Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond cover image

Huey Lewis

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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How to Write a Song for a Film

Bob Zemeckis remembers us sending down a demo of Power of Love. He told me that it wasn't up enough, up quote unquote. And so the verse is in a minor key, right? So, and I can't remember what version we had. But then according to ZemeckIs, we made some changes. The song started with that verse, which has the kind of funkier sound. Do do do do doDo. They want a little happier sound off the top, though. Oh, I see. Do do doing do do do. That's one of the great cameos in Hollywood history. You wrote all the other songs as well or co-

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