"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?" | |||
Released | 1991 | |||
Format | 7", Cassette, CD | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 4:01 | |||
Label |
EMI America Chrysalis (UK) |
|||
Writer(s) |
Robert John "Mutt" Lange Huey Lewis |
|||
Producer(s) | Bill Schnee Huey Lewis and the News |
|||
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology | ||||
|
"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. 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.