Small World is the fifth album

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 by American rock

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 band Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News

Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...

, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

).

Although it reached the top 20 on the Billboard 200

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 albums chart, the album was much less successful than its predecessors, 1983's Sports and 1986's Fore!

Fore!

Fore! is the fourth album by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released in 1986 . The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 album chart and contained five top-ten Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the number-one hits: "Stuck with You" and "Jacob's Ladder."- Album cover :The wall...

. However, Lewis himself stated in a Behind the Music interview that Small World was his favorite album he ever worked on.

Track listing

1. "Small World (Part One)" (Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis
   Huey Lewis
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   ) – 3:55
2. "Old Antone's" (Johnny Colla
   Johnny Colla
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   , Lewis) – 4:47
3. "Perfect World
   Perfect World (Huey Lewis and the News song)
   "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...
   
   " (Alex Call
   Alex Call
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   ) – 4:07
4. "Bobo Tempo" (John Ciambotti, Sean Hopper, Lewis) – 4:39
5. "Small World (Part Two)" (Hayes, Lewis) – 4:06
6. "Walking with the Kid" (Hayes, Lewis, G. Palmer) – 3:59
7. "World to Me" (Hayes, Lewis) – 5:21
8. "Better Be True" (Colla, Lewis) – 5:19
9. "Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)
   Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)
   "Give Me the Keys " is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, released in January 1989 as the third single from the album Small World. The single peaked at #47 on the US Billboard Hot 100....
   
   " (Bill Gibson, Lewis, S. Lewis) – 4:35
10. "Slammin'" (Greg Adams, Hayes, Palmer) – 4:32

Personnel

Huey Lewis and the News

• Huey Lewis
  Huey Lewis
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   - harmonica
  Harmonica
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Mario Cipollina - bass
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• Johnny Colla
  Johnny Colla
  Johnny Colla is one of the founding members of the American rock band, Huey Lewis and the News. He is the guitarist and saxophonist. He has been heavily involved in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for more than 25 years.-Brief history:The first bands that Colla was involved with were the...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , vocals
• Bill Gibson - percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Chris Hayes - guitar, vocals
• Sean Hopper - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , vocals

Additional personnel

• Greg Adams - trumpet
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• Ralph Arista - background vocals
• Emilio Castillo - tenor saxophone
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• Dwight Clark
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   - background vocals
• Michael Duke - background vocals
• Riki Ellison
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   - background vocals
• Jerome Fletcher - background vocals
• David Fredericks - background vocals
• Stan Getz
  Stan Getz
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   - tenor saxophone
• Steve Grove - tenor saxophone
• Bruce Hornsby
  Bruce Hornsby
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   - accordion
  Accordion
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  , background vocals
• Joel Jaffe - background vocals
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone
  Baritone saxophone
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• Ronnie Lott
  Ronnie Lott
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   - background vocals
• Peter Michael - percussion, horn
• Joe Montana
  Joe Montana
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   - background vocals
• Jim Moran - background vocals
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet
• David Tolmie - background vocals
• Tower of Power
  Tower of Power
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   - horns
  Horn section
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• James Watts Vereeke - background vocals

Production

• Producers: Huey Lewis & the News
• Executive producer: Bob Brown
• Engineer: Bob Missbach
• Assistant engineers: Michael Rosen, Wm. Robinson, Tom Size, James Watts Vereeke
• Mixing: Bob Missbach
• Arranger: Greg Adams
• Photography: Jock McDonald
• Cover photo: Roger Ressmeyer
• Liner notes: Chris Welch

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	21
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	7
Dutch Albums Chart	55
German Albums Chart	8
New Zealand Albums Chart	28
Norwegian Albums Chart	12
Swedish Albums Chart	14
Swiss Albums Chart	10
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	12
US Billboard 200	11

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	"Perfect World"	Adult Contemporary	2
1988	"Perfect World"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
1988	"Perfect World"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1988	"Small World, Pt. 1"	Adult Contemporary	19
1988	"Small World, Pt. 1"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	28
1988	"Small World, Pt. 1"	The Billboard Hot 100	25
1989	"Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)"	The Billboard Hot 100	47