About The Song
“Stuck with You” is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, written by guitarist Chris Hayes and lead singer Huey Lewis. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the band’s fourth album, Fore!. The song spent three weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band’s second number-one hit on the chart. Internationally, the song became the band’s second top-20 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, and peaked within the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Iceland, South Africa, and New Zealand.
According to Lewis, the song was written about a girl he liked; however, she did not like the song once he revealed it to her.
Cash Box called it a “romantic pop song.” Billboard said it has “a skewed love lyric set to street-corner harmonizing.”
The music video for “Stuck with You” was filmed in the Bahamas in July 1986 and features Keely Shaye Smith. The island that Lewis and Smith wind up on is a small island about ten miles from Paradise Island in Nassau. The video was filmed on land, on water, underwater, and from the air. The band, the crew and all the extras used in the island barbecue scene had to stay on a barge moored off the island so that they wouldn’t be seen. The costumes were designed by Bambi Breakstone who designed the costumes for the 2nd season of Miami Vice (1985/1986).
The video was directed by Edd Griles, who had previously directed the band’s videos for “The Heart of Rock & Roll” and “If This Is It”, as well as Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and “Time After Time”.
Video
Lyrics
We’ve had some fun, and yes we’ve had our ups and downs
Been down that rocky road, but here we are, still around
We thought about someone else, but neither one took the bait
We thought about breaking up, now we know it’s much too late
We are bound by all the rest
Like the same phone number
All the same friends
And the same address
I am happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) Yes, it’s true (yes, it’s true)
I’m so happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) ‘Cause I can see (I can see)
That you’re happy to be stuck with me
We’ve had our doubts
We never took them seriously
And we’ve had our ins and outs (ooh, wa-ooh)
But that’s the way it’s supposed to be
We thought about giving up (giving up)
But we could never stay away
(Ooh, wa-ooh) We thought about breaking up
But now we know it’s much too late
And it’s no great mystery (ooh)
If we change our minds
Eventually, it’s back to you and me
I am happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) Yes, it’s true (yes, it’s true)
I’m so happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) ‘Cause I can see (I can see)
That you’re happy to be stuck with me
We are bound by all the rest (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Like the same phone number
All the same friends
And the same address
I am happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) Yes, it’s true (yes, it’s true)
I’m so happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh) ‘Cause I can see (I can see)
That you’re happy to be stuck with me
I’m so happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh, wa-ooh) I’m happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh, wa-ooh) Happy to be stuck with you
(Ooh, yes, it’s true)