I Want a New Drug

"I Want a New Drug" is a 1984 song by Huey Lewis and the News. It is the second single from their third studio album Sports. It went to number 6 in Canada and the United States, number 10 in New Zealand and number 27 in Australia and Germany. It did not chart in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

"I Want a New Drug"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from Sports"
B-side"Finally Found a Home"
ReleasedJanuary 3, 1984
Recorded1983
GenreNew wave
Length4:46 (album version)
3:29 (single edit)
5:32 (12" dance mix)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
""Heart and Soul"
(1983)
I Want a New Drug ""The Heart of Rock & Roll"
(1984)

Track listing

7" Chrysalis / CHS 2776 United Kingdom
  1. "I Want a New Drug" – 3:29 unlabelled 7" mix
  2. "Finally Found a Home" – 3:48
12" Chrysalis / CHS 12 2776 United Kingdom
  1. "I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (12" mix) – 5:32
  2. "I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (7" mix) – 3:29
  3. "Heart and Soul" – 3:55
  4. "(Tattoo) Giving It All Up for Love" (Phil Lynott) – 3:11
12" Chrysalis / CS 42779 Canada
  1. "I Want a New Drug" (dance mix) – 5:32
  2. "I Want a New Drug" (instrumental) – 4:30
7" Chrysalis / CHS 42766 Canada
  1. "I Want a New Drug" - 3:29
  2. "Finally Found a Home" - 3:42
12" Chrysalis / 601 194 Germany
  1. "I Want a New Drug" (extended version) – 5:32
  2. "Heart and Soul" (special remix) – 6:42
  3. "Tell Me a Little Lie" – 4:08
12" Chrysalis / 601 343 Germany
  1. "I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (maxi mix) – 5:32
  2. "I Want a New Drug (Called Love)" (simple mix) – 3:29
  3. "(Tattoo) Giving It All Up for Love" – 3:11
  4. "Honky Tonk Blues" (Hank Williams) – 3:16

References