Hits 3

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Hits 3
Compilation album by various artists
Released 1985
Genre Pop
Label CBS and WEA
various artists chronology
Hits 2 Hits 3 Hits 4

Hits 3 is a compilation album released in the UK by CBS and WEA Records in 1985. It was the follow-up to the extremely suucessful previous volumes Hits 1 and Hits 2. Although those albums both reached #1, Hits 3 peaked at #2, despite a strong track-listing including a rare appearance of a Madonna track ("Dress You Up") on a compilation album and a further 20 Top Ten hits.

Hits 3 was a 28 track double-LP and cassette and selected tracks were also issued on VHS.

Side One:

  1. A-ha - Take on Me
  2. King - The Taste Of Your Tears
  3. Red Box - Lean on Me
  4. Matt Bianco - Yeh Yeh
  5. Sister Sledge - Frankie
  6. Denise Lasalle - My Toot Toot
  7. Shakin' Stevens - Lipstick, Powder and Paint

Side Two:

  1. Madonna - Dress You Up
  2. Prince - Raspberry Beret
  3. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
  4. Steve Arrington - Dancing in the Key of Life
  5. Brilliant - It’s a Mans, Mans, Mans World
  6. Colonel Abrams - Trapped
  7. Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

Side Three:

  1. Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love
  2. Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
  3. Cars - Drive †
  4. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
  5. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
  6. Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
  7. Bonnie Tyler - Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It

Side Four:

  1. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
  2. Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love
  3. ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag
  4. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
  5. Thompson Twins - King for a Day
  6. Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
  7. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses

† Previously available on Hits 1.

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[edit] References

Collins Complete UK Hits Albums. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-727532-5