| "Hip to Be Square" | ||||
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| Single by Huey Lewis and the News | ||||
| from the album Fore! | ||||
| B-side | "Some of My Lies Are True" (Remix) | |||
| Released | October 6, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Gibson Sean Hopper Huey Lewis | |||
| Producer(s) | Huey Lewis and the News | |||
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"Hip to Be Square" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album Fore!.
The song features San Francisco 49ers players Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, and Riki Ellison singing backup vocals.[1] The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In later concerts, Lewis performed the song as "(Too) Hip to Be Square", as performed on their live album, Live at 25.
- ^ Janofsky, Michael (January 2, 1987). "N.F.L. PLAYOFFS; 49ERS PRACTICE TO A NOISY BEAT". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2016.