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"
ReleasedJanuary 3, 1984
Recorded1983
GenrePop rock
Length4:46 (album version)
3:29 (single edit)
5:32 (12" dance mix)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Heart and Soul"
(1983)
"I Want a New Drug"
(1984)
"The Heart of Rock & Roll"
(1984)

"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.