Hits 3 (compilation album)
# Hits 3 (compilation album)

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.

