Hip to Be Square

"Hip to Be Square" is a song by Huey Lewis and the News, written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis, and released in 1986 as the second single from the multi-platinum album Fore!.

"Hip to Be Square"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Fore!
B-side"Some of My Lies Are True" (Remix)
ReleasedOctober 6, 1986
Recorded1986
GenreRock
Length4:01
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Bill Gibson
Sean Hopper
Huey Lewis
Producer(s)Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Stuck with You"
(1986)
"Hip to Be Square"
(1986)
"Jacob's Ladder"
(1986)

The song features San Francisco 49ers players Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, and Riki Ellison singing backup vocals. The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In later concerts, Lewis performed the song as "(Too) Hip to Be Square", as performed on their live album, Live at 25.

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