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Huey Lewis And The News - Greatest Hits(#ad)
“Hip to Be Square” is a song by Huey Lewis And The News and it was written by Sean Hopper, Bill Gibson and Huey Lewis.
The song was released in 1986 as the second single from their album Fore! This was their only album that was rated Multi-platinum. This was one of their most celebrated albums of all time.
This San Francisco band got help on the backing vocals for the song from few NFL Hall of Famers Joe Montana and Ronnie Lot from the San Francisco 49ers and the song also features other Pro Football Hall of Famers. The song managed to reach number three on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song has made appearances in several movies, but the best one is American Psycho. Here, the main character Patrick Bateman provides an extended critique of the song and the band’s career.
The song also featured in the film adaptation in one of the most iconic scenes in the movie American Psycho.
In this scene, Batman played by Christian Bale gives a version of his critique of the song to Paul Allen where he says that their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to Be Square" .This is just before he kills him with an axe.
Despite being used in the film, the song “Hip to Be Square” was removed from the soundtrack of the movie and it was rumored that Lewis was unhappy with the song’s inclusion because of the nature of the film which was violent.
This wasn’t true because it was then said that the film company actually forgot to secure the rights for the song to be included on the soundtrack.
The song which currently has more than 6 million views on YouTube rose to number 3 on US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on US Billboard Album Rock Tracks.
Huey Lewis And The News - Hip To Be Square - Lyrics
Release Date - October 6, 1986
Album - Fore!
I used to be a renegade, I used to fool around
But I couldn't take the punishment, and had to settle down
Now I'm playing it real straight, and yes I cut my hair
You might think I'm crazy, but I don't even care
'Cause I can tell what's going on
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
I like my bands in business suits, I watch them on TV
I'm working out 'most everyday and watching what I eat
They tell me that it's good for me, but I don't even care
I know that it's crazy
I know that it's nowhere
But there is no denying that
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's not too hard to figure out
you see it everyday
And those that were the farthest out have gone the other way
You see them on the freeway
It don't look like a lot of fun
But don't you try to fight it
And an idea who's time has come
Don't tell me that I'm crazy
Don't tell me I'm nowhere
Take it from me
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
It's hip to be square
