Songoftheday 6/7/12 - What does a girl like you see in a man like me...

Huey Lewis & The News - "I Hope You Like Me Like You Say You Do"

from the album Picture This (1982)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #36 (two weeks)

Weeks in the top-40: 4

Today's Song of the Day is by the San Francisco bar-rock band Huey Lewis & The News. Led by Lawrenceville Prep school alumnus Lewis, the group had just come off its first top-10 hit with "Do You Believe In Love" that spring.  The followup and their second top-40 hit was "I Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do", which was a non-offensive square-boy pop hit they are well known for and quite good at...

Up tomorrow: Stevie wants some candy: Dizzy obliges.

UPDATE: Here's a little better sound without the video part...