"The Power of Love" is the title of a 1985 single by Huey
Lewis and the News written for and featured in the 1985
blockbuster film
Back to the Future. It gave the band their first
number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, their second
number-one hit on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart, and was a top
ten hit on the UK Singles Chart, where it appeared on UK
editions of the band's fourth studio album,
Fore!. The song was nominated for an Academy Award at
the 58th Academy Awards.
The song appears early in
Back to the Futureas Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)
skateboards to school, then when he and his band played the
song for a Battle of the Bands auditions (which Lewis, himself,
is judging, and tells Marty's group that they "are just too
darn loud"), and later when Marty returns to his neighborhood.
In the sequel,
Back to the Future Part II, the 2015 version of Marty
attempts to play the song on his guitar just after being fired,
but ends up playing it very poorly due to his damaged hand from
his 1985 accident with a Rolls-Royce. Finally, it can be
briefly heard playing in the car where Needles and his buddies
are driving when Needles challenges Marty to the
fate-determining car race near the end of
Back to the Future Part III.
The music video shows the band playing in a nightclub with
Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) showing up in his
DeLorean, apparently after time-traveling, and a couple
stealing it for a joy ride.