Huey Lewis & The News - Heart And Soul

What this video is

Released in 1983 as the lead single from *Sports*, 'Heart and Soul' arrived at the precise moment MTV was reshaping how rock bands built audiences. David Rathod's direction deliberately rejected the bombastic arena-rock visual language dominant at the time in favor of an accessible, story-driven everyman narrative set in a San Francisco club. The band's self-produced approach to *Sports* — after feeling…

Why it matters

A foundational document of the mainstream rock music video format during MTV's formative years. The video codified the 'everyman rock protagonist' archetype — suit-wearing, romantically motivated, navigating an eccentric social scene — that distinguished Huey Lewis & The News from their…

The director

David Rathod was a San Francisco-based director active in the early MTV era who met Huey Lewis at a Lucasfilm Christmas party. He directed multiple videos for Huey Lewis & The News during the *Sports* album cycle, including 'Heart and Soul' and 'I Want a New…