# Hits 2

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{{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](/source/Pop_music)
| length     =
| label      = [CBS](/source/Sony_Music_Entertainment) and [WEA](/source/Warner_Music_Group)
| producer   =
| chronology = [The Hits Albums](/source/Hits_(compilation_series))
| prev_title = [Hits 1](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Sony_Music_Entertainment) and [WEA](/source/Warner_Music_Group). It reached #1 in the UK Top 100 Album Chart for 6 weeks. Selected tracks from this and [the first album](/source/Hits_1) were released on [VHS](/source/VHS) and [Betamax](/source/Betamax) by [CBS/FOX Video](/source/CBS%2FFOX_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](/source/UK_Singles_Chart): "[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)](/source/You_Spin_Me_Round_(Like_a_Record))", "[Easy Lover](/source/Easy_Lover_(Philip_Bailey_and_Phil_Collins_song))", "[I Want To Know What Love Is](/source/I_Want_To_Know_What_Love_Is)" and "[I Should Have Known Better](/source/I_Should_Have_Known_Better)".

==Track listing==
;Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
# [Dead or Alive](/source/Dead_or_Alive_(band)) – "[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)](/source/You_Spin_Me_Round_(Like_a_Record))"
# [Howard Jones](/source/Howard_Jones_(English_musician)) – "[Things Can Only Get Better](/source/Things_Can_Only_Get_Better_(Howard_Jones_song))"
# [King](/source/King_(new_wave_band)) – "[Love & Pride](/source/Love_%26_Pride)"
# [Nik Kershaw](/source/Nik_Kershaw) – "[Wide Boy](/source/Wide_Boy_(song))"
# [New Edition](/source/New_Edition) – "[Mr. Telephone Man](/source/Mr._Telephone_Man)"
# [Kirsty MacColl](/source/Kirsty_MacColl) – "[A New England](/source/A_New_England)"
# [Strawberry Switchblade](/source/Strawberry_Switchblade) – "[Since Yesterday](/source/Since_Yesterday)"

;Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
# [Prince](/source/Prince_(musician)) – "[1999](/source/1999_(Prince_song))"
# [Philip Bailey](/source/Philip_Bailey) and [Phil Collins](/source/Phil_Collins) – "[Easy Lover](/source/Easy_Lover_(Philip_Bailey_and_Phil_Collins_song))"
# [Ashford & Simpson](/source/Ashford_%26_Simpson) – "[Solid](/source/Solid_(Ashford_%26_Simpson_song))"
# [Chaka Khan](/source/Chaka_Khan) – "[This Is My Night](/source/This_Is_My_Night)"
# [James Ingram](/source/James_Ingram) and [Michael McDonald](/source/Michael_McDonald_(musician)) – "[Yah Mo B There](/source/Yah_Mo_B_There)"
# [Dazz Band](/source/Dazz_Band) – "Let It All Blow"
# [Art of Noise](/source/Art_of_Noise) – "[Close (to the Edit)](/source/Close_(to_the_Edit))"

;Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
# [Foreigner](/source/Foreigner_(band)) – "[I Want to Know What Love Is](/source/I_Want_to_Know_What_Love_Is)"
# [Paul Young](/source/Paul_Young) – "[Everything Must Change](/source/Everything_Must_Change_(Paul_Young_song))"
# [Chicago](/source/Chicago_(band)) – "[You're the Inspiration](/source/You're_the_Inspiration)"
# [Jim Diamond](/source/Jim_Diamond_(singer)) – "[I Should Have Known Better](/source/I_Should_Have_Known_Better_(Jim_Diamond_song))"
# [Amii Stewart](/source/Amii_Stewart) – "[Friends](/source/Friends_(Amii_Stewart_song))"
# [The Commodores](/source/Commodores) – "[Nightshift](/source/Nightshift_(song))"
# [Alison Moyet](/source/Alison_Moyet) – "[That Ole Devil Called Love](/source/That_Ole_Devil_Called_Love)"

;Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
# [Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy](/source/Stephen_Duffy) – "[Kiss Me](/source/Kiss_Me_(Tin_Tin_song))"
# [Little Benny & the Masters](/source/Little_Benny_%26_the_Masters) – "[Who Comes to Boogie](/source/Who_Comes_to_Boogie)"
# [Matt Bianco](/source/Matt_Bianco) – "More Than I Can Bear"
# [Big Sound Authority](/source/Big_Sound_Authority) – "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"
# [ZZ Top](/source/ZZ_Top) – "[Legs](/source/Legs_(song))"
# [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger) – "[Just Another Night](/source/Just_Another_Night_(Mick_Jagger_song))"
# [Shakin' Stevens](/source/Shakin'_Stevens) – "[Breaking Up My Heart](/source/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!](/source/Wham!) – "[Everything She Wants](/source/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](/source/The_S.O.S._Band) – "[Just Be Good to Me](/source/Just_Be_Good_to_Me)"††
# [Miami Sound Machine](/source/Miami_Sound_Machine) – "[Dr. Beat](/source/Dr._Beat)"††
# [Billy Ocean](/source/Billy_Ocean) – "[Loverboy](/source/Loverboy_(Billy_Ocean_song))"†
# [Sade](/source/Sade_(band)) – "[Smooth Operator](/source/Smooth_Operator)"††
# [George Michael](/source/George_Michael) – "[Careless Whisper](/source/Careless_Whisper)"††
# [Associates](/source/The_Associates_(band)) – "Breakfast"†
# [Echo & the Bunnymen](/source/Echo_%26_the_Bunnymen) – "[The Killing Moon](/source/The_Killing_Moon)"†
# [The Stranglers](/source/The_Stranglers) – "[Skin Deep](/source/Skin_Deep_(The_Stranglers_song))"††
# [Everything but the Girl](/source/Everything_but_the_Girl) – "[Each and Every One](/source/Each_and_Every_One)"††
# [The Monochrome Set](/source/The_Monochrome_Set) – "Jacob's Ladder"†
# [The Sisters of Mercy](/source/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}}.
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{{Hits music albums}}
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Category:1985 compilation albums
Category:CBS Records compilation albums
Category:Warner Music Group compilation albums
Category:Hits (compilation series) albums

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