By the time Huey Lewis and the News began working on their fourth studio album, 1986’s Fore!, the group had seen their third album, 1983’s Sports, top the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and earn them four U.S. Top 10 singles with Heart and Soul, I Want a New Drug, The Heart of Rock & Roll and If This is It.
On top of that, their single The Power of Love – the theme to 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future – gave the group their first U.S. Number 1. In the wake of that success, they were now under enormous pressure to deliver more hits.
