Peak
8
Weeks
21
Score
2,886
Chart Year
1983
The music video featured Lewis looking for, and leaving with, a woman in a dance club, with Lewis concert footage spliced in. Portions of the video are filmed at Potrero Hill, a neighborhood in San Francisco.[4] Lewis liked Potrero Hill because it "looked very San Francisco".[4] Actress Signy Coleman plays the woman Lewis is chasing after in the dance club.[5] Coleman also appears in the music video for "I Want a New Drug".[6] In 2013, Coleman reflected on her casting:[7] It was very funny. My agent said, "They're looking for punk rockers so I want you to put some of that spray stuff in your hair and put on torn fishnet stockings." I said, "Lynn, I'm not doing that. I don't look anything like a punk rocker." I said I'll put on high heels but that's about the extent of it. I went to the audition and there were 50 of the most hardcore punk rockers I've ever seen. I turned around to leave and the director popped his head out of the room they were casting in and said, "Hey, miniskirt, where are you going?" He pulled me in and said they were also looking for a girl who's the opposite and stands out in the crowd of these unusual characters. I was asked to pretend to flirt with a guy across the room, which I like to believe I had a little experience with at that point. They put on "Heart and Soul" (first time I heard it) and said, "Dance to it." I had been a dancer for many years, starting ballet at seven. At 13 I was on full scholarship for the San Francisco School of Ballet, but quit at 16 because I saw a destructive lifestyle—diet pills, cigarettes. I mean no disrespect to anyone doing it, but the world of dance can be cutthroat. But the discipline I learned in dancing has carried through the rest of my life. By the time I'd gotten home from the "Heart and Soul" audition, I'd already gotten the call that I got the video. No one knew at the time how MTV was going to change the fabric of the music industry.
Huey Lewis and the News' version was released as the first single from the album Sports in 1983. The single peaked at number 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that November and number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.[1] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal, Group at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984.[2] Former band member Chris Hayes later remarked, "I don't know why 'Heart & Soul' sounds so good. Usually we have to re-do all the guitar parts – this time it worked out the first time. I had a Marshall amp in a tiny room, played my Les Paul and it was great!"
Two o'clock this morning If she should come a calling I couldn't dream of turning her away And if it got hot and hectic I know she'd be electric I'd let her take her chances with me You see, the gets what she wants 'Cause she's heart and soul She's hot and cold She's got it all, hot loving every night, oh Oh Can't you see her standing there See how she looks, see how she cares I let her steal the night away from me Nine o'clock this morning She left without a warning I let her take advantage of me You see, she got what she wanted 'Cause she's heart and soul She's hot and cold She's got it all, hot loving every night, oh Oh Yes it's heart and soul She's hot and cold She's got it all She's heart and soul, yeah She's got hot loving every night, oh Oh She's got it all She's heart and soul She's heart and soul She's heart and soul She's heart and soul She's heart and soul She's heart and soul
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 10, 1983 | 83 | 43 |
| 2 | Sep 17, 1983 | 69 | 57 |
| 3 | Sep 24, 1983 | 55 | 71 |
| 4 | Oct 1, 1983 | 49 | 77 |
| 5 | Oct 8, 1983 | 38 | 88 |
| 6 | Oct 15, 1983 | 30 | 96 |
| 7 | Oct 22, 1983 | 23 | 103 |
| 8 | Oct 29, 1983 | 19 | 107 |
| 9 | Nov 5, 1983 | 18 | 108 |
| 10 | Nov 12, 1983 | 15 | 111 |
| 11 | Nov 19, 1983 | 12 | 114 |
| 12 | Nov 26, 1983 | 8 | 118 |
| 13 | Dec 3, 1983 | 8 | 118 |
| 14 | Dec 10, 1983 | 15 | 111 |
| 15 | Dec 17, 1983 | 21 | 105 |
| 16 | Dec 24, 1983 | 36 | 90 |
| 17 | Dec 31, 1983 | 36 | 90 |
| 18 | Jan 7, 1984 | 53 | 73 |
| 19 | Jan 14, 1984 | 65 | 61 |
| 20 | Jan 21, 1984 | 69 | 57 |