Workin' for a Livin'

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Name = Workin' for a Livin'


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Artist = Huey Lewis and the News
Album = Picture This
Released = 1982
Format = single
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Genre = Rock
Length = 2:36
Label = Chrysalis
Writer = Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes
Producer = Huey Lewis and the News
Bob Brown
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Last single = "Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do"
(1982)
This single = "Workin' for a Livin'"
(1982)
Next single = "Heart and Soul"
(1983)
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Name = Workin' for a Livin'


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Artist = Garth Brooks with Huey Lewis
Album = The Ultimate Hits
Released = 2007
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Country
Length = 2:44
Label = Big Machine/Pearl
Producer = Allen Reynolds
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Chronology = Garth Brooks singles
Last single = "More Than a Memory"
(2007)
This single = "Workin' for a Livin'"
(2008)
Next single = "Midnight Sun"
(2008)
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"Workin' for a Livin'" is a single, released in 1982, by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News. Included on their 1982 album "Picture This", the song peaked at #20 on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2007, Huey Lewis himself recorded the song as a duet with country music singer Garth Brooks. This duet version is included on Brooks' 2007 album "The Ultimate Hits", and has been released as a single as well. It is also Lewis' first appearance on the Hot Country Songs charts, where it reached the Top 20.

Chart performance

Huey Lewis and the News version

Garth Brooks with Huey Lewis version

Other versions

Phil Vassar covered the song as a bonus track included on the 2003 re-issue of his 2002 album "American Child".