| "I Want a New Drug" | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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.