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".

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. 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)

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 "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. Dead or Alive : "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
2. Howard Jones : "Things Can Only Get Better"
3. King : "Love and 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. 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. The Associates : "Breakfast"
19. Echo & The Bunnymen : "The Killing Moon"
20. The Stranglers : "Skin Deep"
21. Everything But The Girl : "Each and Everyone"
22. The Monochrome Set : "Jacob's Ladder"
23. The Sisters Of Mercy : "No Time to Cry"

References

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