It Hit Me Like a Hammer

"It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Hard at Play
B-side	"Do You Love Me, or What?"
Released	1991
Length	4:01
Label	EMI USA
Songwriter(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange Huey Lewis
Producer(s)	Bill Schnee Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Couple Days Off" (1991) "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (1991) "He Don't Know" (1991)

"It Hit Me Like a Hammer" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1991 by EMI USA as the second single from their sixth album, Hard at Play (1991). The song was co-written by band leader Huey Lewis and songwriter/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.^[1] The song peaked at No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their final top-40 hit in the US, and No. 9 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. The single release contains a remix of the song with a saxophone solo that did not appear on the album.