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Hits (stylized as ...Hits), released in 1998 and again in 2008, following the success of "In the Air Tonight" on the Cadbury ad campaign, is the only greatest hits collection of Phil Collins studio recordings. The collection included fourteen Top 40 hits, including seven American number 1 songs, spanning from the albums Face Value (1981) through Dance into the Light (1996). One new Collins recording, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors", also appeared on the collection and was a popular song on adult contemporary stations. ...Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them U.S. number 1 hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number 1 hit).
In 1998, the album reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States. On 4 August 2008, it became the number 1 album on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart. In July 2012, the album re-entered the U.S. charts, reaching number 6 on the Billboard 200 when the album price was deeply discounted very briefly by Amazon.com. It has sold 3,429,000 in the US as of July 2012.
Hits is a greatest hits collection by UK indie-pop band Pulp, released in November 2002.
As a collection, Hits only covers Pulp's singles from the early-90s when they started becoming popular, although the band had existed in one form or another since 1979. "Mis-Shapes", from Different Class, is the only hit single not included here, apparently because the band cannot stand the song. Two other singles, "Common People" and "Disco 2000", are presented in their Different Class album mixes rather than their more familiar (but since deleted) "hit" single versions. The compilation also includes non-single track "Underwear" and a new song "Last Day of the Miners' Strike".
The album was also released on DVD under the same title, featuring the band's promotional videos from the same era, a number of live performances, documentaries and short movies.
Note: "Underwear" appears on the UK version of the album only – however it is listed in error on the sleeve of the Canadian version.
Hits is a 2009 compilation album by Seal, released by Warner Bros. Records. It is Seal's second compilation album following 2004's Best 1991–2004. The album was released on two formats, a 1-disc standard edition which featured 19 tracks and a 2-disc deluxe edition which featured 34 tracks. Both versions of the album included two new songs "I Am Your Man" and "Thank You".
The cover also serves as the artwork for the 2008 single "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".
The single disc edition tends to include many of the single versions of the songs, whereas the deluxe edition replaces them with the album versions, or as in "The Beginning"'s case, a remix.
Violet is a work of interactive fiction by Jeremy Freese. It is a one-room puzzle game. It took first place in the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition with an average score of 8.53. That score is the highest of any Interactive Fiction Competition entry from 1999 through 2012.Violet was selected as the best interactive fiction game for 2008 by both the Jay Is Games staff and audience.Violet took 35.1% of the vote in the Jay Is Games audience award, compared to 18.7% for the second place winner, Lost Pig.Violet won four awards in the 2008 XYZZY Awards: Best game, writing, individual puzzle ("Disconnecting the Internet in Violet/Getting rid of the key in Violet"), and individual NPC (Violet, the eponymous character).
The protagonist of Violet is a graduate student trying to write 1,000 words for his dissertation. The protagonist's girlfriend, Violet, threatens to leave otherwise. The protagonist faces a stream of distractions, including a window with a view of the campus, and a computer with access to blogs and webcomics. In the course of the game, the protagonist must "reconsider—and risk wrecking—" his career and relationship.
Violet (Ljubica) is a Croatian film directed by Krešo Golik. It was released in 1978.
Shrinking Violet (Salu Digby), also known as Atom Girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and Legion of Super-Heroes member in the DC Universe's 30th and 31st centuries. She comes from the planet Imsk. She was created by writer Jerry Siegel, the co-creator of Superman, and artist Jim Mooney. She has the power to shrink to tiny size, as do all Imsk natives.
In the original pre-Zero Hour continuity, she was the thirteenth person to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. She first appeared in Action Comics #276 (1961). She tried out for membership at the same time as Sun Boy and Bouncing Boy. At that same tryout, Supergirl and Brainiac 5 joined the Legion. Shrinking Violet joined the Legion later, as did her fellow applicants Sun Boy and Bouncing Boy. Despite her shyness, Shrinking Violet, known as Vi to her teammates, served as an exemplary Legionnaire. She became romantically involved with Duplicate Boy of the Heroes of Lallor.
Years later, she was kidnapped by Imsk-native radicals. She was replaced in the Legion by Yera, a Durlan actress who used her native shapeshifting abilities to assume Violet's identity (the radicals had told her that Violet wished to go on a secret vacation). Legion deputy leader Element Lad and Science Police liaison Shvaughn Erin became suspicious of the fake Violet when Yera, wearing Violet's form, suddenly fell in love with Colossal Boy, who harbored an unrequited crush on the real Violet for years. Yera's charade was exposed and the real Violet was rescued. After her recovery from the trauma of her abduction, Violet resumed her Legion career. More cynical in personality, she became decidedly aggressive in her dealings with criminals. Eventually, she became the most skilled female Legionnaire in hand-to-hand combat (with the exception of Dream Girl).
EMI Group Limited (originally Electric and Musical Industries), also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, was a British multinational music recording and publishing company, and electronics device and systems manufacturing company, headquartered in London, England.
At the time of its break-up in 2012 it was the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and was one of the big four record companies (now the big three). Its record labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records. EMI Group also had a major publishing arm, EMI Music Publishing—also based in London with offices globally.
The company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but faced financial troubles and $4 billion in debt, leading to its acquisition by Citigroup in February 2011. Citigroup's ownership was temporary, as it announced in November 2011 that it would sell its music arm to Vivendi's Universal Music Group for $1.9 billion, and EMI's publishing business to a Sony/ATV consortium for around $2.2 billion. Other members of the Sony consortium include the Estate of Michael Jackson, Blackstone, and Abu Dhabi–owned investment fund Mubadala.
Discover more about this classic song and the Different Class album here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/pulp-race-to-no-1-after-17-years Listen to more from Pulp: https://pulp.lnk.to/Essentials Stream a playlist of Pulp’s biggest tracks: https://Pulp.lnk.to/BestOf Follow Pulp https://www.facebook.com/pulppeople/ https://twitter.com/pulp2011 Music video by Pulp performing Disco 2000. (C) 1995 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Discover more about this classic song and the Different Class album here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/pulp-race-to-no-1-after-17-years Listen to more from Pulp: https://pulp.lnk.to/Essentials Stream a playlist of Pulp’s biggest tracks: https://Pulp.lnk.to/BestOf Follow Pulp https://www.facebook.com/pulppeople/ https://twitter.com/pulp2011 Music video by Pulp performing Common People. (C) 1996 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Discover more about Pulp here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artists/pulp/ Listen to more from Pulp: https://pulp.lnk.to/Essentials Stream a playlist of Pulp’s biggest tracks: https://Pulp.lnk.to/BestOf Follow Pulp https://www.facebook.com/pulppeople/ https://twitter.com/pulp2011 Music video by Pulp performing Babies. (C) 1993 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Discover more about Pulp here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artists/pulp/ Listen to more from Pulp: https://pulp.lnk.to/Essentials Stream a playlist of Pulp’s biggest tracks: https://Pulp.lnk.to/BestOf Follow Pulp https://www.facebook.com/pulppeople/ https://twitter.com/pulp2011 Music video by Pulp performing Do You Remember The First Time (Promo). (C) 2006 PolyGram Video International
One hour of continuous music—with some mixing—of some of the most representative songs of the year 1995. 👉🏻 I don’t monetize the channel, so if you want to tip me, I will thank you very much 😊 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=H2CPV89EGMNWW
Promo video for Pulp's song "Something Changed".
Discover more about Pulp here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artists/pulp/ Listen to more from Pulp: https://pulp.lnk.to/Essentials Stream a playlist of Pulp’s biggest tracks: https://Pulp.lnk.to/BestOf Follow Pulp https://www.facebook.com/pulppeople/ https://twitter.com/pulp2011 Music video by Pulp performing This Is Hardcore. (C) 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Discover more about Pulp here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artists/pulp/ Listen to more from Pulp: https://pulp.lnk.to/Essentials Stream a playlist of Pulp’s biggest tracks: https://Pulp.lnk.to/BestOf Follow Pulp https://www.facebook.com/pulppeople/ https://twitter.com/pulp2011 Music video by Pulp performing Mis-Shapes. (C) 1995 Island Records Ltd.
Hits (stylized as ...Hits), released in 1998 and again in 2008, following the success of "In the Air Tonight" on the Cadbury ad campaign, is the only greatest hits collection of Phil Collins studio recordings. The collection included fourteen Top 40 hits, including seven American number 1 songs, spanning from the albums Face Value (1981) through Dance into the Light (1996). One new Collins recording, a cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors", also appeared on the collection and was a popular song on adult contemporary stations. ...Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them U.S. number 1 hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number 1 hit).
In 1998, the album reached number 1 in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States. On 4 August 2008, it became the number 1 album on the New Zealand RIANZ album chart. In July 2012, the album re-entered the U.S. charts, reaching number 6 on the Billboard 200 when the album price was deeply discounted very briefly by Amazon.com. It has sold 3,429,000 in the US as of July 2012.