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"It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
Song
B-side"Do You Love Me, Or What?"

"It Hit Me Like a Hammer" is a song recorded by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the second single from their album, Hard at Play, in 1991. The song was co-written by band leader Huey Lewis and the songwriter/producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[1] Lange had previously written the band's breakthrough hit, "Do You Believe in Love", nearly 10 years earlier.

The single release contained a remix of the song with a saxophone solo that did not appear on the album.

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 21
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[3] 10

References

  1. ^ Hard at Play (Media notes). EMI Records. 1991. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |albumlink= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publisherid= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Huey Lewis & the News: Hard at Play > Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "Huey Lewis & the News: "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" - Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
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