| 词条 | Perfect World (Huey Lewis and the News song) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Perfect World | cover = Perfect World Single.JPG | alt = | type = single | artist = Huey Lewis and the News | album = Small World | B-side = Slammin' | released = June 1988 | format = cassette, CD | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock | length = 4:07 | label = Chrysalis Records | writer = Alex Call | producer = Huey Lewis and the News | prev_title = Doing It All for My Baby | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Small World (Part One) | next_year = 1988 }} "Perfect World" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the first single from the album Small World in late June 1988. The single peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #48 on the UK Singles Chart. HistoryThe song was written by Alex Call, a former bandmate of Lewis and Sean Hopper from the band, Clover.[1] Call had previously co-written the hit song "867-5309/Jenny" for Tommy Tutone. Huey Lewis gave the song a reggae flavor.[2] The song is an optimistic commentary on a human being's hopes and dreams,[3] as well as our private thoughts.[2] The song tells the person to "keep on dreaming," because there will never be a perfect world.[1] The song admits that life isn't perfect, but tells the listener to use the power of positive dreaming to cope with the reality.[3] The B-side to the single was an instrumental album track, "Slammin'".[7] Music videoThe music video features the band playing on a stage in a garbage dump field, with various pieces of garbage flying in the air, hitting various members of the band. Throughout the video, Huey Lewis dances and strolls through a pathway as work is done by garbage trucks behind him. At the end of the video, the band is seen posing by more garbage. The video received heavy rotation on MTV and peaked at #3 on the channel's Top 20 Video Countdown.[4] Lewis has said that the video is one of his favorites that he's done, and considered it one of the more "relaxed" videos the band ever filmed "The early [videos] were fun, but we had so much to do with limited budget that we had to work to exhaustion".[5] Lewis felt the video was a "creative idea" and he enjoyed that it all took place in one location and was "fairly easy" to do.[6] ReceptionReception for the song was mostly positive. Lynn Van Matre of the Chicago Tribune said that the song was "Wry," and it seemed "destined" to be another top ten single from the band.[7] According to Martin Moynihan of the Albany Times Union, the song was "a pop music mix of Lewis' usual musical optimism tempered with an element of reserve"[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said of the song, "None of the musical diversions work as well as the bouncy Top Ten hit 'Perfect World.'" Erlewine also believed that the song ranked "with the group's best material."[9] Jerry Spangler of Deseret News said that the song was a "captivating rocker."[10] New York Times reviewer Stephen Holden considers the song a "companion piece" to the first song off of the Small World album, "Small World, Part One".[11] Chart performance"Perfect World" was the first single released from the album Small World. Originally to be released in mid-June,[12][13] the single's release was held off until later in the month.[14] It was the last top-ten hit for the band, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100[19] and was prevented from moving further up the chart by Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine", and Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible".[15]
References1. ^1 {{cite web | title = Huey Lewis Broadens Sound on 'Small World' | publisher =The Boston Globe | date =28 July 1988 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEE76CDE5A0CD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Morse, Steve }} {{Huey Lewis and the News}}2. ^1 {{cite web | title = A Tantalizing Taste of the Deeper Huey Lewis | publisher =The Boston Globe | date =3 September 1988 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEE8456178DCD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Sullivan, Jim }} 3. ^{{cite web | title = There's Only Good News From Huey Lewis | publisher =Los Angeles Times | date =31 July 1988 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59826626.html?dids=59826626:59826626&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+31%2C+1988&author=MIKE+BOEHM&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=There's+Only+Good+News+From+Huey+Lewis+CHECK+LIST****Great+Balls+of+Fire***Good+Vibrations**Maybe+Baby*Running+on+Empty&pqatl=google |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Boehm, Mike }} 4. ^{{cite web | title = Video Top Ten | publisher =Miami Herald | date =26 August 1988 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB3391DAABBCAC3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=25 April 2009 }} 5. ^http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: November 16, 2015 6. ^http://www.hueylewisandthenews.com/wp/?page_id=1038 Huey Lewis Fan Q&A: December 16, 2018 7. ^1 {{cite web | title = World of Difference: Huey Lewis and the News Expand Its Horizons | publisher =Chicago Tribune | date =7 August 1988 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24816464.html?dids=24816464:24816464&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+07%2C+1988&author=Lynn+Van+Matre%2C+Pop+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=WORLD+OF+DIFFERENCE+HUEY+LEWIS+%26+THE+NEWS+EXPANDS+ITS+HORIZONS&pqatl=google |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Matre, Lynn Van }} 8. ^{{cite news |first= Moynihan |last= Martin |title= From Huey: Some New Different Music Styles Permeate Group's Latest Album |work= The Albany Times Union |date= 28 August 1988 }} 9. ^{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11599/review|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Small World > Overview ))) |accessdate={{Start date|2009|4|25|df=yes}} |publisher=allmusic.com}} 10. ^{{cite web | title = Keep Dreaming, Huey, of the Perfect Record | publisher =Deseret News | date =29 August 1988 | url = http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/15522/ON-THE-RECORD-KEEP-DREAMIN-HUEY-OF-THE-PERFECT-RECORD.html |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Spangler, Jerry }} 11. ^{{cite web | title = The Pop Life | publisher =New York Times | date =10 August 1988 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/10/movies/the-pop-life-635988.html?scp=1&sq=huey%20lewis%20small%20world&st=cse |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Holden, Stephen }} 12. ^{{cite web | title = Pop Eye | publisher =Los Angeles Times | date =15 May 1988 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59871640.html?dids=59871640:59871640&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+15%2C+1988&author=PATRICK+GOLDSTEIN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=POP+EYE&pqatl=google |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Goldstein, Patrick }} 13. ^{{cite web | title = 'Edwin Drood' Producers Search for Actor to Replace George Rose | publisher =Dallas Morning News | date =7 May 1988 | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CFF03061D916&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |accessdate=25 April 2009 }} 14. ^{{cite web | title = Billboard Lends Weight to 'Oldies' Release | publisher =Los Angeles Daily News | date =16 June 1988 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24791160.html?dids=24791160:24791160&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+16%2C+1988&author=Bruce+Britt%2C+Los+Angeles+Daily+News&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=BILLBOARD+LENDS+WEIGHT+TO+'OLDIES'+RELEASE&pqatl=google |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=Britt, Bruce }} 15. ^{{cite web | title = All's Quiet on Music Chart Front | publisher =Chicago Tribune | date =16 September 1988 | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24828893.html?dids=24828893:24828893&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+16%2C+1988&author=Jan+DeKnock&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ALL'S+QUIET+ON+MUSIC+CHART+FRONT&pqatl=google |accessdate=25 April 2009|author=DeKnock, Jan }} 16. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?key=41474&cat=s |title=ultratop.be - Huey Lewis And The News - Perfect World |accessdate=25 April 2009 |publisher=ultratop.be}} 17. ^{{cite book | first= Timo | last= Pennanen | year= 2006 | title=Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 | edition= 1st | publisher= Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava | location= Helsinki| isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 263 | language= Finnish }} 18. ^http://www.infodisc.fr/Artistes.php 19. ^{{cite web | author = | url = http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(S).html | title = "Perfect World" on the South African Singles Chart | publisher = Springbok Radio | accessdate = September 25, 2010}} 20. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.hln.org/index.php?title=Chart_Success_Summary |title=Chart Success Summary - HLNWiki |accessdate=25 April 2009 |publisher=hln.org |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618163528/http://www.hln.org/index.php?title=Chart_Success_Summary |archivedate=18 June 2009 |df= }} 6 : 1988 singles|Huey Lewis and the News songs|Songs written by Alex Call|RPM Top Singles number-one singles|1988 songs|Chrysalis Records singles |
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