The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song)

"The Power of Love"
Artwork for U.S. and continental European releases
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side"Bad Is Bad"
ReleasedJune 17, 1985[1]
RecordedMay 30, 1985
Genre
Length
  • 3:53 (single version)
  • 7:10 (12-inch long version)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes, Johnny Colla
Producer(s)Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Walking on a Thin Line"
(1984) 		"The Power of Love"
(1985) 		"Stuck with You"
(1986)
Music video
"The Power of Love" on YouTube

"The Power of Love" is a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News, written for the soundtrack of the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future. The song became the band's first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4][5] and their second number-one hit on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart. In the United Kingdom, it was released as a double-A side with "Do You Believe in Love," becoming the band's only top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart.[6] The song is included alongside "Back in Time" on the film's soundtrack, and appears as a bonus track on international editions of the band's fourth studio album, Fore!

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  2. ^ "10 Best Pop Rock Songs | Made Man". www.mademan.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2024. The impossibly punchy, quintessentially '80s tune — halfway between power ballad and power-pop...
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  5. ^ DeKnock, Jan (August 23, 1985). "Huey Lewis and the News Rise to No. 1 Spot on 'Power of Love'". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
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