"Heart and Soul" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn and made famous by Huey Lewis and the News.
The song was first recorded by Exile in 1981 as the title track to their album Heart and Soul.
Huey Lewis and the News' version was released as the first single from the album Sports in 1983.
[2] Former band member Chris Hayes later remarked, "I don't know why 'Heart & Soul' sounds so good.
[4] Actress Signy Coleman plays the woman Lewis is chasing after in the dance club.
I turned around to leave and the director popped his head out of the room they were casting in and said, "Hey, miniskirt, where are you going?"
At 13 I was on full scholarship for the San Francisco School of Ballet, but quit at 16 because I saw a destructive lifestyle—diet pills, cigarettes.