{{For|the Prince album|The Hits/The B-Sides}} {{Infobox album | name = The Hits Album 2 | type = Compilation | artist = Various Artists | cover = The Hits Album 2.png | alt = | released = 1 April 1985 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Pop | length = | label = CBS and WEA | producer = | chronology = The Hits Albums | prev_title = Hits 1 | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = Hits 3 | next_year = 1985 }}
'''''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'''''.<ref>[http://www.videocollector.co.uk/hits-video-the/33597 Video Collector]</ref>
''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. {{ISBN|0-00-720532-5}}. {{Reflist}}
{{Hits music albums}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hits 02}} Category:1985 compilation albums Category:CBS Records compilation albums Category:Warner Music Group compilation albums Category:Hits (compilation series) albums