Fore!
Fore! is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986.
Production
According to Lewis, the album track "Forest for the Trees" was written for and about kids struggling with life issues as an uplifting message for them. Lewis based it off of the letters he received from young fans at the time who would talk about how important his music was to them.Release
Upon its release in August 1986, the album hit number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and went on to score five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including two number-one hits, "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder".Artwork
The wall that Lewis and the members of the band stand against on the album's cover is a wall from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. Band members Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper and Mario Cipollina went to this school together.In popular culture
The compact disc of the album is seen in the film American Psycho. The main character Patrick Bateman, while talking to one of his potential victims, gives a review of the album, discussing the band's viewpoint, intent, and how specifically the song "Hip to Be Square" espouses "the pleasures of conformity" but with a catchy 1980s beat, going on to state it is "the group's most accomplished album".Track listing
- "Jacob's Ladder" – 3:33
- "Stuck with You" – 4:29
- "Whole Lotta Lovin'" – 3:30
- "Doing It All for My Baby" – 3:39
- "Hip to Be Square" – 4:05
- "I Know What I Like" – 3:59
- "I Never Walk Alone" – 3:44
- "Forest for the Trees" – 3:28
- "Naturally" – 2:52
- "Simple as That" – 4:27
Personnel
Huey Lewis and the News- Huey Lewis – harmonica, vocals
- Mario Cipollina – bass
- Johnny Colla – guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
- Bill Gibson – percussion, drums, backing vocals
- Chris Hayes – guitar, backing vocals
- Sean Hopper – keyboards, backing vocals
- Tower of Power Horns :
- * Greg Adams – trumpet, horn arrangements
- * Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
- * Richard Elliot – tenor saxophone
- * Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone, backing vocals
- * Lee Thornburg – trumpet
- David Jenkins – backing vocals
- Ralph Arista – backing vocals
- Dwight Clark – backing vocals
- Mike Duke – backing vocals
- Riki Ellison – backing vocals
- Jerome Fletcher – backing vocals
- Joe Montana – backing vocals
- Jim Moran – backing vocals
- Huey Lewis and the News – producers
- Jim Gaines – engineer
- Robert Missbach – engineer, mixing
- Michael Christopher – second engineer
- Phil Kaffel – additional engineer
- Malcolm Pollack – additional engineer, mixing
- Rob Beaton – assistant engineer
- Alex Hass – assistant engineer
- Tom Size – assistant engineer
- Jim "Watts" Vereecke – assistant engineer
- Bob Clearmountain – mixing on "The Power of Love"
- Mixed at The Power Station.
- Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk.
- Ralph Arista – guitar technician
- Jerry Daniels – keyboard technician
- Terry Persons – production manager
- Anita Wong – production design
- Laura Lamar – graphic design
- Bennett Hall – art direction, illustration, photography
Charts
Weekly charts
;Singles and tracks| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1986 | "I Know What I Like" | US Album Rock Tracks | 25 |
| 1986 | "Jacob's Ladder" | US Album Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 1986 | "Stuck with You" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| 1986 | "Stuck with You" | US Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1986 | "Stuck with You" | US Album Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1986 | "Whole Lotta Lovin'" | US Album Rock Tracks | 38 |
| 1986 | "Hip to Be Square" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| 1986 | "Hip to Be Square" | US Adult Contemporary | 20 |
| 1986 | "Hip to Be Square" | US Album Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1987 | "Jacob's Ladder" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| 1987 | "Jacob's Ladder" | US Adult Contemporary | 17 |
| 1987 | "I Know What I Like" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| 1987 | "I Know What I Like" | US Adult Contemporary | 30 |
| 1987 | "Doing It All for My Baby" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| 1987 | "Doing It All for My Baby" | US Adult Contemporary | 2 |