"I Want a New Drug" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis & The News from their third album Sports. It was released as the second single from the album, following the top-ten hit "Heart and Soul" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Dance Club Play chart.
When the similarities between this song and the theme song of the 1984 film Ghostbusters were heard, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism, claiming that Parker had stolen the melody from "I Want a New Drug". Lewis had been approached to compose the main theme song for the film, but had to decline because of his work on the soundtrack for Back to the Future. The producers of the film allegedly then hired Ray Parker and asked him to write a theme that sounded like "I Want a New Drug".citation needed
In 2001, in an interview on VH1's Behind the Music, Lewis mentioned the suit. This allegedly breached a confidentiality agreement in the aftermath of the first suit, and led to a countersuit by Parker.
Pop culture
Chart performance
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
6 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks |
7 |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Club Play |
1 |
See also
External links
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Huey Lewis and the News |
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Huey Lewis · Johnny Colla · Bill Gibson · Sean Hopper · John Pierce · Stef Burns · Marvin McFadden · Ron Stallings · Rob Sudduth
Chris Hayes · Mario Cipollina |
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The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll · Video Hits · Fore & More · Four Chords & Several Years Ago: The Concert · Live at 25
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"Some of My Lies Are True (Sooner or Later)" · "Don't Ever Tell Me That You Love Me" · "Bad Is Bad" · " Back in Time" · "It's Alright" · "100 Years from Now" |
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