Hits 3 (compilation album)

The Hits Album 3 or Hits 3 is a compilation album released in the UK by and WEA Records and CBS Records in November 1985. It followed up the extremely successful previous volumes Hits 1 and Hits 2. Although those albums both reached #1, Hits 3 peaked at #2 (held off by Now 6), despite a strong track-listing including a rare appearance of a Madonna track on a compilation album and a further 20 top ten hits.

Hits 3 was a 28 track double-LP and cassette. A 22-track video compilation titled The Hits Video: Take 2 was also released on VHS by WEA Music Video.

Hits 3 features two songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Frankie" and "The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)".

The Cars song "Drive" previously appeared on Hits 1.

Track listing
Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
 * 1) A-ha – "Take On Me"
 * 2) King – "The Taste of Your Tears"
 * 3) Red Box – "Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)"
 * 4) Matt Bianco – "Yeh, Yeh"
 * 5) Sister Sledge – "Frankie"
 * 6) Denise LaSalle – "My Toot Toot"
 * 7) Shakin' Stevens – "Lipstick, Powder and Paint"

Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
 * 1) Madonna – "Dress You Up"
 * 2) Prince and The Revolution – "Raspberry Beret"
 * 3) Bruce Springsteen – "Dancing in the Dark"
 * 4) Steve Arrington – "Dancin' in the Key of Life"
 * 5) Brilliant – "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
 * 6) Colonel Abrams – "Trapped"
 * 7) Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin – "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"

Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
 * 1) Jennifer Rush – "The Power of Love"
 * 2) Paul Young – "Everytime You Go Away"
 * 3) The Cars – "Drive" †
 * 4) Cyndi Lauper – "Time After Time"
 * 5) Sade – "The Sweetest Taboo"
 * 6) The Dream Academy – "Life in a Northern Town"
 * 7) Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren – "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It"

Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
 * 1) John Parr – "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
 * 2) Huey Lewis and the News – "The Power of Love"
 * 3) ZZ Top – "Sleeping Bag"
 * 4) Bonnie Tyler – "Holding Out for a Hero"
 * 5) Thompson Twins – "King for a Day"
 * 6) The Cult – "She Sells Sanctuary"
 * 7) Echo & the Bunnymen – "Bring On the Dancing Horses"

† Previously available on Hits 1.

The Hits Video: Take 2

 * 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 Man's World"
 * 6) The 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) The Dream Academy – "Life In A Northern Town"
 * 11) Howard Jones – "Like to Get to Know You Well (new version)"†††
 * 12) Shakin' Stevens – "Lipstick, Powder and 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) The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Just Like Honey"††
 * 17) The Cult – "Rain"††
 * 18) Prefab Sprout – "When Love Breaks Down"††
 * 19) Jesse Rae – "Over the Sea"††
 * 20) Eighth Wonder – "Stay with Me"††
 * 21) Strawberry Switchblade – "Jolene"††
 * 22) Echo & the Bunnymen – "Bring On the Dancing Horses"

† Only available in mono. †† Never appeared on any Hits album. ††† Previously appeared on a Hits album.