The album charted in the Top 200 for 160 consecutive weeks, earning the album the remarkable designation of being the second biggest-selling album on Billboard’s end-of-year sales chart, beat only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. A fifth single “Walking on a Thin Line” broke the Top 20 at #16 on the Top Rock chart. “I Want a New Drug” found the band reaching #6 as did the third and fourth singles “The Heart of Rock and Roll” and “If This Is It” respectively. Launching itself from the get-go with the first single “Heart and Soul” which peaked at #8 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles, Sports was a frequent visitor in the charts. More on the legacy of Sports, per a news release: The 7-time platinum and Grammy-nominated album featured several of the group‘s biggest hits and propelled Huey Lewis & the News to become one of the era’s biggest musical acts, and remains one of the most celebrated of its time. 15, 1983 release, Huey Lewis & the News‘ studio album Sports will be reissued on green and black vinyl to commemorate the occasion, via Capitol/UMe. On the 40th anniversary of its original Sept.
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