"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 | |||
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology | ||||
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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.