Editing Cheap Trick (section)

===1980s struggles (1981–1986)===
In July 1981, CBS Inc. sued Cheap Trick and their manager Ken Adamany for $10 million, alleging they were attempting to coerce CBS into re-negotiating their contract and had refused to record any new material for the label since October 1980.  The lawsuit was settled in early 1982 and work commenced on the next album: ''[[One on One (Cheap Trick album)|One on One]]''. The album spawned two minor hits with the power ballad "[[If You Want My Love]]" (which peaked at no. 45) and the innuendo-laced rocker "[[She's Tight]]" (which peaked at no. 65).<ref name="billboard.com" />

Cheap Trick released ''[[Next Position Please]]'' in 1983.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> The album's two singles, "[[Dancing the Night Away#Cheap Trick version|Dancing the Night Away]]" and "[[I Can't Take It (Cheap Trick song)|I Can't Take It]]", failed to chart.<ref name="billboard.com" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tampabay.com/a-slowdown-in-hits-from-cheap-trick-i-cant-take-it/2306497/|title=A slowdown in hits from Cheap Trick? I can't take it!|newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|last=Wuench |first=Kevin |date=December 15, 2016}}</ref> In the same year, Cheap Trick performed two songs for the soundtrack of the adult animated film ''[[Rock & Rule]]'', which became a [[cult classic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/rock-rule-blu-ray-release-debbie-harry-and-cheap-trick-vs-cartoon-guitar-mutants-and-lou-reed/|title=Rock & Rule Blu-Ray Release: Debbie Harry and Cheap Trick vs. Cartoon Guitar Mutants (and Lou Reed!)|date=November 10, 2010|author=Connell J., Sean|website=LA Weekly.com|access-date=March 2, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302085905/https://www.laweekly.com/rock-rule-blu-ray-release-debbie-harry-and-cheap-trick-vs-cartoon-guitar-mutants-and-lou-reed/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1984, the band recorded the [[Up the Creek (song)|title track]] to the [[Tim Matheson]] comedy ''[[Up the Creek (1984 film)|Up The Creek]]'', which Nielsen later called "one of the worst" songs he'd ever written.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krewson |first=John |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/cheap-trick-13461 |title=Cheap Trick |newspaper=The A.V. Club |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref>

The band released ''[[Standing on the Edge (Cheap Trick album)|Standing on the Edge]]'' in 1985.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> This album was called their "best collection of bubblegum bazooka rock in years".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fricke |first=David |title=Cheap Trick: Standing on the Edge |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=458 |date=October 10, 1985 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/standing-on-the-edge-19851010 |access-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref> The album's first single, "[[Tonight It's You]]", reached No.&nbsp;8 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref name="billboard.com" />

In 1986, the band recorded "[[Mighty Wings]]", the end-title cut for the film ''[[Top Gun]]''.<ref name="LarkinHR"/> They then released ''[[The Doctor (Cheap Trick album)|The Doctor]]'' in the fall.  The album's lone single, "[[It's Only Love (Cheap Trick song)|It's Only Love]]", failed to chart.<ref name="billboard.com" /> The music video for "It's Only Love" made history as the first music video to use captioning for hearing-impaired persons.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUUEAAAAMBAJ&q=cheap+trick+it%27s+only+love&pg=RA1-PA53 |title=Billboard – Google Books |date=December 6, 1986 |access-date=May 7, 2012|page=53}}</ref> ''The Doctor'' turned out to be the band's final album with Jon Brant as bassist.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}