Hits 6

The Hits Album 6
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	13 July 1987
Genre	Pop
Label	CBS and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 5 (1986)Hits 51986 Hits 6 (1987) Hits 7 (1987)Hits 71987

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. A music video compilation was also released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video.^[1]

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)

1. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
3. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
4. Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
5. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
6. Donna Allen - "Serious"
7. George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
8. Mel and Kim - "Respectable"

Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)

1. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
2. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
3. Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
4. Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
5. Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
6. Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
7. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
8. John Farnham - "You're the Voice"

Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)

1. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
2. Bruce Willis - "Under the Boardwalk"
3. Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
4. Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
5. Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
6. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Game"
7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
8. Marillion - "Incommunicado"

Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)

1. Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"
2. Elkie Brooks - "No More the Fool"
3. Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
4. Judy Boucher - "Can't Be With You Tonight"
5. Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
6. Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"
7. Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
8. The Firm - "Star Trekkin'"

CD track listing

1. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
3. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
4. Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
5. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
6. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
7. George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
8. Mel and Kim - "Respectable"
9. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
10. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
11. Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
12. Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
13. Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
14. Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
15. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
16. John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
17. Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"

Video selection

1. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
2. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
3. Donna Allen - "Serious"
4. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
5. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
6. Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
7. Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
8. Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
9. Labi Siffre - "(Something Inside) So Strong"
10. Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
11. Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
12. Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
13. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
14. Echo & the Bunnymen - "Lips Like Sugar" (Never released on a Hits album)

References

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

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