Hits 1

Infobox Album
Name = The Hits Album
Type = Compilation
Artist = Various Artists


Released = 1984
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = CBS and WEA
Producer =
Reviews =
Chronology = The Hits Albums
Last album =
This album = "Hits 1"
(1984)
Next album = "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 Records in December 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 #1 in the UK Top 100 Album chart for 7 weeks and remained in the chart for 36 weeks. This album kept "Now 4" from the #1 spot over Christmas 1984.

It was released on double LP and cassette with selected tracks also released on VHS.

Side One:

# Freedom : Wham
# Like To Get To Know You Well : Howard Jones
# All Cried Out : Alison Moyet
# I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down : Paul Young
# Big In Japan : Alphaville
# Self Control : Laura Branigan
# Ghostbusters : Ray Parker Jr.
# Thriller : Michael Jackson

Side Two:
# I Feel For You : Chaka Khan
# Caribbean Queen : Billy Ocean
# Body : Jacksons
# Just Be Good To Me : S.O.S. Band
# Let's Hear It For The Boy : Deniece Williams
# Dr Beat : Miami Sound Machine
# Lost In Music : Sister Sledge
# Purple Rain : Prince & The Revolution

Side Three:

# Careless Whisper : George Michael
# Drive : The Cars
# Hard Habit to Break : Chicago
# All Through The Night : Cyndi Lauper
# Sister Of Mercy : The Thompson Twins
# Skin Deep : The Stranglers
# Each And Every One : Everything But The Girl
# Smooth Operator : Sade

Side Four:

# Gimme All Your Lovin' : ZZ Top
# Jump : Van Halen
# Footloose : Kenny Loggins
# Apollo 9 : Adam Ant
# Modern Girl : Meat Loaf
# Some Guys Have All The Luck : Rod Stewart
# Teardrops : Shakin' Stevens
# Hole In My Shoe : neil

ee also

"The Hits Album"
"Hits 2"
"Hits 3"
"Hits 4"
"Hits 5"
"Hits 6"
"Hits 7"
"Hits 8"
"Now That's What I Call Music"

References

Collins Complete UK Hits Albums. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN 0-00-727532-5

succession box
before = "Make It Big" by Wham!
title = UK number one album
years = December 1, 1984 – January 18 1985
after = "Alf" by Alison Moyet