It Hit Me Like a Hammer

"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?"
ReleasedAugust 12, 1991 (1991-08-12) (Australia)
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

  • 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

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 1991 Cassette EMI USA
Australia August 12, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [20]
Japan September 20, 1991 Mini-CD [21]

References

  1. ↑ Hard at Play (Media notes). EMI Records. 1991. 93355.
  2. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). EMI USA. 1991. 006 20 4402 7.
  3. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (US cassette single sleeve). EMI USA. 1991. 4KM-50364.
  4. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Chrysalis Records. 1991. HUEYX14, 3237496.
  5. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (UK CD single liner notes). Chrysalis Records. 1991. HUEYCD 14, 3237492.
  6. ↑ It Hit Me Like a Hammer (Japanese mini-album liner notes). EMI USA. 1991. TODP-2321.
  7. ↑ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing August 26, 1991". Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Image 1630". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Image 1613". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  10. ↑ "EHR Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 35. 31 August 1991. p. 31. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Israeli Charts". Retrieved June 26, 2026. Search "Huey Lewis and the News" for Israeli chart history.
  13. ↑ Fernando Salaverri (September 2013). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  14. ↑ "Playlist Chart" (PDF). Music Week. August 17, 1991. p. 14. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Huey Lewis the News Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Huey Lewis the News Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  17. ↑ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  18. ↑ "RPM 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved April 29, 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  19. ↑ "EHR Year-End Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. December 21, 1991. p. 20. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  20. ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 12/08/91: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 81. August 11, 1991. p. 19.
  21. ↑ "ヒット・ミー・ライク・ア・ハマー | ヒューイ・ルイス&ザ・ニュース" [Hit Me Like a Hammer | Huey Lewis & the News] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
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