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.
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)
- Dead or Alive â "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
- Howard Jones â "Things Can Only Get Better"
- King â "Love & Pride"
- Nik Kershaw â "Wide Boy"
- New Edition â "Mr. Telephone Man"
- Kirsty MacColl â "A New England"
- Strawberry Switchblade â "Since Yesterday"
Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
- Prince â "1999"
- Philip Bailey and Phil Collins â "Easy Lover"
- Ashford & Simpson â "Solid"
- Chaka Khan â "This Is My Night"
- James Ingram and Michael McDonald â "Yah Mo B There"
- Dazz Band â "Let It All Blow"
- Art of Noise â "Close (to the Edit)"
Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
- Foreigner â "I Want to Know What Love Is"
- Paul Young â "Everything Must Change"
- Chicago â "You're the Inspiration"
- Jim Diamond â "I Should Have Known Better"
- Amii Stewart â "Friends"
- The Commodores â "Nightshift"
- Alison Moyet â "That Ole Devil Called Love"
Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
- Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy â "Kiss Me"
- Little Benny & the Masters â "Who Comes to Boogie"
- Matt Bianco â "More Than I Can Bear"
- Big Sound Authority â "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"
- ZZ Top â "Legs"
- Mick Jagger â "Just Another Night"
- Shakin' Stevens â "Breaking Up My Heart"
Video selection
- Dead or Alive â "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
- Howard Jones â "Things Can Only Get Better"
- King â "Love & Pride"
- Nik Kershaw â "Wide Boy"
- Shakin' Stevens â "Breaking Up My Heart"
- Wham! â "Everything She Wants"âÂÂ
- Strawberry Switchblade â "Since Yesterday"
- Paul Young â "Everything Must Change"
- Alison Moyet â "That Ole Devil Called Love"
- Matt Bianco â "More Than I Can Bear"
- Big Sound Authority â "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"
- New Edition â "Mr. Telephone Man"
- The S.O.S. Band â "Just Be Good to Me"â âÂÂ
- Miami Sound Machine â "Dr. Beat"â âÂÂ
- Billy Ocean â "Loverboy"âÂÂ
- Sade â "Smooth Operator"â âÂÂ
- George Michael â "Careless Whisper"â âÂÂ
- Associates â "Breakfast"âÂÂ
- Echo & the Bunnymen â "The Killing Moon"âÂÂ
- The Stranglers â "Skin Deep"â âÂÂ
- Everything but the Girl â "Each and Every One"â âÂÂ
- The Monochrome Set â "Jacob's Ladder"âÂÂ
- The Sisters of Mercy â "No Time to Cry"âÂÂ
â Never appeared on any Hits album.
â â Previously appeared on Hits 1.
References
- Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. .