Hits 6


The Hits Album 6 or Hits 6 is a compilation that was released in July 1987 by CBS, WEA and BMG in the UK. It was a successful album, and reached #1 and achieved a Platinum BPI award. It was also the second Hits album to be released on CD, with 17 tracks from the standard 32 track LP/MC. A music video compilation was also released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video.
Hits 6 features six songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "I Knew You Were Waiting ", "Respectable", "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", "La Isla Bonita" and "Star Trekkin'".

LP/MC track listing

;Record/Tape 1 Side 1
  1. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody "
  2. George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting "
  3. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
  4. Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
  5. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
  6. Donna Allen - "Serious"
  7. George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
  8. Mel and Kim - "Respectable"
;Record/Tape 1 Side 2
  1. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
  2. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
  3. Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
  4. Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
  5. Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
  6. Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
  7. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
  8. John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
;Record/Tape 2 Side 1
  1. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
  2. Bruce Willis - "Under the Boardwalk"
  3. Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
  4. Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
  5. Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
  6. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Game"
  7. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
  8. Marillion - "Incommunicado"
;Record/Tape 2 Side 2
  1. Labi Siffre - " So Strong"
  2. Elkie Brooks - "No More the Fool"
  3. Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
  4. Judy Boucher - "Can't Be With You Tonight"
  5. Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  6. Johnny Hates Jazz - "Shattered Dreams"
  7. Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
  8. The Firm - "Star Trekkin'"

    CD track listing

  9. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody "
  10. George Michael and Aretha Franklin - "I Knew You Were Waiting "
  11. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
  12. Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"
  13. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
  14. Madonna - "La Isla Bonita"
  15. George Michael - "I Want Your Sex"
  16. Mel and Kim - "Respectable"
  17. Starship - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
  18. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
  19. Chris Rea - "Let's Dance"
  20. Whitesnake - "Is This Love"
  21. Fleetwood Mac - "Big Love"
  22. Carly Simon - "Coming Around Again"
  23. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
  24. John Farnham - "You're the Voice"
  25. Labi Siffre - " So Strong"

    Video selection

  26. Terence Trent D'Arby - "If You Let Me Stay"
  27. Five Star - "The Slightest Touch"
  28. Donna Allen - "Serious"
  29. Alison Moyet - "Weak in the Presence of Beauty"
  30. Errol Brown - "Personal Touch"
  31. Living in a Box - "Living in a Box"
  32. Curiosity Killed the Cat - "Ordinary Day"
  33. Level 42 - "To Be with You Again"
  34. Labi Siffre - " So Strong"
  35. Johnny Logan - "Hold Me Now"
  36. Pepsi & Shirlie - "Goodbye Stranger"
  37. Wet Wet Wet - "Wishing I Was Lucky"
  38. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "April Skies"
  39. Echo & the Bunnymen - "Lips Like Sugar"