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The Hits Album 8
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	18 July 1988
Label	CBS and WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 7 (1987) The Hits Album 8 (1988) The Hits Album 9 (1988)

Hits 8 is a 33-track compilation album released in the summer of 1988 by CBS, WEA and BMG Records in the UK. It was released as a double LP, MC and CD. Also known as The Hits Album 8, the compilation was successful and reached #2 in the UK Albums Chart (held off by its rival album Now 12) and achieved a Platinum BPI award.

The Desireless track " Voyage Voyage" had previously appeared in its original mix on Hits 7.

A video selection, The Hits Video 8, was also released on VHS by RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video. ^[1] This contained a selection of 14 tracks, all of which appear on the album.

Hits 8 features four songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: " I Owe You Nothing", " Perfect", " Don't Turn Around" and " Theme from S-Express".

Track listing

Cat No: CDHITS 8

CD/Record/Tape 1

1. A-ha - " Stay on These Roads"
2. Eighth Wonder - " I'm Not Scared"
3. Michael Jackson with The Jackson 5 - " I Want You Back ('88 Remix)"
4. Five Star - " Another Weekend"
5. Bros - " I Owe You Nothing"
6. Tiffany - " I Saw Him Standing There"
7. Taylor Dayne - " Tell It to My Heart"
8. Desireless - " Voyage voyage"
9. The Pasadenas - "Tribute (Right On)"
10. Matt Bianco - "Don't Blame It on That Girl"
11. Taja Sevelle - " Love Is Contagious (Radio Edit)"
12. Pebbles - " Girlfriend"
13. Rose Royce - " Car Wash ('88 Remix)"
14. Whitney Houston - " Love Will Save the Day"
15. Glen Goldsmith - "What You See Is What You Get"
16. Luther Vandross - "I Gave It Up (When I Fell In Love)"

CD/Record/Tape 2

1. Aztec Camera - " Somewhere in My Heart"
2. Prefab Sprout - " The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
3. Fairground Attraction - " Perfect"
4. Fleetwood Mac - " Everywhere"
5. Cher - " I Found Someone"
6. Sade - " Paradise"
7. Terence Trent D'Arby - " Sign Your Name"
8. Alexander O'Neal - " The Lovers"
9. Eurythmics - " You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart"
10. Aswad - " Don't Turn Around"
11. S'Express - " Theme from S-Express"
12. Debbie Gibson - " Shake Your Love"
13. Erasure - " Chains of Love"
14. Ofra Haza - " Im Nin'alu"
15. The Primitives - " Crash"
16. The Sisters of Mercy - " Lucretia My Reflection"
17. The Jesus and Mary Chain - " Sidewalking"

Video Selection - The Hits Video 8

1. Ofra Haza - " Im Nin'alu"
2. The Primitives - " Crash"
3. The Sisters of Mercy - " Lucretia My Reflection"
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - " Sidewalking"
5. Aztec Camera - " Somewhere in My Heart"
6. Prefab Sprout - " The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
7. Fairground Attraction - " Perfect"
8. Terence Trent D'Arby - " Sign Your Name"
9. The Pasadenas - "Tribute (Right On)"
10. Matt Bianco - "Don't Blame It on That Girl"
11. Glen Goldsmith - "What You See Is What You Get"
12. Five Star - " Another Weekend"
13. Bros - " I Owe You Nothing"
14. Desireless - " Voyage voyage"

References

• Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. ISBN  0-00-720532-5.