Hits 6
The Hits Album 6 | ||||
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Compilation album by Various Artists | ||||
Released | 13 July 1987 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | CBS and WEA | |||
The Hits Albums chronology | ||||
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The Hits Album 6 or Hits 6 is a compilation that was released in July 1987 by CBS, WEA and BMG in the UK. It was a successful album, and reached #1 and achieved a Platinum BPI award. It was also the second Hits album to be released on CD, with 17 tracks from the standard 32 track LP/MC.
Hits 6 features six songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", "Respectable", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "La Isla Bonita" and "Star Trekkin'".
LP/MC track listing
- Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
- Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
- Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
- Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
- Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
- Donna Allen - "Serious"
- George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
- Mel and Kim - "Respectable"
- Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
- Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
- Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
- Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
- Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
- Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
- Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
- Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
- John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
- Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
- Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
- Bruce Willis - "Under the Boardwalk"
- Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
- Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
- Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
- Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Game"
- The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
- Marillion - "Incommunicado"
- Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
- Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"
- Elkie Brooks - "No More the Fool"
- Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
- Judy Boucher - "Can't Be With You Tonight"
- Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
- Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"
- Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
- The Firm - "Star Trekkin'"
CD track listing
- Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
- Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
- Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
- Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
- Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
- George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
- Mel and Kim - "Respectable"
- Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
- Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
- Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
- Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
- Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
- Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
- Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
- John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
- Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"
References
Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-720532-5.
Preceded by Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby by Terence Trent D'Arby Hysteria by Def Leppard |
UK number one album 26 July 1987 – 22 August 1987 30 August 1987 – 5 September 1987 |
Succeeded by Hysteria by Def Leppard Bad by Michael Jackson |
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