Couple Days Off

"Couple Days Off"
Single by Huey Lewis and the News
from the album Hard at Play
B-side"Time Ain't Money"
ReleasedApril 26, 1991 (1991-04-26) (Japan)
Length
  • 4:56 (LP version)
  • 3:15 (short edit)
LabelEMI USA
Songwriters
Producers
  • Huey Lewis and the News
  • Bill Schnee
  • Eric Thorngren
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology
"Give Me the Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)"
(1989)		 "Couple Days Off"
(1991)		 "It Hit Me Like a Hammer"
(1991)

"Couple Days Off" is a song by American rock band Huey Lewis and the News, released as a single from their sixth studio album, Hard at Play, in 1991. The single peaked at No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart, and it reached the top 40 in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. "Couple Days Off" was the band's final top-20 single on the Hot 100.

Track listings

US cassette single and Japanese mini-CD single

  1. "Couple Days Off" – 4:56
  2. "Time Ain't Money" – 4:46

7-inch and Australian cassette single

  1. "Couple Days Off" (short edit) – 3:15
  2. "Time Ain't Money" – 4:46

12-inch single

A1. "Couple Days Off" (LP version) – 4:57
B1. "Time Ain't Money" – 4:46
B2. "The Heart of Rock & Roll" – 5:01

CD single

  1. "Couple Days Off" (LP version) – 4:57
  2. "Time Ain't Money" – 4:46
  3. "The Heart of Rock & Roll" – 5:01
  4. "Couple Days Off" (short edit) – 3:15

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 1991 Cassette EMI USA
Japan April 26, 1991 Mini-CD
Australia May 13, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette

References

  1. ↑ Couple Days Off (US cassette single sleeve). EMI USA. 1991. 4KM-50346.
  2. ↑ Couple Days Off (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). EMI USA. 1991. TODP-2222.
  3. ↑ Couple Days Off (UK 7-inch single vinyl disc). Chrysalis Records. 1991. HUEY 15, 3237977.
  4. ↑ Couple Days Off (Australian cassette single sleeve). EMI USA. 1991. 2583-4.
  5. ↑ Couple Days Off (European 12-inch single sleeve). EMI USA. 1991. 060 20 4308 6.
  6. ↑ Couple Days Off (UK CD single liner notes). Chrysalis Records. 1991. HUEYCD 15, 3237972.
  7. ↑ "Huey Lewis and the News – Couple Days Off". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Top Singles. Volume 54, Issue 4 (1991-06-29)". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ Lwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
  10. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 19. 11 May 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "EHR Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 23. 8 June 1991. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  13. ↑ Radio Luxembourg Singles. October 13, 1991.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 22, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Huey Lewis and the News – Couple Days Off" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Huey Lewis and the News – Couple Days Off". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  17. ↑ Fernando Salaverri (September 2013). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  18. ↑ "Playlist Chart" (PDF). Music Week. October 12, 1991. p. 20. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Huey Lewis the News Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  20. ↑ "Huey Lewis the News Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay)". Billboard.
  21. ↑ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved November 23, 2017 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  22. ↑ "カップル・デイズ・オフ | ヒューイ・ルイス&ザ・ニュース" [Couple Days Off | Huey Lewis & the News] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  23. ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 13/05/91: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 68. May 12, 1991. p. 19.