If This Is It (Huey Lewis and the News song)

"If This Is It"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Sports
B-side "Change of Heart"
Released July 10, 1984
Format 7" 45 RPM
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:46
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis
Producer(s) Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"The Heart of Rock & Roll"
(1984)		 "If This Is It"
(1984)		 "Walking on a Thin Line"
(1984)

"The Heart of Rock & Roll"
(1984)		 "If This Is It"
(1984)		 "Walking on a Thin Line"
(1984)

"If This Is It" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released as the fourth single from their number-one album Sports in 1984, and became their fifth top-ten and third consecutive number-six hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number five on the Adult Contemporary chart,[1] and then became their first UK hit single, reaching number 39 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Music video

The music video featured the band as well as Lewis, and an actress named Janet Cross playing Lewis' frustrated and estranged wife.[3]

Chart performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 319. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: September 1, 2013
  4. ↑ BigKev. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  6. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.8938&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.8938.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.8938
  7. ↑ "Tonlist Top 10". DV. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  8. ↑ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". Everyhit.com. 16 March 2000. Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending September 22, 1984". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2018-03-11. Cash Box magazine.
  10. ↑ VG-lista. "Norwegian Charts". VG-lista. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1984/Top 100 Songs of 1984". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  12. ↑ "Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles,". Cash Box. December 31, 1984. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2018.

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