Hits 1

For the Sirius XM satellite radio station, see Sirius XM Hits 1.
The Hits Album
Compilation album by Various artists
Released 19 November 1984
Genre Pop
Label CBS and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
'Hits 1
(1984)		 Hits 2
(1985)

The Hits Album, or Hits 1 as it is often called, is a compilation album released by CBS (Now Sony BMG) and WEA in November 1984. The album was released as a rival to the already successful Now That's What I Call Music series which EMI and Virgin Records had launched in November 1983. The Hits Album reached No. 1 in the UK Top 100 Albums chart for seven weeks and remained in the chart for 36 weeks. This album kept Now 4 from the coveted No. 1 spot over Christmas 1984 – the only Now album in the original series not to reach No. 1 in either the UK Album Chart (to 1989) or the UK Compilations Chart (January 1989 onwards).

It was released on double LP and cassette.

Hits 1 features three songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Freedom", "I Feel for You" and "Careless Whisper".

Track listing

Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
  1. "Freedom" : Wham!
  2. "Like to Get to Know You Well" : Howard Jones
  3. "All Cried Out" : Alison Moyet
  4. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" : Paul Young
  5. "Big in Japan : Alphaville
  6. "Self Control" : Laura Branigan
  7. "Ghostbusters" : Ray Parker, Jr.
  8. "Thriller" : Michael Jackson
Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
  1. "I Feel for You" : Chaka Khan
  2. "Caribbean Queen" : Billy Ocean
  3. "Body" : The Jacksons
  4. "Just Be Good to Me" : The S.O.S. Band
  5. "Let's Hear It for the Boy" : Deniece Williams
  6. "Dr. Beat" : Miami Sound Machine
  7. "Lost in Music" : Sister Sledge
  8. "Purple Rain" : Prince & The Revolution
Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
  1. "Careless Whisper" : George Michael
  2. "Drive" : The Cars
  3. "Hard Habit to Break" : Chicago
  4. "All Through the Night" : Cyndi Lauper
  5. "Sister Of Mercy" : Thompson Twins
  6. "Skin Deep" : The Stranglers
  7. "Each and Every One" : Everything but the Girl
  8. "Smooth Operator" : Sade
Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
  1. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" : ZZ Top
  2. "Jump" : Van Halen
  3. "Footloose" : Kenny Loggins
  4. "Apollo 9" : Adam Ant
  5. "Modern Girl" : Meat Loaf
  6. "Some Guys Have All the Luck" : Rod Stewart
  7. "Teardrops" : Shakin' Stevens
  8. "Hole in My Shoe" : Neil

See also

References

Preceded by
Make It Big by Wham!		 UK number-one album
25 November 1984 – 12 January 1985 		Succeeded by
Alf by Alison Moyet
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