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Hits! the Videos

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Hits! the Videos
Video by
Released2003
Recorded1985–2003
GenreSynth-pop
LabelMute
Erasure chronology
Sanctuary – The EIS Christmas Concert 2002
(2003)
Hits! the Videos
(2003)
The Tank, the Swan & the Balloon
(2004)

Hits! the Videos is a DVD released by English synth-pop duo Erasure as a companion to their greatest hits album Hits! The Very Best of Erasure. The double-disc set was released by Mute Records in 2003[1] and contained all music video clips from the band from their inception in 1985 up to 2003. Also included are several live and television performances, alternate videos and promotional documentaries and interviews with Vince Clarke and Andy Bell during the course of their career.

Track listing and production notes

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Disc one

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  1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
    Directed by: John Scarlett-Davies
    Production company: Aldabra
  2. "Heavenly Action"
    Directed by: John Scarlett-Davies
    Production company: Aldabra
  3. "Oh L'amour"
    Directed by: Peter Hamilton and Alistair Rae
  4. "Sometimes"
    Directed by: Gerard de Thame
    Production company: Lee Lacy
  5. "It Doesn't Have to Be"
    Directed by: Gerard de Thame
    Production company: HLA
  6. "Victim of Love"
    Directed by: Peter Scammell
    Production company: State
  7. "The Circus"
    Directed by: Jerry Chater
    Production company: Media Lab
  8. "Ship of Fools"
    Directed by: Phillip Vile
    Production company: HLA
  9. "Chains of Love"
    Directed by: Peter Christopherson
    Production company: Aubrey Powell Productions
  10. "A Little Respect"
    Directed by: Peter Christopherson
    Production company: Aubrey Powell Productions
  11. "Stop!"
    Directed by: Peter Christopherson
    Production company: Aubrey Powell Productions
  12. "Drama!"
    Directed by: The Giblets
    Production company: HLA
  13. "You Surround Me"
    Directed by: James le Bon
    Production company: Popata
  14. "Blue Savannah"
    Directed by: Kevin Godley
    Production company: Media Lab
  15. "Star"
    Directed by: John Maybury
    Production company: Limelight
  16. "Chorus"
    Directed by: David Mallet
    Production company: Serpent Films
  17. "Love to Hate You"
    Directed by: David Mallet
    Production company: Serpent Films
  18. "Am I Right?"
    Directed by: Angela Conway
    Production company: State
  19. "Breath of Life"
    Directed by: Angela Conway
    Production company: State
  20. "Lay All Your Love on Me"
    Directed by: Jan Kounen
    Production company: HLA
  21. "S.O.S."
    Directed by: Jan Kounen
    Production company: HLA
  22. "Take a Chance on Me"
    Directed by: Philippe Gautier
    Production company: Oil Factory
  23. "Voulez-Vous"
    Directed by: Jan Kounen
    Production company: HLA
  24. "Always"
    Directed by: Jan Kounen
    Production company: HLA
  25. "Run to the Sun"
    Directed by: Nico Beyer
    Production company: Propaganda
  26. "I Love Saturday"
    Directed by: Caz Gorham and Frances Dickenson
    Production company: The Christmas TV and Film Co.
  27. "Stay with Me"
    Directed by: Mario Cavalli
    Production company: Pizazz
  28. "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)"
    Directed by: Max Abbiss-Biro
    Production company: Sensons Films
  29. "Rock Me Gently"
    Directed by: Max Abbiss-Biro
    Production company: Sensons Films
  30. "In My Arms"
    Directed by: Dick Carruthers
    Production company: Bug
  31. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
    Directed by: Richard Heslop
    Production company: Oil Factory
  32. "Rain"
  33. "Freedom"
    Directed by: Vince Clarke
    Production company: State
  34. "Solsbury Hill"
    Directed by: Vince Clarke
    Production company: Battlecruiser
  35. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
    Directed by: Jonas Odell
    Production company: Nexus

Disc two

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  1. "Sometimes" (Top of the Pops debut performance, 20 November 1986)
  2. "Sono Luminus" (acoustic version)
  3. "In My Arms" (U.S. version)
    Directed by: Geoff Moore
  4. "Too Darn Hot" (from Red, Hot and Blue)
    Directed by: Adelle Luts and Sandy McLeod
  5. "Leave Me to Bleed" (live – The Circus Tour, 17 April 1987)
  6. "A Little Respect" (live – The Innocents Tour, 15 November 1988)
  7. "Supernature" (live – Wild! Tour, 11 December 1989)
  8. "Waiting for the Day" (live – Phantasmagorical Entertainment Tour, 6 August 1992)
  9. "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" (live – The Tiny Tour, 11 November 1996)
  10. Promotional documentary: Chorus, 1991
  11. Promotional documentary: Pop! The First 20 Hits, 1992
  12. Promotional documentary: I Say I Say I Say, 1994
  13. Promotional documentary: Erasure, 1995
  14. Promotional documentary: Cowboy, 1997
  15. Promotional documentary: Hits!, 2003

References

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  1. ^ "Erasure – Hits! The Videos (2003, DVD)". Discogs.
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