r/HueyLewisAndTheNews

I stumbled across something crazy on former bassist Mario Cipollina’s YouTube channel that I’ve never seen discussed anywhere.

He posted a video of himself playing bass over a studio track titled "she's just like a girl". The audio is clearly an authentic, unreleased Huey Lewis and the News demo from their prime 1980s era, but the song doesn't officially exist anywhere else. There are no copyright records, box set mentions, or bootleg database entries for it.

Since Mario is playing right over the raw studio tape from his private archives, it seems to be an early working title or a completely discarded track from the Picture This or Sports sessions. Some of the phrasing sounds a bit like an early iteration of "Heart and Soul," but the hook is totally different.

The video only has a couple thousand views and Mario didn't leave a description or any context.

Has anyone else seen this or tracked down which specific recording session this came from?

Rare demo performed live around 1989

Found this today too, full concert with "Sell Out" and "Just and Hour in Memphis" as well as early performances from Hard at Play, which won't be released until 1991