Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)

Sports
Studio album by Huey Lewis and the News
Released	September 15, 1983
Recorded	December 1982–June 1983
Studio	Fantasy (Berkeley, California) Record Plant (Sausalito, California) The Automatt (San Francisco)
Genre	Rock pop rock
Length	37:46
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News chronology
Picture This (1982) Sports (1983) Fore! (1986)
Singles from Sports
"Heart and Soul" Released: August 30, 1983 "I Want a New Drug" Released: January 3, 1984 "The Heart of Rock & Roll" Released: April 10, 1984 "If This Is It" Released: July 10, 1984 "Walking on a Thin Line" Released: October 9, 1984

Sports is the third album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on September 15, 1983, by Chrysalis Records. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 on June 30, 1984, and ultimately charted for 160 weeks. Sports was ranked No. 2 on the Billboard year-end album chart for 1984 and spawned four top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Heart and Soul" and "The Heart of Rock & Roll" earning Grammy Award nominations. Sports also did very well internationally, where most of its singles charted in the top 40 in multiple countries. The album has been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA.