Yes :drama: although I didn't spend as much this time, just thought I might as well complete my 'Hits' collection since the 1996 rebrand started! I'm discovering quite a few songs, whoever knew that the Blind Date theme tune was turned into a dance song by an act called Dorothy? Apparently it reached the low top 40, but it's positioning on the tracklist suggests that it was expected to be a far bigger hit!

:lol: Which one is that? Those HITS 96/97 albums were all very odd in my opinion. I've completed the HITS 50-60 series, but some of those "Hugs Hits" & Big Hits ones before '98 I may not bother with. :lol:

:lol: Which one is that? Those HITS 96/97 albums were all very odd in my opinion. I've completed the HITS 50-60 series, but some of those "Hugs Hits" & Big Hits ones before '98 I may not bother with. :lol:

 

It's on Hits 96. I agree with you, I've been listening to them today and they're packed full of Robson & Jerome at every turn, Oasis b-sides (?) and some complete flops that I'd never heard before :lol: I also found their 'four part' distinction a bit strange, fair enough grouping all of the dance songs in one section and all of the indie songs in another, but why shout out that you're doing that, I'm sure people can realise it for themselves :lol: From Hits 99 onwards, I bought all of them brand new on the day of release. I've bought various earlier ones over the years but only finally completed my collection now!

It's on Hits 96. I agree with you, I've been listening to them today and they're packed full of Robson & Jerome at every turn, Oasis b-sides (?) and some complete flops that I'd never heard before :lol: I also found their 'four part' distinction a bit strange, fair enough grouping all of the dance songs in one section and all of the indie songs in another, but why shout out that you're doing that, I'm sure people can realise it for themselves :lol: From Hits 99 onwards, I bought all of them brand new on the day of release. I've bought various earlier ones over the years but only finally completed my collection now!

Oh dear, they really were scraping the barrel, they only had Sony Music, BMG and Warner Music contributing and even thought Sony & WMTV owned it, they couldn't even get clearance to the big artists like Mairah Carey, Madonna etc. Major fail :lol: And the "Part 1, Part 2" thing was originally for the tapes "part 1" was tape one, but they couldn't be asked to change it for the CD releases :lol:

 

Messy HITS series indeed.

I'm discovering quite a few songs, whoever knew that the Blind Date theme tune was turned into a dance song by an act called Dorothy? Apparently it reached the low top 40, but it's positioning on the tracklist suggests that it was expected to be a far bigger hit!

 

I picked up a few of the mid-90s Now collections cheaply a few weeks back. One track that threw me was 'Treat Infamy' by Rest Assured. Who thought that Gregorian Chants, mid-90s techno, English rapping, 5 year old chatter, and a string sample from 'Bittersweet Symphony' go well together? (Answer = Rest Assured. And they were wrong)

Oh dear, they really were scraping the barrel, they only had Sony Music, BMG and Warner Music contributing and even thought Sony & WMTV owned it, they couldn't even get clearance to the big artists like Mairah Carey, Madonna etc. Major fail :lol: And the "Part 1, Part 2" thing was originally for the tapes "part 1" was tape one, but they couldn't be asked to change it for the CD releases :lol:

 

Messy HITS series indeed.

 

I know :( Although as we both know, Madonna appearing on a compilation is a very rare thing indeed! How they managed to get Frozen on one of them I have no idea! On the contrary, that's what I always thought it was too but I just read the other day that Part 1 is 'the big hits', Part 2 was 'dance hits', Part 3 was 'indie hits' and Part 4 was 'anything that was left over' :lol: Look at the tracklistings and notice how they all follow this formula! I don't know if the tapes were split up exactly into these four parts but the reasoning behind the four parts was definitely more than just that!

 

I picked up a few of the mid-90s Now collections cheaply a few weeks back. One track that threw me was 'Treat Infamy' by Rest Assured. Who thought that Gregorian Chants, mid-90s techno, English rapping, 5 year old chatter, and a string sample from 'Bittersweet Symphony' go well together? (Answer = Rest Assured. And they were wrong)

 

I actually remember that one! It's on Now 39 next to an equally curious track - Prince Igor by Warren G and Sissel - a US rapper teaming up with a Norwegian new age world music soprano. Bizarre! If only music could be that unique these days and manage to chart.

I know :( Although as we both know, Madonna appearing on a compilation is a very rare thing indeed! How they managed to get Frozen on one of them I have no idea! On the contrary, that's what I always thought it was too but I just read the other day that Part 1 is 'the big hits', Part 2 was 'dance hits', Part 3 was 'indie hits' and Part 4 was 'anything that was left over' :lol: Look at the tracklistings and notice how they all follow this formula! I don't know if the tapes were split up exactly into these four parts but the reasoning behind the four parts was definitely more than just that!

I actually remember that one! It's on Now 39 next to an equally curious track - Prince Igor by Warren G and Sissel - a US rapper teaming up with a Norwegian new age world music soprano. Bizarre! If only music could be that unique these days and manage to chart.

From pervious HITS appearances Madonna has made a small amount on them, HITS 3 (Dress You Up), HITS 4 (Borderline), HITS 7 (La Isla Bonita), Huge Hits 1998 (Frozen) and HITS 60 (Love Profusion) <-- But that was a "bonus track" :lol:

 

I just found it odd, Sony Music owned the compilation but labels like Columbia never appeared on the album, Beyonce even failed to make most of them. And I didn't know about the separate part thing.

From pervious HITS appearances Madonna has made a small amount on them, HITS 3 (Dress You Up), HITS 4 (Borderline), HITS 7 (La Isla Bonita), Huge Hits 1998 (Frozen) and HITS 60 (Love Profusion) <-- But that was a "bonus track" :lol:

 

I just found it odd, Sony Music owned the compilation but labels like Columbia never appeared on the album, Beyonce even failed to make most of them. And I didn't know about the separate part thing.

 

I don't own any of those early ones so I didn't know that! It was always strange that that was a bonus track. Perhaps they got clearance for it at the last minute and tacked it on at the end? I don't know why it's only with UK compilations that she refuses to licence her singles - on the Absolute Music compilations that I get from Sweden, I'm pretty certain that 4 Minutes and Miles Away were both on them, the former definitely was.

I don't own any of those early ones so I didn't know that! It was always strange that that was a bonus track. Perhaps they got clearance for it at the last minute and tacked it on at the end? I don't know why it's only with UK compilations that she refuses to licence her singles - on the Absolute Music compilations that I get from Sweden, I'm pretty certain that 4 Minutes and Miles Away were both on them, the former definitely was.

Yes she has, I own the one that has '4 Minutes' :wub: Germany gets her the most, she's appeared on The Dome & Bravo Hits more than twice, plus there's these love song compilations that have been running since 1980 (I think) and nearly EVERY Madonna ballad has appeared on them. "Kuschelrock" is the name of it.

 

We've had a few rare appearances to, Hung Up & 4 Minutes have been on compilation CDs in recent times.

Yes she has, I own the one that has '4 Minutes' :wub: Germany gets her the most, she's appeared on The Dome & Bravo Hits more than twice, plus there's these love song compilations that have been running since 1980 (I think) and nearly EVERY Madonna ballad has appeared on them. "Kuschelrock" is the name of it.

 

We've had a few rare appearances to, Hung Up & 4 Minutes have been on compilation CDs in recent times.

 

It's all very hit and miss isn't it :lol: I know that Hung Up is on a Brits CD that I own, albeit the extended club mix :wacko: Oh actually wasn't Hung Up (radio edit) on the Now 00's compilation - interesting that they managed to get the licensing for it! I've just checked my iTunes - Miles Away was on a Swedish compilation called Rix FM 2009 - even minor compilation series' in Sweden can get Madge!

It's all very hit and miss isn't it :lol: I know that Hung Up is on a Brits CD that I own, albeit the extended club mix :wacko: Oh actually wasn't Hung Up (radio edit) on the Now 00's compilation - interesting that they managed to get the licensing for it! I've just checked my iTunes - Miles Away was on a Swedish compilation called Rix FM 2009 - even minor compilation series' in Sweden can get Madge!

The Radio edit was what I was thinking, I forgot about the Brit Appearances

 

Beautiful Stranger was also on a Brit Awards CD (as was Give It 2 Me) ANNDD on the 1991 edition "Rescue Me" was included. I like that Madonna doesn't make the compilations much, it makes it more of a surprise when she does appear.

 

Only problem is that I can remember so many compilations she's appeared on that it makes me look like a right sad bugger. :lol:

The Radio edit was what I was thinking, I forgot about the Brit Appearances

 

Beautiful Stranger was also on a Brit Awards CD (as was Give It 2 Me) ANNDD on the 1991 edition "Rescue Me" was included. I like that Madonna doesn't make the compilations much, it makes it more of a surprise when she does appear.

 

Only problem is that I can remember so many compilations she's appeared on that it makes me look like a right sad bugger. :lol:

 

Strange that the Brits CD compilers manage to get access to her material :o Maybe she 'approves' seeing as it has a good reputation!

 

Yes it does, but the pair of us are in that case and frankly, who cares :lol:

Strange that the Brits CD compilers manage to get access to her material :o Maybe she 'approves' seeing as it has a good reputation!

 

Yes it does, but the pair of us are in that case and frankly, who cares :lol:

I think she'll give them clearance IF she gets an award :lol: I also have this theory when she gave the rights to 'Ray of Light' and 'Music' to the Grammy CD compliers. Whenever I get into the music industry I'm going to ask how they managed to get Madonna tracks on CDs :lol:

 

The recent CD I brought that contained Madonna was "Songs for Japan", had a live version of 'Miles Away' from the Sticky & Sweet Tour :wub: and also "Ultimate Chick Flicks" which was a WEA/UMTV release that contained "American Pie", a very nice inclusion :wub:

I think she'll give them clearance IF she gets an award :lol: I also have this theory when she gave the rights to 'Ray of Light' and 'Music' to the Grammy CD compliers. Whenever I get into the music industry I'm going to ask how they managed to get Madonna tracks on CDs :lol:

 

The recent CD I brought that contained Madonna was "Songs for Japan", had a live version of 'Miles Away' from the Sticky & Sweet Tour :wub: and also "Ultimate Chick Flicks" which was a WEA/UMTV release that contained "American Pie", a very nice inclusion :wub:

 

Get me a job too when you do, cheers :D

 

Ah yep, that did look like a fairly interesting compilation - very diverse. I don't think I have American Pie on CD anywhere, but then I didn't like that much at all :lol: My sister bought it on CD single at the time, which was bizarre as apart from that song, she's always hated Madonna :wacko:

Get me a job too when you do, cheers :D

 

Ah yep, that did look like a fairly interesting compilation - very diverse. I don't think I have American Pie on CD anywhere, but then I didn't like that much at all :lol: My sister bought it on CD single at the time, which was bizarre as apart from that song, she's always hated Madonna :wacko:

It is, a wide selection of artists :wub: And maybe she liked the original song, the power of the cover version works in mysterious ways :lol: