Snap It Up! Monster Hits 2 Explained

Snap It Up! Monster Hits 2
Type:Compilation
Artist:Various Artists
Cover:Monster Hits 2.jpg
Released:30 July 1990
Label:CBS/WEA/BMG
Chronology:The Hits Albums
Prev Title:Monster Hits
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:The Hit Pack
Next Year:1990

Snap It Up! Monster Hits 2 (also known as Hits 12), is a compilation album forming part of the Hits compilation series. It is the 12th volume in the long-running series. The double album was released in August 1990 and was the follow-up to Monster Hits, released the previous year.

The album reached #2 in the UK Top 20 Compilations Chart and was the second Hits album not to achieve a BPI Platinum award, after 1988's Hits Album. Furthermore, after two volumes, the Monster Hits title was dropped, and the next Hits compilation contained a new title and format.

Snap It Up! features one song which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "World in Motion".

Track listing

Catalogue Number: CDHITS12

CD/Record/Tape 1
  1. Yazz - "Treat Me Good"
  2. Lisa Stansfield - "What Did I Do to You?"
  3. The Chimes - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
  4. Diana Ross - "I'm Still Waiting (Phil Chill 1990 Remix)"
  5. En Vogue - "Hold On"
  6. Bobby Brown - "The Freestyle Mega-Mix" (including "On Our Own", "Don't Be Cruel, "Every Little Step", "My Prerogative")
  7. The Beloved - "Hello"
  8. The Family Stand - "Ghetto Heaven (Remix)"
  9. Alannah Myles - "Black Velvet"
  10. The B-52's - "Love Shack"
  11. Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2 - "Mona (I Need You Baby)"
  12. They Might Be Giants - "Birdhouse in Your Soul"
  13. Aztec Camera - "The Crying Scene"
  14. An Emotional Fish - "Celebrate"
  15. Rod Stewart - "Downtown Train"
  16. Eurythmics - "Angel"
CD/Record/Tape 2
  1. David A. Stewart and Candy Dulfer - "Lily Was Here"
  2. Gloria Estefan - "Here We Are"
  3. Paul Young - "Softly Whispering I Love You"
  4. Halo James - "Could Have Told You So"
  5. The Pasadenas - "Love Thing"
  6. Sonia and Big Fun - "You've Got a Friend"
  7. Erasure - "Star"
  8. Pop Will Eat Itself - "Touched by the Hand of Cicciolina"
  9. Black Box - "Everybody Everybody"
  10. England/New Order - "World in Motion"
  11. Guru Josh - "Infinity"
  12. Betty Boo - "Doin' the Do"
  13. Don Pablo's Animals - "Venus (The Piano Mix)"
  14. Snap! - "Ooops Up"
  15. Chad Jackson - "Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked)"
  16. MC Tunes vs. 808 State - "The Only Rhyme That Bites"

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