Hits 2

The Hits Album 2
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	1 April 1985
Genre	Pop
Label	CBS and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 1 (1984) '''Hits 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 were released on VHS.

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".

Side One:

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

Side Two:

1. Prince - 1999
2. Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
3. Ashford & Simpson - Solid
4. Chaka Khan - This Is My Night
5. James Ingram - Yah Mo B There
6. Dazz Band - Let It All Blow
7. Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit)

Side Three:

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

Side Four:

1. Stephen "Tintin" Duffy - Kiss Me
2. Little Benny and 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. A-Ha : "Take On Me"
2. King : "The Taste Of Your Tears"
3. Red Box : "Lean On Me"
4. Matt Bianco : "Yeh Yeh"
5. Brilliant : "It's A Man's Man's World"
6. Associates : "Take Me To The Girl"
7. Jennifer Rush : "The Power Of Love"
8. Paul Young : "Every Time You Go Away"
9. Simply Red : "Holding Back The Years"
10. Dream Academy : "Life In A Northern Town"
11. Howard Jones : "Like To Get To Know You Well"
12. Shakin' Stevens : "Lipstick Powder & Paint"
13. Bonnie Tyler : "Holding Out For A Hero"
14. Dead or Alive : "My Heart Goes Bang"
15. Screaming Blue Messiahs : "Twin Cadillac Valentine"
16. Jesus And Mary Chain : "Just Like Honey"
17. Cult : "Rain"
18. Prefab Sprout : "When Love Breaks Down"
19. Jesse Rae : "Over The Sea"
20. Eight Wonder : "Stay With Me"
21. Strawberry Switchblade : "Jolene"
22. Echo & The Bunnymen : "Bring On The Dancing Horses"

References

Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.