Video: Huey Lewis and The News - I Want A New Drug

In honor of the news that there may be a new "Ghostbusters" movie, we chose to give you some Huey Lewis And The News. What does Huey and Co. have to do with Ghostbusters you may ask? Well, if you listen closely to "I Want A New Drug" and the original "Ghostbusters" theme by Ray Parker, Jr. you will hear they actually have a lot to do with each other. So much so that in 1984 and throughout 1985, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagiarism, citing that Parker stole the melody from [...]

Well, Huey Lewis' title-track contribution to the Seth Rogen/James Franco stoner comedy Pineapple Express has made its way to the Internet, and like much of the output from that arm of Hollywood, the good idea at its core ("hey, let's have Huey Lewis write a sequel to 'The Power Of Love' with pot jokes!") gets stretched out and beaten so thin that even the memories of liking its early bits go up in smoke. Pros: Like all Huey/News tracks, it does have the requisite sax solo; Lewis still sounds like Lewis. Cons: The saxophone solo and [...]