Huey Lewis And The News - It Hit Me Like A Hammer

Official video of Huey Lewis and The News's It Hit Me Like A Hammer from the album Hard At Play. Buy It Here: smarturl.it/860lxv
The Song "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" was co-written by Huey Lewis and famed songwriter/producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange.
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[@martinmucke1779]

When I'm in the car and they play Huey Lewis and the News on the radio, the traffic jam is no longer a big deal

[@DezeKeerJari]

The most underrated, and if u ask me: one of the best songs of huey Lewis, its so catchy with a great beat, and even a great guitarrif with a solo to top it off, so sad that it didn't hit the top songs

[@_ArsNova]

Definitely underrated and one of Huey's best.

[@JCStorm76]

The most underrated but came out at the height of grunge so was ignored unjustly

[@MäenpääHarri]

Indeed!

[@Doobie1975]

@@JCStorm76 Grunge wasn't quite in full swing when this song came out in the Summer of 1991, I didn't think Grunge exploded until around December 1991/January 1992.

[@JCStorm76]

@@Doobie1975 Either way things were changing

[@platecrumb]

This man brought back "Bee-Bop" style to the 80's when it died in the 60's. Pure genius! Love HUEY!!!!

[@jaygodfrey1739]

who is the girl in the video

[@TONYCOV881]

All 6 of them were heavily influenced by 60's R and B as well as stuff like The Beach Boys!

[@gamer12463]

this is a 90s song good song but

[@davecoalwood9487]

​@@gamer12463so?

[@Doobie1975]

great song, I remember this song got a decent amount of airplay back in the Summer of '91 but quickly fell under the radar soon after it fell off the charts, very underrated song by Huey Lewis & The News

[@markfroman738]

Miss those times so much.

[@alejandrovalverde2447]

a legendary song from a legendary band. Thanks Huey for these times

[@Riz2336]

One of the more underrated huey Lewis and the news songs. What a great tune man

[@amodulares]

I think Huey Lewis had already passed his quarter of an hour of success, at this time people already preferred other genres, that does not mean that this album is bad, it was not of the time.

[@THEWOLFE-007]

His or their Last GREAT Album until like 2001 and then 2019 I love these guys!!!!

[@AgoS_Tina]

What can I say ... I love Huey's voice, it's perfect!

[@Yeet112]

Biggest Huey Lewis fan. This song is a whole different vibe.

[@danielscotland1971]

Bands like this are impossible to find today.

[@TheMJKnight]

Huey Lewis & The News. Quite possibly one of the most underrated groups of the 20th Century

[@alanyancey4768]

Not by me!

[@damngrooveman2013]

...and me...:-)

[@joejones6149]

MJ Knight very underated! 2 great albums in the 80's, Sorts and For then just stopped jamming! they were great in my book

[@lorenatoro7637]

Not really. Many hit singles. Soundtrack of a very famous movie from the 80's. Known internationally. I don't think so.

[@danhemming6624]

Underrated? Not by anyone who lived when they were big!

[@driffter1976]

The synth touches in this track are exquisite.

[@jeromelange7401]

Happy B-Day To 80s ICON HUEY LEWIS Born (born Hugh Anthony Cregg III) July 5 1950, who is turning 64 today. This man is an absolute legend and made the 80s a very fun and unforgettable era to live in and to remember about forever.

[@Rich1964]

This is real stuff, Huey Lewis & The News absolutely awesome..!!!!

[@supercoolyguy]

An 80s Hard working functional band

[@lorireece1970]

Best band in the world! Saw them when they were on tour for this album in Atlanta in '91. Best two hours of my life so far! I'm not kidding!

[@defiverr4697]

I've seen them over 26 times. Lost count. Best two hours of my life too, all of these years.

[@mdwayne741]

Great story! I love this band.

[@patrickrancourt4782]

I beleive hardly your comment folk

[@DrJekyll38]

No argument, bud. Saw them in 2010 just before the release of 'Soulsville', and they'd lost none of their live magic!

[@danstephensen9032]

On 2 Nov. 2016 a select group of us “seniors” lol had the pleasure of being “comped in” to one of HLN’s final shows! We were fellow musicians with Huey and Johnny Colla and went to Solano College in Vallejo, CA with Johnny. HLN EMERGED from the Northern Cali hotbed of bands, JC Silverheels, Cottonmouth, etc. We were “fans” of each other’s groups. Huey and friends came to our concert at the Concord Pavilion when it first opened (so we were told that night). That was the Arm & Hammer Blues Band that came to and end in 1971 when my Twin and I entered the USAF. We do cherish our connection and memories to these phenomenal Musicians. And they are even better as great friends. Be Well, Brothers🏆🎸🎹🥁🎤🎼🎶Multiple Platinum Artists 🎖️🥇🎖️🥇🏆🏆 AND MORE TO COME 🥰

[@Doobie1975]

always liked this song a lot and personally thought it should have been a bigger hit.

[@JCStorm76]

Doobie1975 It would have been if it came out in the 80s. The musical landscape had changed sadly

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@JCStorm76 yes it did 1991 is weird year the first part was still pop some rap and hair metal than nirvana hit in September and changed everything very overated band IMO as for Huey by 1991 he was yesterday's news no pun intended

[@JCStorm76]

b40 b40 I agree. The more I listen to this the more I realise it’s just as good as all the bigger hits which came before it

[@JCStorm76]

X X Not bad but would have been top 10 if it came out a few years earlier

[@DrJekyll38]

No argument there. I'm glad there IS a clip with the original version. All I ever saw on VH-1 was a clip that looks the same, but the guitar solo was replaced with a half-baked sax part that sounds like it was written for another song.

[@tomcat321]

Fantastic song by a truly underrated band. I never get tired of listening to it.

[@arhuxtable]

too bad it didn't make it to the mostly-compilation TIME FLIES

[@RyanJohnson-ox3py]

Huey Lewis and the news one of the greatest bands ever and to think I only ever relly heard them from when I went to see back to the future been a fan since

[@juliso3593]

Question for the most enthusiastic fans...Why was no song from this album played on LIVE at 25? Also for me,... a supremely underrated album!!

[@susan-hr3xc]

Huey Lewis greatest silhouette if there ever was..

[@lenor5251]

One of his greatest songs. Whoa yeahhhh. One of so many!

[@Doobie1975]

can't believe this song wasn't featured on their recent best of album considering this song peaked at #21 on Billboard

[@adamdorgant9454]

Doobie1975 I know Right!!!

[@ralphkjb]

It IS on their new greatest hits CD; last track. It’s a bonus disc coupled with their new album “Weathered”. This two-CD version is available only at Walmart. Two CD’s for the price of one!

[@Doobie1975]

@@ralphkjb I was not aware of that, the greatest hits CD I purchased is from the early 2010's.

[@kenvirag4025]

That Bass though. What a groove !!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@datebytype]

3 things: 1) It is the best Huey Lewis song and one of my all-time favorite songs period! 2) The drummer kicks ass! 3) Had this song been released a few years earlier and before Huey turned 40, it would have been the huge hit it deserves to be!

[@TCB12453]

I remember as a kid writing down all the songs i loved (born 1975) and i would go out and buy them, these days i have a hard time finding 1 good song out there, its really a sad thing to see how society, and music is going down the shitter. Time machine anyone?

[@mrsqandmrsr8747]

I know right. I'm a kid (born 2003) and only listen to music and from the 1980s as everything now is rubbish.

[@letsmakemoney8027]

I totally agree. You're 100% correct Keep On Rocking

[@007Spadge]

Hard At Play is one of my favorites albums of HL&TN, every song on there is so powerful !

[@Windupchronic]

I think had this album and Small World been flipped, and this been released in '88 after Fore, it would have been big.

[@knytrydr73]

Saw them last weekend at Sea World. They can still rock out with the best of them!

[@petebraidis4655]

Such a great song with nice chords and melodies and vocal harmonies. The band's last big hit, it peaked at #21 in 1991 and #10 on the AC charts. MTV played it a decent amount as well and with good reason!

[@peterrukavena4955]

MTV didn't play it at all, VH1 however did. MTV was done with pop unless it was Michael Jackson, Madonna or Janet Jackson by 1991, it was all rap and grunge.

[@kresimirsimunovic5333]

@@peterrukavena4955, it had a decent airplay on MTV Europe back in 1991.

[@buddrossi6451]

@@peterrukavena4955 Yes, plenty of airplay on VH1 back then, along with the other big single from this album, "Couple Days Off." Quite ironic for MTV to stop playing artists like this, as Huey Lewis and the News played a decent part (along with many others) in the success of early MTV, especially the multiple singles from "Sports."

[@jameswitt2981]

Real music... real people playing..

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed on that!!

[@lance_r72]

Not like the crap they call music today with no actual musicians!!

[@roywalters3980]

I was home on leave while in the 101st abn div (aaslt), and my best friends were at Memphis in May, he was performing, it was a sign. I had every cassette tape he released transferred on minidisc. That music, and that hardest working man in show business, got me through some seriously unimaginable $@&?. Thank you sir. Well played.

[@louisejackson3724]

My fave huey song. He's 70 now and I def would still 😊

[@mdwayne741]

Huey Lewis and the News.....another amazing song from a legendary band!

[@patrickrancourt4782]

Wow So beautiful rockin song Thats was paradise before Seattle grunge attitudes "" Nevermind "" scraped Thanx God for huez lewis and the news RESPECT !!!!!!

[@markfroman738]

The best pop rocker of all time!

[@RealBillboardClassic]

very underrated song

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Yes! The record company wanted a rock song. Huey Lewis delivered! Although spending much of 1991 with Bryan Adams and a little time with Eddie Money, Mutt Lange waved his magic wand for his 3rd stint with Huey Lewis!

[@andrewgraham7659]

I love the tune, but it's that lead and ending that gets me truly dancing.

[@rockgracie8814]

My favorite Huey Lewis song. Great beats.

[@AbareKillerFan-yo7pe]

Huey Lewis is unfairly underrated, but not for me

[@user-dq1kr6zc2t]

Oh yeah! Big time. Tight band.

[@gamer12463]

@@user-dq1kr6zc2t I didn’t know I thought Huey Lewis was a good band in those days

[@EloyGijon67]

Bollocks underrated. Stop making comments, joder. Hasta los coj...

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

In some books, not mine!!

[@oooodaxteroooo]

most of us lost touch with what he has zo offer over time. just think about this e.g.: what would a feminist think about his songa? 🤷🏼‍♂️🙄😉

[@cm9317]

This is my favorite Huey song ❤

[@JCStorm76]

Same here 👍🏻

[@erikrodriguezzuniga2139]

Una de las mejores de el album Hard at Play.

[@rickfrancis3728]

That definitely sounds like Mutt Lange and reminds me of Brian Adams "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" also produced by Mutt Lange. Huey Lewis and Mutt Lange - both legends of the 80's.

[@JPMcFly1985]

Yeah 1991-92 was like the last call for 80s pop rock/arena rock like this, totally has Mutt's production all over it

[@likeitornotmike]

I'm immediately taken back to listening to American Top 40 with (then) Shadoe Stevens. This song...especially this version, is 1 of my all time favorites from this legendary group.

[@DanieldeBavaria]

One of his best songs, sooooo underrated. But at least a real radio classic now.

[@musicfanhawk4523]

Cool song! Never heard it before. Huey looks great, band sounds great too.

[@daltz5]

Great video and song. One of their best but also very under-rated.

[@_ArsNova]

If you're watching this in 2022, you have good taste.

[@arnebollensen1017]

Coolest guy ever. Regards from Germany.

[@hibhibb5429]

Will Always Love these guys!!!!

[@dancingduck]

I love Huey and the News.. no one sounds like them. Alot of bands in the 80's were all about being different.. nowadays.. things just seem regurgitated. This is one of my favorite songs.. it's not featured on the Greatest Hits.. I think they should include this song if they were to do another Greatest hits..

[@MariaCabrera-pz4zi]

Just saw McKenzie Hurtz perform it on Jimmy Kimmel… it might just come back and be the hit it should of been! I loved it! His and her version are just phenomenal, and its opening on Broadway! 🎉

[@MrDuds1984]

Great song

[@BurnRoddy]

Because... the whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. I think her undisputed masterpiece is "I Knew You Were Trouble" a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about Taylor herself.

[@cm9317]

😆👍

[@xennial80sxberner]

I feel like the best songs from Small World and the best from Hard At Play should've been on a single album in 1988 or 89. I'm sure that would've been another big hit for Huey, it's just that by 1991-92 the 80s rock sound was already fading away, so songs like this never got a chance.

[@jadedemotions9891]

For me, that album would look like 1. Small World Part 1 2. Build Me Up 3. It Hit Me Like A Hammer 4. Perfect World 5. Couple Days Off 6. That's Not Me 7. Better Be True 8. Small World Part 2 9. He Don't Know 10. Give Me The Keys 11. Slammin' 12. Time Ain't Money I'm not a big fan of either albums to be honest. Small World I can appreciate for a few aspects but it has a lot of duds and Hard At Play has a few highlights but it's a very unremarkable and mostly forgettable album that loosely resembles the band that they were on Sports

[@xennial80sxberner]

@@jadedemotions9891 That's pretty good (thought I'd also have Attitude, Old Antone's, and Walking With the Kid, and maybe leave off "slammin" and "small world 2" since they're instrumentals). I agree about half of Hard At Play was filler and I give them props for expanding their jazz and R&B sound on Small World but several songs just never did anything for me.

[@jadedemotions9891]

@@xennial80sxberner Since doing that list I have been listening to Old Antones a lot so I feel like if I had to do this list again, it will definitely be added on. I included Small World 2 because of Stan Getz and Slammin purely because it's one of my favourites. I never really cared for Walking With The Kid or Attiude though

[@spectrum_SH]

My fav The News moment..what a song!!!

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Written by Huey Lewis and Mutt Lange. The song itself has Mutt trademarks: harmonies, power chords, 'missing' bass coordination with bass drums. You will hear them again with AC/DC, Foreigner, Cars, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams + Shania Twain to name a few musicians. 🐕 Nearly 10 years after Mutt Lange's Do You Believe in Love was a hit! Lange + Huey Lewis wrote this. Should have been higher in the Billboard charts. Underrated! October 25, 1991, 20 years ago Bill Graham saw them in concert in the SFBA. Then he took a helicopter ride to see another musician. But the copter crashed and Graham died. Big Bay Area musicians performed in a benefit concert shortly afterwards. Eddie Money dedicated I'll Get By to Him. RIP Bill Graham. In 1991, in addition to HL, Mutt Lange wrote for Eddie Money. Most of the year Mutt Lange cowrote with, coproduced with + sang backing vocals with Bryan Adams. Everything I Do I Do It for You was the biggest hit that year! 🤯 30 years in 2021 😎 😎

[@markgirard5871]

A lot of great stuff should have been higher in the charts but the focus was on R & B and grunge rock so a lot of good songs that didn't fit those categories fell by the wayside.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Also, country music was on the rise c/o Garth Brooks.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Huey Lewis actually helped out on Brooks's cover version of "Workin' for a Livin'"!

[@chrisarseneault5617]

It's too bad Huey Lewis and the News can't tour anymore because of his hearing issues

[@JoseGuerrero-xx5oy]

Un estilo que marco toda una gloriosa época del rock pop de los 80's. Fantástico,...cool, the great Huey Lewis and The News.

[@hellhound47bravo3]

Totally forgot about this song. And I don't think that I've ever seen this video before. Thank you for posting it.

[@MistressThunder]

FINALLY seeing Mario highlighted for more than 5 seconds!! Should have highlighted him more in videos!! 😎🚬🎸 (Mario, one of THE best bassist ever!)

[@mailmail8721]

Terrific as Huey and the News used to be!

[@pongqi]

Huey is classic, thats it!

[@gian1525]

Simply beautiful and amazing sound from the past for the future

[@joeydemitro8976]

THAT SONG FROM HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS IT HIT ME LIKE A HAMMER THAT SONG ROCKS TOO

[@thomasfeerick8356]

Quality tune!

[@thomasfeerick4843]

Wud have to say it's my fave track from them. Not an easy choice.

[@eliezerandrade3193]

Uma das vozes mais potentes do rock and roll ao lado de Bruce Springsteen. Show!!!😎🇧🇷

[@neurospizz75]

His most underrated song.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

+larry spizzirri That should have been a hit! Blame grunge for this!Robert Mutt Lange was on a roll that year, 1991, w/Bryan Adams!

[@xennial80sxberner]

+WineSippingCowboy - This was early 1991 and grunge didn't hit until later that year, and really blew up full steam by about Spring 1992. I think it was more pop/dance stuff like Vanilla Ice or C&C Music Factory that might've kept this from charting higher.

[@stevarino1989]

+JPMcFly1985Two I totally agree! This should've been a number 1 hit! But noooooooo. I was only 2 though, so I wouldn't remember when this was on the radio. Couple Days Off charted higher but I like this song better.

[@xennial80sxberner]

Yeah, I prefer this to Couple Days Off (though that one's good too). I was 8 in '91 and remember VH1 played it alot, not sure about the radio though.

[@Doobie1975]

This song got a fair amount of airplay on the radio in the Summer of 1991.

[@bigdavekilbride9972]

Brilliant

[@jlindholm2000]

Yes, Huey and all are from San Francisco.

[@zackwade9060]

these adds really grind my gears

[@defiverr4697]

Wow. I had never seen the official video for this song. Who directed it? It's actually pretty good and creative.

[@artfuldodger1286]

Yes, it's great song with a great hook. And four classy looking beautiful girls.

[@nigeldick4815]

Me.

[@defiverr4697]

@Nigel Dick amazing body of work. If you are not the top music video director, I don't know who is. I looked up your credits and all with the biggest musicians. Will you do more features? These days, it's all limited series that are in demand.

[@Marfelcomputer]

Hey boys, from ARgentina!!! 2021, great song!!!

[@Lorenzo84no]

he close the stage like Elvis! ahahah!! Great Huey and the News!!

[@65coupestang]

This was one of his "lost songs" as we were told on good morning america when they brough out the cast members huey lewis "the heart of rock and roll" the Broadway play

[@jonijohnston1688]

Just saw Huey Lewis on Jimmy Kimmel tonight and he was talking about this song 🎶 with The ♥️of Rock'n'Roll on broadway...congratulations 🎊 Huey and although I miss your singing 🎶 🎶 I am so excited for not just one, but two shows on broadway! ♥ Of Rock'n'Roll and Back to the Future... I love all of your music 🎶 and I also watched your special on Netflix, A night of Pop with Lionel Richie and various 🎶 singer's 🎶 🎶 loved it!!

[@WoodRatGirl]

Huey Lewis is a good looking man in my opinion.

[@hawkguy74]

Love this one from '91. I think someone said this was their last hit, but does anyone remember "100 Years From Now" off their Greatest Hits in '97? Radio stations around here gave it some play.

[@enfieldjohn101]

Great song on a great album! I love the video for this one too. Fun to watch.

[@andrewgraham7659]

Huey has the superpower to close curtains with a click of his fingers. Didn't pick up on that one. Wish I could do that lol!!!!!!

[@gokhanersan8561]

I miss hi class music videos. A lost art form.

[@euanelliott3613]

Plot twist: Eddie the fake receptionist from Die Hard survived a bullet to the head and is currently undercover earning a living as a singer. His new album features the smash hit single : "There's something wrong...they're coming back down". He wrote it after the clever arrangements at the Nakatomi building went awry and his boss Hans Gruber kissed the car park at 80 miles per hour. It's a chartbreaker....

[@adamweishaupt81]

Your comment deserves more likes 😁

[@tbd1613]

Remember seeing them on tour in 1991 in Tucson. Great times. Miss those days.

[@francisfarinacci9866]

This is a great song to listen in the car when going for a long drive or stuck in traffic. The Classic Rock of the 80s was the best decade. I have seen 5 of their concerts and all of them put on a great show. This is a question to answer. Who are those four women in the video?

[@disneylover333]

Huey was born in NY but after traveling for many years he lived in San Francisco.

[@ppvillagra]

Exelente video , que grupazo!!!

[@Doobie1975]

I've actually had this song playing in my dream last night but for some odd reason in the dream I've thought Huey Lewis was doing a little bit of rap in some portions of the song.

[@dischargesummary8794]

Did he have a BBC

[@HRHolm-bi6zu]

Just a bit of a tough call, but when all said and done, this *is* their best song. Jacob's Ladder a close second.

[@rommee]

< 01:25 > I was kind of expecting another lyric here 😁

[@Doobie1975]

This was IMO Huey Lewis's last great single he's ever done, I didn't care much for his later adult contemporary singles he would be doing soon afterwards.

[@xennial80sxberner]

Only song I liked from the 1994 Four Chords album was "But Its Alright". To me that's the VERY last song in Huey's classic sound (despite being a cover lol). I agree though, I also love the bluesy ballad "he don't know" which never really took off, even VH1 only played it a few times.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

I am with you on this one! The other hits were written by outsiders. In the 1990s, the music execs took a different direction for pop music.

[@laurastuhler4791]

@@xennial80sxberner The JJ Jackson cover of "But its Alright" by Huey was fantastic, problem was by 1994 nobody cared about a 60's cover even if it was awesome.

[@GAME.PLAYERX.5841]

My number 1 favorite artist of all time. Huey Lewis you are the greatest

[@petulantfrenzy5532]

Mario & Chris gave the News style and attitude. Would love to see the original lineup one last time.

[@keithhensley7061]

Great Song!!

[@jhbthreerd]

just a great song

[@jackiechai1545]

And your newest songs are by far you best -WOW

[@jeanlandim]

i need this music in my mobile phone, HL&TN is great.

[@tc1261]

I'm so glad to see this video! This is my fave HL&TN song. Simply marvelous!

[@scorpionsareawesome3375]

Comment section in a nutshell 60% "how good Mario looks without a cigarette dangling out of his mouth 35% hit me like an axe comments 5% great song

[@rickrollstudio9319]

So true Why does hit me like an axe even a thing

[@dancullen4647]

@@rickrollstudio9319 it's from American Psycho

[@dariorossi2070]

beauty Song energi

[@mikepineda4713]

I love since i heard It by first Time (2012) My brother showed me this song because he is a huge fan of back yo the future and huey Lewis

[@drummingwithjeff]

Great song! Been a fan for over 40 years now!