Hits 2
The Hits Album 2 | ||||
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Compilation album by Various Artists | ||||
Released | 1 April 1985 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | CBS and WEA | |||
The Hits Albums chronology | ||||
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The Hits Album 2 or Hits 2 as it is often called, is a compilation album that was released in April 1985 in the UK. The spine of the album as well as the inside cover lists the title as HITS 2 THE ALBUM. It was released by CBS and WEA. It reached #1 in the UK Top 100 Album Chart for 6 weeks. Selected tracks from this and the first album were released on VHS and Betamax by CBS/FOX Video, under the title The Hits Video.[1]
Hits 2 features four songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", "Easy Lover", "I Want To Know What Love Is" and "I Should Have Known Better".
Track listing
[edit]- Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
- Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
- Howard Jones – "Things Can Only Get Better"
- King – "Love & Pride"
- Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy"
- New Edition – "Mr. Telephone Man"
- Kirsty MacColl – "A New England"
- Strawberry Switchblade – "Since Yesterday"
- Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
- Prince – "1999"
- Philip Bailey and Phil Collins – "Easy Lover"
- Ashford & Simpson – "Solid"
- Chaka Khan – "This Is My Night"
- James Ingram and Michael McDonald – "Yah Mo B There"
- Dazz Band – "Let It All Blow"
- Art of Noise – "Close (to the Edit)"
- Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
- Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is"
- Paul Young – "Everything Must Change"
- Chicago – "You're the Inspiration"
- Jim Diamond – "I Should Have Known Better"
- Amii Stewart – "Friends"
- The Commodores – "Nightshift"
- Alison Moyet – "That Ole Devil Called Love"
- Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
- Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy – "Kiss Me"
- Little Benny & the Masters – "Who Comes to Boogie"
- Matt Bianco – "More Than I Can Bear"
- Big Sound Authority – "This House (Is Where Love Stands)"
- ZZ Top – "Legs"
- Mick Jagger – "Just Another Night"
- Shakin' Stevens – "Breaking Up My Heart"
Video selection
[edit]- Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
- Howard Jones – "Things Can Only Get Better"
- King – "Love & Pride"
- Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy"
- Shakin' Stevens – "Breaking Up My Heart"
- Wham! – "Everything She Wants"†
- Strawberry Switchblade – "Since Yesterday"
- Paul Young – "Everything Must Change"
- Alison Moyet – "That Ole Devil Called Love"
- Matt Bianco – "More Than I Can Bear"
- Big Sound Authority – "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"
- New Edition – "Mr. Telephone Man"
- The S.O.S. Band – "Just Be Good to Me"††
- Miami Sound Machine – "Dr. Beat"††
- Billy Ocean – "Loverboy"†
- Sade – "Smooth Operator"††
- George Michael – "Careless Whisper"††
- Associates – "Breakfast"†
- Echo & the Bunnymen – "The Killing Moon"†
- The Stranglers – "Skin Deep"††
- Everything but the Girl – "Each and Every One"††
- The Monochrome Set – "Jacob's Ladder"†
- The Sisters of Mercy – "No Time to Cry"†
† Never appeared on any Hits album.
†† Previously appeared on Hits 1.
References
[edit]- Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.