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I Know What I Like I Know What I Like "I Know What I Like" is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as a single from the album "Fore!" in 1987. The single peaked at number nine on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. Like the earlier single, "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like" featured background performances by then-San Francisco 49ers, Dwight Clark, Riki Ellison, Ronnie Lott, and Joe Montana. Upon the release of the album in 1986, "I Know What I Like" peaked at number 25 on the "Billboard" Album Rock Tracks chart in September 1986. When