Hits 2

The Hits Album 2
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released1 April 1985
GenrePop
LabelCBS and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 1
(1984) 		The Hits Album 2
(1985) 		Hits 3
(1985)

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

Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
  1. Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
  2. Howard Jones – "Things Can Only Get Better"
  3. King – "Love & Pride"
  4. Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy"
  5. New Edition – "Mr. Telephone Man"
  6. Kirsty MacColl – "A New England"
  7. Strawberry Switchblade – "Since Yesterday"
Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
  1. Prince – "1999"
  2. Philip Bailey and Phil Collins – "Easy Lover"
  3. Ashford & Simpson – "Solid"
  4. Chaka Khan – "This Is My Night"
  5. James Ingram and Michael McDonald – "Yah Mo B There"
  6. Dazz Band – "Let It All Blow"
  7. Art of Noise – "Close (to the Edit)"
Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
  1. Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is"
  2. Paul Young – "Everything Must Change"
  3. Chicago – "You're the Inspiration"
  4. Jim Diamond – "I Should Have Known Better"
  5. Amii Stewart – "Friends"
  6. The Commodores – "Nightshift"
  7. Alison Moyet – "That Ole Devil Called Love"
Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
  1. Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy – "Kiss Me"
  2. Little Benny & the Masters – "Who Comes to Boogie"
  3. Matt Bianco – "More Than I Can Bear"
  4. Big Sound Authority – "This House (Is Where Love Stands)"
  5. ZZ Top – "Legs"
  6. Mick Jagger – "Just Another Night"
  7. Shakin' Stevens – "Breaking Up My Heart"

Video selection

  1. Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
  2. Howard Jones – "Things Can Only Get Better"
  3. King – "Love & Pride"
  4. Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy"
  5. Shakin' Stevens – "Breaking Up My Heart"
  6. Wham! – "Everything She Wants"†
  7. Strawberry Switchblade – "Since Yesterday"
  8. Paul Young – "Everything Must Change"
  9. Alison Moyet – "That Ole Devil Called Love"
  10. Matt Bianco – "More Than I Can Bear"
  11. Big Sound Authority – "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"
  12. New Edition – "Mr. Telephone Man"
  13. The S.O.S. Band – "Just Be Good to Me"††
  14. Miami Sound Machine – "Dr. Beat"††
  15. Billy Ocean – "Loverboy"†
  16. Sade – "Smooth Operator"††
  17. George Michael – "Careless Whisper"††
  18. Associates – "Breakfast"†
  19. Echo & the Bunnymen – "The Killing Moon"†
  20. The Stranglers – "Skin Deep"††
  21. Everything but the Girl – "Each and Every One"††
  22. The Monochrome Set – "Jacob's Ladder"†
  23. The Sisters of Mercy – "No Time to Cry"†

† Never appeared on any Hits album.

†† Previously appeared on Hits 1.

References

  • Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.
  1. ^ Video Collector