Doing It All for My Baby

"Doing It All for My Baby"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Fore!
B-side	"Naturally"
Released	June 29, 1987
Format	Cassette, CD
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	3:39
Label	Chrysalis
Writer(s)	Mike Duke Phil Cody
Producer	Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Simple as That" (UK) (1987) "Doing It All for My Baby" (1987) "Perfect World" (1988)

"Doing It All for My Baby" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News, released as a single from the album Fore! in 1987. The single peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in September 1987, becoming the fifth top-ten hit from the album and making the band the first group to have five top-ten Hot 100 singles from one album.

History

The song was written by Mike Duke and Phil Cody. Duke had previously written the song, "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do", the News' second top 40 hit from the 1982 album, Picture This, and went on to write, "Let Her Go and Start Over," a minor adult contemporary hit for the band, from the album, Plan B, in 2001.

Music video

The music video for "Doing It All for My Baby" was a parody of monster movies and was over 7 minutes in length.

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	93
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1]	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[1]	2

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.hln.org/index.php?title=Chart_Success_Summary

External links

• Full length music video at YouTube.com