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.Video Collector
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) Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Howard Jones – "Things Can Only Get Better" King – "Love & Pride" Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy" New Edition – "Mr. Telephone Man" Kirsty MacColl – "A New England" Strawberry Switchblade – "Since Yesterday"
Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2) Prince – "1999" Philip Bailey and Phil Collins – "Easy Lover" Ashford & Simpson – "Solid" Chaka Khan – "This Is My Night" James Ingram and Michael McDonald – "Yah Mo B There" Dazz Band – "Let It All Blow" Art of Noise – "Close (to the Edit)"
Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3) Foreigner – "I Want to Know What Love Is" Paul Young – "Everything Must Change" Chicago – "You're the Inspiration" Jim Diamond – "I Should Have Known Better" Amii Stewart – "Friends" The Commodores – "Nightshift" Alison Moyet – "That Ole Devil Called Love"
Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4) Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy – "Kiss Me" Little Benny & the Masters – "Who Comes to Boogie" Matt Bianco – "More Than I Can Bear" Big Sound Authority – "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)" ZZ Top – "Legs" Mick Jagger – "Just Another Night" Shakin' Stevens – "Breaking Up My Heart"
Video selection Dead or Alive – "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Howard Jones – "Things Can Only Get Better" King – "Love & Pride" Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy" Shakin' Stevens – "Breaking Up My Heart" Wham! – "Everything She Wants"† Strawberry Switchblade – "Since Yesterday" Paul Young – "Everything Must Change" Alison Moyet – "That Ole Devil Called Love" Matt Bianco – "More Than I Can Bear" Big Sound Authority – "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)" New Edition – "Mr. Telephone Man" The S.O.S. Band – "Just Be Good to Me"†† Miami Sound Machine – "Dr. Beat"†† Billy Ocean – "Loverboy"† Sade – "Smooth Operator"†† George Michael – "Careless Whisper"†† Associates – "Breakfast"† Echo & the Bunnymen – "The Killing Moon"† The Stranglers – "Skin Deep"†† Everything but the Girl – "Each and Every One"†† The Monochrome Set – "Jacob's Ladder"† The Sisters of Mercy – "No Time to Cry"†
† Never appeared on any Hits album.
†† Previously appeared on Hits 1.
References Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. .