Hits 3 (compilation album)

The Hits Album 3
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	25 November 1985
Label	CBS/WEA
The Hits Albums chronology
Hits 2 (1985) The Hits Album 3 (1985) Hits 4 (1986)

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)

1. A-ha – "Take On Me"
2. King – "The Taste of Your Tears"
3. Red Box – "Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)"
4. Matt Bianco – "Yeh, Yeh"
5. Sister Sledge – "Frankie"
6. Denise LaSalle – "My Toot Toot"
7. Shakin' Stevens – "Lipstick, Powder and Paint"

Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)

1. Madonna – "Dress You Up"
2. Prince and The Revolution – "Raspberry Beret"
3. Bruce Springsteen – "Dancing in the Dark"
4. Steve Arrington – "Dancin' in the Key of Life"
5. Brilliant – "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
6. Colonel Abrams – "Trapped"
7. Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin – "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"

Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)

1. Jennifer Rush – "The Power of Love"
2. Paul Young – "Everytime You Go Away"
3. The Cars – "Drive" ^†
4. Cyndi Lauper – "Time After Time"
5. Sade – "The Sweetest Taboo"
6. The Dream Academy – "Life in a Northern Town"
7. Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren – "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It"

Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)

1. John Parr – "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
2. Huey Lewis and the News – "The Power of Love"
3. ZZ Top – "Sleeping Bag"
4. Bonnie Tyler – "Holding Out for a Hero"
5. Thompson Twins – "King for a Day"
6. The Cult – "She Sells Sanctuary"
7. Echo & the Bunnymen – "Bring On the Dancing Horses"

† Previously available on Hits 1.

The Hits Video: Take 2

1. A-ha – "Take On Me"
2. King – "The Taste of Your Tears"
3. Red Box – "Lean On Me"
4. Matt Bianco – "Yeh Yeh"†
5. Brilliant – "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
6. The Associates – "Take Me To the Girl"††
7. Jennifer Rush – "The Power Of Love"†
8. Paul Young – "Every Time You Go Away"
9. Simply Red – "Holding Back the Years"††
10. The Dream Academy – "Life In A Northern Town"
11. Howard Jones – "Like to Get to Know You Well (new version)"†††
12. Shakin' Stevens – "Lipstick, Powder and Paint"
13. Bonnie Tyler – "Holding Out for a Hero"
14. Dead or Alive – "My Heart Goes Bang"††
15. Screaming Blue Messiahs – "Twin Cadillac Valentine"††
16. The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Just Like Honey"††
17. The Cult – "Rain"††
18. Prefab Sprout – "When Love Breaks Down"††
19. Jesse Rae – "Over the Sea"††
20. Eighth Wonder – "Stay with Me"††
21. Strawberry Switchblade – "Jolene"††
22. 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.