Editing Huey Lewis and the News (section)

==''American Psycho'' soundtrack==
The band is mentioned numerous times in [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s 1991 novel ''[[American Psycho]]'', and [[American Psycho (film)|its subsequent film adaptation]]. The chapter in the novel is entitled "Huey Lewis & the News", and consists of an extended essay about the band's recorded output and career. During the scene in the film where the main protagonist, [[Patrick Bateman]], kills his colleague, Paul Allen, with an axe, Bateman plays the song "[[Hip to Be Square]]" and waxes lyrical about the band:

:"Do you like Huey Lewis & The News? Their early work was a little too '[[new-wave music|new-wave]]' for my taste, but when 'Sports' came out in '83, I think they really came into their own – both commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to [[Elvis Costello]], but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor. In '87, Huey released this, 'Fore', their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is 'Hip to Be Square', a song so catchy most people probably don't listen to the lyrics – but they should! Because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself!"

"[[Hip to Be Square]]" was initially intended to be on the soundtrack album, but was removed from the album due to lack of publishing rights.<ref name=guardian2>{{cite news |title=''American Psycho'' soundtrack in hot water |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 13, 2000 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/apr/13/news |access-date=July 27, 2010 |location=London}}</ref> As a result, [[Koch Records]] were forced to recall and destroy approximately 100,000 copies of the album. Koch Records president Bob Frank said, "As a result of the violent nature of the film, Huey Lewis's management decided not to give the soundtrack clearance."<ref name="guardian2" /> Lewis's manager Bob Brown claimed that the musician had not seen the film and that "we knew nothing about a soundtrack album. They just went ahead and put the cut on there. I think what they're trying to do is drum up publicity for themselves."<ref name="guardian2" />

In April 2013, to mark the 30th anniversary of the band's album ''[[Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Sports]]'', comedy video website [[Funny or Die]] created a parody of the axe murder scene featuring Huey Lewis as Patrick Bateman and [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] (who parodied "[[I Want a New Drug]]" as "I Want a New Duck" years before) as Paul Allen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/e3662085fb/american-psycho-with-huey-lewis-and-weird-al |title=American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al from Huey Lewis, Al Yankovic, PatB, NickCorirossi, Charles Ingram, Jason Carden, Ben Sheehan, and BoTown Sound |publisher=Funnyordie.com |date=April 3, 2013 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>