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Sports by  ReleasedSeptember 15, 1983RecordedDecember 1982-June 1983Studio, ;
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Sports is the third  by American  band , released on September 15, 1983. It reached number one on the  on June 29, 1984, and catapulted the band to international fame. The album has been certified 7× Platinum by the . Sports was ranked number 2 on the Billboard year-end album chart for 1984 and spawned four top-ten hits on the . Sports did very well internationally where most of its singles charted in the top 40 or above in multiple countries.

In May 2013, a two-disc 30th Anniversary Edition album of Sports was released. The album is now approaching 10 million sales in the U.S. according to the liner notes by Gary Graff and the press release issued prior to release.

Production and history

The album was self-produced and recorded promptly after the modest breakthrough success of the band's second album, . However, due to reorganization and internal issues at the band's label, , the band held back the master tapes, choosing to perform at small venues to showcase the new material while the matters were resolved. Once Chrysalis got their affairs in order and an agreement in place with the band's management, the master tapes were handed over for production. Sports was finally released in September 1983 and proceeded a slow climb up the charts throughout late 1983 and early 1984.

Lewis wrote "Bad Is Bad" in the late 1970s while working with  and . Lynott liked the song so much that he would sing it at some of his concerts in a fast pace. Another version of "Bad Is Bad" appeared on ' album  (released in 1979), featuring Lewis on . The band later recorded a music video for "Bad Is Bad" although it was not released as a single, filming the video on the streets of San Francisco in March 1985. Huey Lewis based "You Crack Me Up" on the various people he had encountered at the parking lot of Uncle Charlie's, a bar the band used to play at frequently before they hit it big.

Track listing No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."", 5:042."", 4:133."Bad Is Bad"Alex Call, John Ciambotti, Sean Hopper, Lewis, , Michael Schriener3:484.""Chris Hayes, Lewis4:465.""Andre Pessis, Kevin Wells5:116."Finally Found a Home"Bob Brown, Hayes, Lewis3:437.""Colla, Lewis3:548."You Crack Me Up"Mario Cipollina, Lewis3:429.""3:26