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. 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".
Track listing 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"
References
Collins Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005. Graham Betts. 2005. .