{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{MCN|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Hit Parade 2 | type = Compilation | artist = The Wedding Present | cover =Hit Parade 2.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 4 January 1993 | recorded = January–June 1992 | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 39:24 | label = RCA | producer = Jimmy Miller, Brian Paulson | prev_title = Hit Parade 1 | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Watusi | next_year = 1994 }} '''''Hit Parade 2''''' is a compilation album by The Wedding Present released in January 1993. Having decided to release a limited edition single every month for all of 1992 (each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover version on the B side) the group subsequently compiled the songs as two LPs called ''Hit Parade 1'' and ''Hit Parade 2''. In 2003, a double CD was issued called simply ''The Hit Parade''.
A different recording of "Boing!" than the one found on the original 7" single was used on all subsequent album editions - the single edition was produced by Jimmy Miller (who also produced "Flying Saucer"), the re-recording by Brian Paulson (who also produced the remaining singles). The original video for this track was also omitted from the VHS compilation ''Dick York's Wardrobe''.
==Track listing== #"Flying Saucer" #"Boing!" #"Love Slave" #"Sticky" #"The Queen of Outer Space" #"No Christmas" #"Rocket" (Mud) #"Theme from Shaft" (Isaac Hayes) #"Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family" (David Bowie) #"Go Wild in the Country" (Bow Wow Wow) #"U.F.O." (Barry Gray) #"Step into Christmas" (Elton John)
Early copies of the LP and CD formats came with an extra disc comprising BBC radio session versions of all 12 A-sides. These tracks have all been subsequently reissued on various CD compilations.
==Charts== ''Hit Parade 2'' spent 2 weeks on the UK Official Album Chart, peaking at number 19 in January 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIT PARADE 2 – WEDDING PRESENT - Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/wedding-present-hit-parade-2/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>
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{{The Wedding Present}} {{Authority control}} Category:1993 compilation albums Category:The Wedding Present albums