I Want A New Drug

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'I Want A New Drug' is a song performed by American Rock band Huey Lewis and The News for their 3rd album Sports (1984). The song hit number 6 on the US Hot 100. When the similarities in this song and the theme song of the 1984 sci-fi comedy film Ghostbusters were heard, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism, citing that Parker stole the melody from "I Want a New Drug". Lewis had been approached to compose the main theme song for the film, but had to decline due to his work on the soundtrack for Back to the Future. Alledgedly the producers of the film then hired Ray Parker and asked him to write a theme that sounded like "I Want A New Drug".

In 2001 Lewis was interviewed on VH1's Behind the Music and mentioned the suit. This allegedly breached a confidentiality agreement in the aftermath of the first suit and led to a countersuit by Parker.

Sources: ^[1] ^ AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs. American Film Institute. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.