So it looks like Seth Rogen got his wish for Huey Lewis to take on the role of penning the theme song for the sure stoner hit of the summer Pineapple Express.  This new tune from Huey and the News is sure to be one heck of a nostalgia trip for anyone able to reminisce on the role of the soundtrack sensation “Back In Time” from Back to the Future.  Pineapple Express director, David Gordon Green, gives us the rundown on the origins of the film’s theme song (via Movieweb):

“Huey Lewis just finished our theme song for us. It is called “Pineapple Express”, cleverly. Our only input was, we told him we wanted it to sound like his 80s work that we loved so much. And we wanted to have the plot in it. And we wanted to have him say the title as many times as he could. There is a lot of alto sax. It is kind of like that “other” “Back to the Future” Huey Lewis song. Not “Power of Love” but “Back in Time”. Yeah.”

Now put that in your pipe and smoke it.  The Pineapple Express soundtrack drops on August 5th with the film hitting theaters August 8th.  Check the tracklisting and red band trailer below.  Stream the full song over at Myspace.

Pineapple Express soundtrack tracklisting:

1) Huey Lewis And The News - Pineapple Express
2) Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
3) Cypress Hill - Dr. Greenthumb
4) Public Enemy - Lost At Birth
5) Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
6) Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread Or Alive
7) Mountain - Don’t Look Around
Graeme Revell - Pineapple Chase (aka The Reprise of The Phoenix)
9) Moondog & The London Saxophonic - Bird’s Lament
10) Brother Nolan - Coconut Girl
11) Arthur Lyman - Hiilawe
12) Bone Thugs & Harmony - Tha Crossroads
13) Graeme Revell - Pineapple Fight (aka The Nemesis Proclaimed)
14) Spiritualized - I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You
15) Robert Palmer - Woke Up Laughing

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