"I Want a New Drug" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News from their third album Sports. It was released as the second single from the album, following the top-ten hit "Heart and Soul" in January 1984. The single reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Dance Club Play chart. The song, a love song where the word "drug" is purposely left as an open-ended meaning to the listener, became one of the signature songs for the band. According to Lewis, he wrote t