American rock band [[Huey Lewis and the News]] from their third album ''[[Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Sports]]''. It is its second single, following the top-ten hit "[[Heart and Soul (Exile song)#Huey Lewis and the News version|Heart and Soul]]" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and topped the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Dance Club Play]] chart. It is a love song wherein the word "drug" has an intentionally open-ended meaning for the listener's interpretation, and became one of the band's signature songs.
 ==History==
-According to Lewis, he wrote the song in only a few minutes. "I was on the way to my attorney's house, and I thought of it in the car. I pulled up and walked in. I said, 'Bob, give me a piece of paper, I've got to write this down'."<ref>{{cite web|last=Greene |first=Andy |date=May 17, 2013 |title=Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/huey-lewis-on-30-years-of-sports-our-15-minutes-were-a-real-15-minutes-20130517 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=October 22, 2013}}</ref> According to Lewis, the song is a love song, and the meaning of the word "drug" in the song was purposely open ended.<ref name=SongHits /> "It's really a love song. It's not a pro-drug song; it's not really even an anti-drug song. The word drug sort of gets your attention. But I think in love relationships there's more than 'I want you' or 'I need you' kind of thing."<ref name=SongHits /> Lewis believed the definition of love was very open to interpretation depending on the listener. "I think real love contains humor and anger and confusion, all of those things."<ref name=SongHits />
+According to Lewis, he wrote the song in only a few minutes. He drove to his attorney's office and told him, "Bob, give me a pen and paper!"<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=May 17, 2013 |title=Huey Lewis on 30 Years of 'Sports': 'Our 15 Minutes Were a Real 15 Minutes' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/huey-lewis-on-30-years-of-sports-our-15-minutes-were-a-real-15-minutes-20130517 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207203713/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/huey-lewis-on-30-years-of-sports-our-15-minutes-were-a-real-15-minutes-20130517 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Lewis, the song is a love song, and the meaning of the word "drug" in the song was purposely open ended.<ref name=SongHits /> "It's really a love song. It's not a pro-drug song; it's not really even an anti-drug song. The word drug sort of gets your attention. But I think in love relationships there's more than 'I want you' or 'I need you' kind of thing."<ref name=SongHits /> Lewis believed the definition of love was very open to interpretation depending on the listener. "I think real love contains humor and anger and confusion, all of those things."<ref name=SongHits />
-Three versions of the song were released. The album version had two extensive guitar solos both in the middle of the song and as a fade out, the single edit eliminated the first solo and brought the song to a cold-sustained end before the second (as in the song stops on the note before the second solo would have begun and holds it in a fade out).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} The single version is used in the music video and was the one spoofed by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "[[I Want a New Duck]]" (the aforementioned cold-sustained ending note fade-out is augmented by sounds of ducks quacking, plus instead of horns in the middle part and end, synthesized quacking is used instead). In addition, there exists a special dance mix which strips down the instrumental, giving the song a more "electronic" feel. This version extends the song to five minutes and 32 seconds. Lewis was heavily influenced by "[[Purple Haze]]" by [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] with the recording of the song and called the guitar riff at the end of the song a "tip of the hat" to Hendrix.<ref name=Haze>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/question-of-the-week/|title=Question of the Week - Huey Lewis and the News.}}</ref>
+Three versions of the song were released. The album version has two extensive guitar solos, one in the middle of the song and the other as a fade out. The single edit eliminates the first solo (on their greatest hits album, the first solo is there but truncated) and has the band stop on a sustained chord which is allowed to fade out naturally.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} This is used in the music video and is parodied by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] as "[[I Want a New Duck]]". A special dance mix reduces the instrumental, gives the song a more electronic feel, and extends the song to 5 minutes and 32 seconds. Lewis was heavily influenced by "[[Purple Haze]]" by [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] with the recording of the song and called the guitar riff at the end of the song a "tip of the hat" to Hendrix.<ref name=Haze>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/question-of-the-week/|title=Question of the Week|publisher=Huey Lewis and the News|date=November 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220121317/http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/question-of-the-week/|archive-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
-The video echoes the song's origin, with Lewis waking up late, remembering he has a concert that night, and racing across San Francisco using his yellow convertible, The San Francisco ferry,<ref name=SongHits>Exclusive Interview with Huey Lewis by Steve Wosahla, ''Song Hits Magazine'', July 1984</ref> and a chartered helicopter to get to the concert on time, sighting a girl twice on his way, and finding her in the front row at the concert (the same girl is featured in the video for "[[Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Heart and Soul]]"). The video features Lewis's most famous outfit, a red sport jacket and pants with a plain black T-shirt and matching sunglasses (the man who takes the jacket and shades off Lewis before he goes on stage is the band's manager, Bob Brown). The woman in the video is played by actress [[Signy Coleman]], whose mom was friends with Lewis's mom.<ref name=Coleman>http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: February 9, 2015</ref><ref name=SongHits /> Coleman also appears in the music video for "Heart and Soul".<ref name=Coleman2>http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: September 1, 2013</ref> According to Lewis, one of the reasons the band agreed on doing the music video was to avoid a literal translation of the song and its lyrics. "The song [...] is not about drugs. It's a love song. The only way to avoid that was to sort of do 'a day in the life', which is what [the video] is."<ref name=SongHits />
+The video echoes the song's origin, with Lewis waking up late, remembering he has a concert that night, and racing across San Francisco using his yellow convertible, the San Francisco ferry,<ref name=SongHits>Exclusive Interview with Huey Lewis by Steve Wosahla, ''Song Hits Magazine'', July 1984</ref> and a chartered helicopter to get to the concert on time, sighting a woman twice on his way, and finding her in the front row at the concert. The woman is actress [[Signy Coleman]], whose mother was a friend of Lewis's mother<ref name=Coleman>{{cite web |url=http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 |title=Question of the Week|publisher=Huey Lewis and the News|date=February 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329005041/http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038|archive-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name=SongHits /> and also appears in the music video for "[[Heart and Soul (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Heart and Soul]]".<ref name=Coleman2>{{cite web |url=http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 |title=Question of the Week|publisher=Huey Lewis and the News|date=September 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329005041/http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038|archive-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> According to Lewis, one of the reasons the band agreed on doing the music video was to avoid a literal translation of the song and its lyrics. "The song [...] is not about drugs. It's a love song. The only way to avoid that was to sort of do 'a day in the life', which is what [the video] is."<ref name=SongHits />
+==Reception==
+''[[Cash Box]]'' said that it has "hard-edged guitars setting the pace above [[harpsichord]]-like synth chording and a grinding organ base."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-01-14.pdf|date=January 14, 1984|accessdate=2022-07-22|page=9}}</ref>
 ==Lawsuit==
 {{See|List of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes}}
-When the [[Ghostbusters (song)|theme song]] of the 1984 film ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' was released, Huey Lewis sued [[Ray Parker Jr]]. and [[Columbia Pictures]] for copyright infringement, claiming that Parker had stolen the melody from "I Want a New Drug". The three parties [[Settlement (litigation)|settled]] out of court. Details of the settlement (specifically, that Columbia paid Lewis a settlement) were confidential until 2001, when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of [[VH1]]'s ''[[Behind the Music]]''. Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality.<ref>Vanhorn, Teri (March 23, 2001). [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1442126/20010323/lewis_huey.jhtml "Ray Parker Jr. Suing Huey Lewis Over ‘Ghostbusters’ Comment"]. [[MTV]].</ref>
+When the [[Ghostbusters (song)|theme song]] of the 1984 film ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' was released, Huey Lewis sued [[Ray Parker Jr]]. and [[Columbia Pictures]] for copyright infringement, claiming that Parker had stolen the melody from "I Want a New Drug". The three parties [[Settlement (litigation)|settled]] out of court. Details of the settlement (specifically, that Columbia paid Lewis a settlement) were confidential until 2001, when Lewis commented on the payment in an episode of [[VH1]]'s ''[[Behind the Music]]''. Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality.<ref>Vanhorn, Teri (March 23, 2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200818224414/http://www.mtv.com/news/1442126/ray-parker-jr-suing-huey-lewis-over-ghostbusters-comment/ "Ray Parker Jr. Suing Huey Lewis Over ‘Ghostbusters’ Comment"]. [[MTV]].</ref>
 ==Track listing==
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+!scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=illustrated|page=91|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
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+!scope="row"| Canada ([[CHUM Chart|''CHUM'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1418 |title=CHART NUMBER 1418 – Saturday, March 10, 1984 |access-date=2016-04-23 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107201735/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1418 |archive-date=7 November 2006 }}. [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]]. Retrieved April 23, 2016.</ref>
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-!scope="row"| Canada Top Singles ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6262&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6262.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6262|title=Top Singles - Volume 40, No. 3, Mar 24, 1984|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=April 23, 2016}}</ref>
+!scope="row"| Canada Top Singles ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6262&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6262.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6262|title=Top Singles - Volume 40, No. 3, Mar 24, 1984|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=17 July 2013|access-date=April 23, 2016}}</ref>
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+!scope="row"| US [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/huey-lewis-mn0000829033/awards|title=Huey Lewis – Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[All Media Network]]|access-date=April 23, 2016}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA5|title=Top Pop Singles|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=December 22, 1984|accessdate=April 23, 2016|page=5|issn=0006-2510|volume=96|number=51}}</ref>
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 ==See also==
 *[[List of number-one dance singles of 1984 (U.S.)]]
+*[[I Want a New Duck]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6uEMOeDZsA "I Want a New Drug" video] on [[YouTube]]
-* [http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-want-a-new-drug-lyrics-huey-lewis-the-news.html Full lyrics of this song] <!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
 {{Huey Lewis and the News}}
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 [[Category:1983 songs]]
 [[Category:1984 singles]]
 [[Category:Huey Lewis and the News songs]]
-[[Category:Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one singles]]
 [[Category:Songs written by Huey Lewis]]
 [[Category:Songs written by Chris Hayes (musician)]]

v t e Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis Johnny Colla Bill Gibson Sean Hopper John Pierce Stef Burns James Harrah Marvin McFadden Rob Sudduth Johnnie Bamont Mario Cipollina Chris Hayes Ron Stallings
Studio albums	Huey Lewis and the News Picture This Sports Fore! Small World Hard at Play Four Chords & Several Years Ago Plan B Soulsville Weather
Live albums	Live at 25
Compilations	The Heart of Rock & Roll – The Best of Huey Lewis and The News Time Flies... The Best of Huey Lewis & the News Greatest Hits & Videos
Singles	"Do You Believe in Love" "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do" "Workin' for a Livin'" "Heart and Soul" "I Want a New Drug" "The Heart of Rock & Roll" "If This Is It" "Walking on a Thin Line" "The Power of Love" "Stuck with You" "Hip to Be Square" "Jacob's Ladder" "I Know What I Like" "Doing It All for My Baby" "Perfect World" "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)" "Couple Days Off" "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" "(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful" "But It's Alright" "Little Bitty Pretty One"
Related articles	Discography Songs The Heart of Rock and Roll (musical) Clover
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