"I Know What I Like"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Fore!
B-side"Forest for the Trees"
ReleasedMarch 23, 1987
GenreRock
Length3:59
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
Producer(s)Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Jacob's Ladder"
(1986) 		"I Know What I Like"
(1987) 		"Simple As That"
(1987)

"I Know What I Like" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the fourth single from the album Fore! in 1987. The single peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] Like their earlier single, "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like" featured background performances by then-San Francisco 49ers, Dwight Clark, Riki Ellison, Ronnie Lott, and Joe Montana.[2]

Upon the release of the album in 1986, "I Know What I Like" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in September 1986. When released as a single in 1987, the track re-entered the chart but topped out this time at number 31.

Cash Box called it a "good, straight-ahead rock-inflected tune."[3]

The song is in major and uses the rare minor dominant (v) chord, lacking a leading-tone.[4]

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks[5] 25
Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[1] 30
Canadian RPM Top Singles[6] 30

References

  1. ^ a b c "Chart Success Summary - HLNWiki". Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
  2. ^ Janofsky, Michael (January 2, 1987). "49ERS PRACTICE TO A NOISY BEAT". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. April 4, 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  4. ^ Stephenson, Ken (2002). What to Listen for in Rock: A Stylistic Analysis, p.92. ISBN 978-0-300-09239-4.
  5. ^ Fore! - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles. Allmusic.com.
  6. ^ Peaked on RPM 100 Singles Chart on May 20, 1987


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