Fore! Songs Ranked

Fore! is the fourth studio album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released on August 20, 1986. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 and went on to score five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits, “Stuck with You” and “Jacob’s Ladder”. The album was certified three-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. 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. Here are all of Fore! songs ranked.

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10. Jacob’s Ladder

“Bruce Hornsby-penned “Jacob’s Ladder,” a commentary on religious hucksters, be it the man chasing the fan dancer in Birmingham per the song, or televangelists. “Hey mister I’m not in a hurry and I don’t wanna be like you/All I want from tomorrow is to get it better than today,” sings Lewis, true to his artistic temperament. Well, given the performance of the singles, Fore! did make it better than Sports.”

9. Whole Lotta Lovin’

“Whole Lotta Lovin’,”-no, not the Fats Domino song, but an original by Lewis, owes a nod back to 50’s style Elvis or Little Richard style rock, and darned if Lewis doesn’t get the genre nailed down! The best non-single here, with Huey doing a harmonica solo in the middle.”

8. Hip to Be Square

“The #3 single and #1 mainstream rock hit “Hip To Be Square” is the most energetic song on Fore! This song about letting go of one’s renegade ways, such as cutting one’s hair and playing it straight, may raise eyebrows to those wanting to be different, but when he mentions working out and watching what he eats, well, when one things about it, eating and living healthy seems renegade in today’s “supersize me” fast-food society, so maybe this song embraces some hip values after all. “

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7. I Never Walk Alone

“The synthesizer is light and blends in great with the beat. The chorus is fun and the harmonizing is perfect! In many ways this album is very much an extension of the way they were going with the music they contributed to the  Back To The Future  soundtrack.”

6. Naturally

“Some songs seem like excerpts from yuppie middle-class suburban family life, so more serious social commentary here. Take for example the acapella doowop of “Naturally,” where despite hardships, things will eventually work out: “you know that love is a struggle/and only the strong survive/so it’s up to me and you/to do what we’ve got to do to keep our love alive.””

5. Simple As That

“The philosophical “Simple As That” traces the life history of the working man, from working all day, paying bills, fighting the high cost of living, trying to get a loan for the house, and seeing one’s children married with their own children, with a humorous aside of being left with one’s wife, dog, and cat.”

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4. Forest for the Trees

“Huey plays counselor here in displaying old-fashioned wisdom in the good-natured “Forest For The Trees,” where things are that fuzzy gray and not black and white, and a need for sitting back and thinking things out will do a world of good: “and if you’re not afraid to open your eyes, you may be pleasantly surprised things are never as bad as they seem. You just gotta learn to see the forest for the trees.”

3. I Know What I Like

“Leaning towards heavy rock, I love the guitar work in this song. Fore is not only a successful Huey Lewis/News album with a combination of hit singles and sobering but ultimately optimistic commentary on the struggles of life in the 80’s.”

2. Doing It All for My Baby

“Doing It All For My Baby” was the fifth single and peaked at #6. A rocking piano and guitar ballad with backing from the Tower of Power horns section, this is a tribute to soulful 60’s and 70’s music.”

1. Stuck With You

“Stuck With You,” three weeks on the top spot and on the adult contemporary charts, a leisure, mid-paced Beach Boys-type pop song with doowop harmonies and organ in the chorus. A catchy song about deciding to stick together despite the ups and downs and thoughts of breaking up, with some pithy reasons of being bound by the same address and phone number, it was a wise choice to be the first single from Fore!”