Hip to Be Square
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| Single by Huey Lewis & The News from the album Fore! |
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| B-side | Some of My Lies Are True | ||||
| Released | 1986 | ||||
| Format | 7" Vinyl record, 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:44 | ||||
| Label | Chrysalis Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis | ||||
| Producer | Huey Lewis & The News | ||||
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"Hip to Be Square" is the title of a 1986 single by Huey Lewis & The News written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, & Huey Lewis. The song landed at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features Pro Football Hall of Famers and then-San Francisco 49ers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott singing backup vocals.
The song was featured in the film American Psycho during a scene in which Patrick Bateman dances to the song and brutually murders a colleague with an axe. It was originally featured on the accompanying soundtrack, but shortly after it was released, the CD was pulled from the shelves and the song was removed before being reissued, but a small number had already been sold. Reports suggested that Huey Lewis had objected to the context in which his song was used in the film and demanded it be removed from the CD.[1][2] In reality, the film's production team had paid for the rights to use the song in the film, but overlooked receiving the rights to include it on the soundtrack. When the soundtrack was released with the song on it, Huey Lewis had it withdrawn, as the soundtrack rights had not been secured.[3]
The song was also featured in Naked Gun 33 1/3, during the shopping scene in the beginning of the film and parodied on Sesame Street in 1989 with different lyrics that were relating to the shape of the same name ("It's Hip to Be a Square.")
In concert, Huey Lewis now normally sings the song as "(Too) Hip to Be Square", as performed on their live album, Live at 25.
[edit] References
- ^ Dansby, Andrew (2000-04-11). Huey Lewis Sparks "American Psycho" Soundtrack Recall. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
- ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (2000-04-14). American Psycho. salon.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
- ^ Quelland, Sarah (2000-04-20). Huey in the News. metroactive.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
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