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1985 compilation album by Various Artists
The Hits Album 3
Released 25 November 1985
Label
CBS /
WEA
The Hits Album 3 or Hits 3 is a compilation album released in the UK by and
WEA Records and
CBS Records in November 1985. It followed up the extremely successful previous volumes
Hits 1 and
Hits 2 . Although those albums both reached #1, Hits 3 peaked at #2 (held off by
Now 6 ), despite a strong track-listing including a rare appearance of a Madonna track on a compilation album and a further 20 top ten hits.
Hits 3 was a 28 track double-
LP and
cassette . A 22-track video compilation titled The Hits Video: Take 2 was also released on
VHS by WEA Music Video.
Hits 3 features two songs which reached number one on the
UK Singles Chart : "
Frankie " and "
The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song) ".
The Cars song "
Drive " previously appeared on
Hits 1 .
Track listing
Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
A-ha – "
Take On Me "
King – "The Taste of Your Tears"
Red Box – "Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)"
Matt Bianco – "
Yeh, Yeh "
Sister Sledge – "
Frankie "
Denise LaSalle – "My Toot Toot"
Shakin' Stevens – "Lipstick, Powder and Paint"
Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
Madonna – "
Dress You Up "
Prince and
The Revolution – "
Raspberry Beret "
Bruce Springsteen – "
Dancing in the Dark "
Steve Arrington – "Dancin' in the Key of Life"
Brilliant – "
It's a Man's Man's Man's World "
Colonel Abrams – "
Trapped "
Eurythmics and
Aretha Franklin – "
Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves "
Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
Jennifer Rush – "
The Power of Love "
Paul Young – "
Everytime You Go Away "
The Cars – "
Drive " †
Cyndi Lauper – "
Time After Time "
Sade – "
The Sweetest Taboo "
The Dream Academy – "
Life in a Northern Town "
Bonnie Tyler and
Todd Rundgren – "
Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It "
Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
John Parr – "
St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) "
Huey Lewis and the News – "
The Power of Love "
ZZ Top – "
Sleeping Bag "
Bonnie Tyler – "
Holding Out for a Hero "
Thompson Twins – "
King for a Day "
The Cult – "
She Sells Sanctuary "
Echo & the Bunnymen – "
Bring On the Dancing Horses "
† Previously available on
Hits 1 .
The Hits Video: Take 2
A-ha – "Take On Me"
King – "The Taste of Your Tears"
Red Box – "Lean On Me"
Matt Bianco – "Yeh Yeh"†
Brilliant – "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
The Associates – "Take Me To the Girl"††
Jennifer Rush – "The Power Of Love"†
Paul Young – "Every Time You Go Away"
Simply Red – "
Holding Back the Years "††
The Dream Academy – "Life In A Northern Town"
Howard Jones – "
Like to Get to Know You Well (new version)"†††
Shakin' Stevens – "Lipstick, Powder and Paint"
Bonnie Tyler – "Holding Out for a Hero"
Dead or Alive – "
My Heart Goes Bang "††
Screaming Blue Messiahs – "Twin Cadillac Valentine"††
The Jesus and Mary Chain – "
Just Like Honey "††
The Cult – "
Rain "††
Prefab Sprout – "
When Love Breaks Down "††
Jesse Rae – "Over the Sea"††
Eighth Wonder – "Stay with Me"††
Strawberry Switchblade – "
Jolene "††
Echo & the Bunnymen – "Bring On the Dancing Horses"
† Only available in
mono . †† Never appeared on any Hits album. ††† Previously appeared on a Hits album.
References
Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005.
ISBN
0-00-720532-5 .
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