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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“.

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”

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