Fore!

Fore!
Studio album by Huey Lewis and the News
Released	August 20, 1986
Recorded	Studio D Recording, Sausalito, California
Genre	Rock
Length	41:40
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News chronology
Sports (1983) Fore! (1986) Small World (1988)
Singles from Fore!
"Stuck with You" Released: August 31, 1986 "Hip to Be Square" Released: October 6, 1986 "Jacob's Ladder" Released: January 5, 1987 "I Know What I Like" Released: March 23, 1987 "Simple as That" Released: 1987 (UK only) "Doing It All for My Baby" Released: June 29, 1987

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[2]

Fore! is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."

Album cover

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.

The album cover for Fore! is seen in the movie, American Psycho, starring Christian Bale. Bale's character, Patrick Bateman, goes on to have a nearly one-minute discussion regarding the band and how "Hip to Be Square" espouses "the pleasures of conformity."

Track listing

1. "Jacob's Ladder" (Bruce Hornsby, John Hornsby) – 3:33
2. "Stuck with You" (Hayes, Lewis) – 4:29
3. "Whole Lotta Lovin'" (Colla, Lewis) – 3:30
4. "Doing It All for My Baby" (Cody, Duke) – 3:39
5. "Hip to Be Square" (Gibson, Hopper, Lewis) – 4:05
6. "I Know What I Like" (Hayes, Lewis) – 3:59
7. "I Never Walk Alone" (Nielsen) – 3:44
8. "Forest for the Trees" (Fletcher, Gibson, Lewis, Loggins) – 3:28
9. "Naturally" (Colla, Lewis) – 2:52
10. "Simple as That" (Biner, Castillo, Kupka) – 4:27

The European and Japanese version had "The Power of Love" (from Back to the Future) as Track 8, then Tracks 8-10 above as Tracks 9-11.

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

Additional personnel

• Greg Adams - trumpet
• Ralph Arista - background vocals
• Emilio Castillo - tenor saxophone
• Dwight Clark - background vocals
• Mike Duke - background vocals
• Richard Elliot - tenor saxophone
• Riki Ellison - background vocals
• Jerome Fletcher - background vocals
• David Jenkins - background vocals
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone, background vocals
• Ronnie Lott - background vocals
• Joe Montana - background vocals
• Jim Moran - background vocals
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet

Production

• Producer: Huey Lewis and the News
• Engineers: Michael Christopher, Jim Gaines, Phil Kaffel, Bob Missbach, Malcolm Pollack
• Assistant engineers: Rob Beaton, Alex Haas, Tom Size, Jim "Watts" Vereecke
• Mixing: Bob Clearmountain, Bob Missbach, Jim Moran, Malcolm Pollack
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Guitar technician: Ralph Arista
• Keyboard technician: Jerry Daniels
• Horn arrangement: Greg Adams

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[3] 3 Austrian Albums Chart[4] 22 Belgian Albums Chart[5] 16 Canadian Albums Chart[6] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[4] 33 European Top 100 Albums[7] 11 Finnish Albums Chart[8] 7 German Albums Chart[4] 5 Japanese Albums Chart[9] 1 New Zealand Albums Chart[4] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[4] 6 Portugal Albums Chart[10] 12 Swedish Albums Chart[4] 7 Swiss Albums Chart[4] 4 UK Albums Chart[11] 8 US Billboard 200[12] 1 Singles and tracks Year Single Chart Position 1986 "I Know What I Like" US Album Rock Tracks 25 "Jacob's Ladder" US Album Rock Tracks 10 "Stuck with You" The Billboard Hot 100 1 US Adult Contemporary 1 US Album Rock Tracks 2 "Whole Lotta Lovin'" Album Rock Tracks 38 "Hip to Be Square" The Billboard Hot 100 3 US Adult Contemporary 20 US Album Rock Tracks 1 1987 "Jacob's Ladder" The Billboard Hot 100 1 US Adult Contemporary 17 "I Know What I Like" The Billboard Hot 100 9 US Adult Contemporary 30 "Doing It All for My Baby" The Billboard Hot 100 6 US Adult Contemporary 2

Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)[13] 11 New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 46 Norwegian Albums Chart (Høst Period)[15] 10 Swiss Albums Chart[16] 25 UK Albums Chart[17] 29 Chart (1987) Position Canadian Albums Chart (RPM)[18] 36 New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 48 UK Albums Chart[20] 92 US Billboard 200[21] 7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[22]	Platinum	70,000
Canada (Music Canada)[23]	5× Platinum	500,000
Germany (BVMI)[24]	Gold	250,000
Japan (RIAJ)[25]	Platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[26]	Platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[27]	2× Platinum	600,000
United States (RIAA)[28]	3× Platinum	3,000,000
^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Fore! - Review, Allmusic.com
2. Rob Hoeburger, Huey Lewis and the News: Fore! : Music Reviews, Rollingstone.com, October 9, 1986 Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
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8. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
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15. "The Top 20 Albums of Høst 1986". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
16. http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1986
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18. "The RPM Top 100 Albums of 1987". RPM. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
19. "The Top 50 Albums of 1987". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
20. "Top 100 Albums". Music Week (London, England: Spotlight Publications): 25. 24 January 1988.
21. "Billboard.BIZ – Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1987". billboard.biz. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
22. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1986 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
23. "Canadian album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Fore!". Music Canada. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
24. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Huey Lewis and the News; 'Fore!')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
25. "Japanese album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Fore!" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
26. THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
27. "British album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Sports". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Enter Sports in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
28. "American album certifications – Huey Lewis and the News – Sports". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 25 July 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH