If This Is It (Huey Lewis and the News song)

"If This Is It"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Sports
B-side"Change of Heart"
ReleasedJuly 10, 1984
Recorded1983
Genre
Length3:54
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis
Producer(s)Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"The Heart of Rock & Roll"
(1984)
"If This Is It"
(1984)
"Walking on a Thin Line"
(1984)

"If This Is It" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News.[3] It was released as the fourth single from their number-one album Sports in 1983, and became their fifth top-ten and third consecutive number-six hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number five on the Adult Contemporary chart,[4] and then became their first UK hit single, reaching number 39 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] The song is written in 12
8
time signature.

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Staff (17 September 2014). "100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 August 2023. ...consider that this pristine slice of whimsical doo-wop melancholy was the album's fourth single.
  2. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (8 December 2020). "Radio City Music Hall, New York City: September 14, 1984". Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
  3. ^ Huey Lewis and the news song if this is it, retrieved 1 July 2022
  4. ^ "Chart Success Summary". hln.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 319. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.