Hits 2

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 from this and the first album were released on VHS and Betamax by CBS/FOX Video, under the title The Hits Video.

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) Philip Bailey and Phil Collins – "Easy Lover"
 * 3) Ashford & Simpson – "Solid"
 * 4) Chaka Khan – "This Is My Night"
 * 5) James Ingram and Michael McDonald – "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 "Tin Tin" Duffy – "Kiss Me"
 * 2) Little Benny & 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 & 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) The 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) Associates – "Breakfast"†
 * 19) Echo & the Bunnymen – "The Killing Moon"†
 * 20) The Stranglers – "Skin Deep"††
 * 21) Everything but the Girl – "Each and Every One"††
 * 22) The Monochrome Set – "Jacob's Ladder"†
 * 23) The Sisters of Mercy – "No Time to Cry"†

† Never appeared on any Hits album.

†† Previously appeared on Hits 1.