# Hit Parade 2

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Hit Parade 2
| type       = Compilation
| artist     = [The Wedding Present](/source/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](/source/RCA_Records)
| producer   = [Jimmy Miller](/source/Jimmy_Miller), [Brian Paulson](/source/Brian_Paulson)
| prev_title = [Hit Parade 1](/source/Hit_Parade_1)
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [Watusi](/source/Watusi_(album))
| next_year  = 1994
}}
'''''Hit Parade 2''''' is a compilation album by [The Wedding Present](/source/The_Wedding_Present) released in January 1993. Having decided to release a limited edition [single](/source/single_(music)) every month for all of 1992 (each featuring an original track on the [A side](/source/A_side) and a [cover version](/source/cover_version) on the [B side](/source/B_side)) the group subsequently compiled the songs as two [LP](/source/Gramophone_record)s called ''[Hit Parade 1](/source/Hit_Parade_1)'' and ''Hit Parade 2''. In 2003, a double [CD](/source/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](/source/Jimmy_Miller) (who also produced "Flying Saucer"), the re-recording by [Brian Paulson](/source/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](/source/Mud_(band)))
#"[Theme from Shaft](/source/Theme_from_Shaft)" ([Isaac Hayes](/source/Isaac_Hayes))
#"[Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family](/source/Chant_of_the_Ever_Circling_Skeletal_Family)" ([David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie))
#"[Go Wild in the Country](/source/Go_Wild_in_the_Country)" ([Bow Wow Wow](/source/Bow_Wow_Wow))
#"U.F.O." ([Barry Gray](/source/Barry_Gray))
#"[Step into Christmas](/source/Step_into_Christmas)" ([Elton John](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Official_Charts_Company) |access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{The Wedding Present}}
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Category:1993 compilation albums
Category:The Wedding Present albums

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