"It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Hard at Play
B-side"Do You Love Me, or What?"
Released1991
Length4:01
LabelEMI America
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bill Schnee
  • Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Couple Days Off"
(1991)		 "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
(1991)		 "He Don't Know"
(1991)

"It Hit Me Like a Hammer" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released as the second single from their sixth album, Hard at Play, in 1991. The song was co-written by band leader Huey Lewis and songwriter/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[1] The song peaked at No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their final top-40 hit in the US, and No. 9 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart. The single release contains a remix of the song with a saxophone solo that did not appear on the album.

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single[2][3]

A. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" – 4:01
B. "Do You Love Me, or What?" – 3:46

12-inch and CD single[4][5]

  1. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (remix sax solo version) – 4:02
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" – 4:01
  3. "Do You Love Me, or What?" – 3:46

Japanese mini-album[6]

  1. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (single remix)
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (album version)
  3. "Do You Love Me, or What?"

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Hard at Play (Media notes). Huey Lewis and the News. EMI Records. 1991. 93355.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Huey Lewis and the News. EMI USA. 1991. 006 20 4402 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (US cassette single sleeve). Huey Lewis and the News. EMI USA. 1991. 4KM-50364.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Huey Lewis and the News. Chrysalis Records. 1991. HUEYX14, 3237496.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (UK CD single liner notes). Huey Lewis and the News. Chrysalis Records. 1991. HUEYCD 14, 3237492.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (Japanese mini-album liner notes). Huey Lewis and the News. EMI USA. 1991. TODP-2321.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing August 26, 1991". Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1630." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1613." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Huey Lewis and the News – It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Huey Lewis the News Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Huey Lewis the News Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  13. ↑ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  14. ↑ "RPM 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.
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