1984 While Prince was making birds sad ("When Doves Cry), Ray Parker Jr. was stealing riffs from Huey Lewis for a big movie theme song. "Ghostbusters" was your runner-up (it was a good year in movies too.) It was #1 for three weeks. (#6 Club #1 R&B.)
In a 2004 article for Premiere magazine, the filmmakers admitted to using the song "I Want a New Drug" as temporary background music in many scenes. They also noted that they had offered to hire Huey Lewis and the News to write the main theme but the band had declined. The filmmakers then gave film footage - with Lewis' song in the background - to Parker to aid him in writing the theme song.
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