It Hit Me Like a Hammer

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"It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
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Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Hard at Play
B-side"Do You Love Me, or What?"
Released1991
Length4:01
LabelEMI USA
Songwriters
Producers
  • Bill Schnee
  • Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Couple Days Off"
(1991) 		"It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
(1991) 		"He Don't Know"
(1991)

"It Hit Me Like a Hammer" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1991 by EMI USA as the second single from their sixth album, Hard at Play (1991). The song was co-written by band leader Huey Lewis and songwriter/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[1] The song peaked at No. 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming their final top-40 hit in the US, and No. 9 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. The single release contains a remix of the song with a saxophone solo that did not appear on the album.

Track listings

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  • 7-inch and cassette single[2][3]
A. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" – 4:01
B. "Do You Love Me, or What?" – 3:46
  1. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (remix sax solo version) – 4:02
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" – 4:01
  3. "Do You Love Me, or What?" – 3:46
  • Japanese mini-album[6]
  1. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (single remix)
  2. "It Hit Me Like a Hammer" (album version)
  3. "Do You Love Me, or What?"

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 1991 Cassette EMI USA
Australia August 12, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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Japan September 20, 1991 Mini-CD [20]

References

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  9. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1613." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
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