A Ton of Hits : The Very Best of Stock Aitken Waterman is a compilation album released in the UK in November 1990 bringing together the hits of Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

 (SAW) in a continuously sequenced mix. It was released by Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

 on their subsidiary label Dover Records. Although not listed as such, the release could be seen as an extension of the previous "Best Of SAW" collections The Hit Factory : The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman (1987), The Hit Factory Volume 2

The Hit Factory Volume 2

The Hit Factory Volume 2 is a compilation album released in November 1988 by Fanfare Records and PWL Records. It was an album featuring hits produced by British production trio Stock Aitken Waterman who were at their peak at the time of the albums release. The first compilation The Hit Factory: The...

 (1988) and The Hit Factory Volume 3

The Hit Factory Volume 3

The Hit Factory Volume 3 is a compilation album collecting the biggest hits of the award winning British music production trio Stock Aitken Waterman during their most successful era...

 (1989). The album reached #7 in the compilation Top 20.

Disc one

1. Sealed With A Kiss -- Jason Donovan
   Jason Donovan
   Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
   
   
2. Beyond Your Wildest Dreams -- Lonnie Gordon
   Lonnie Gordon
   Lonnie Gordon is a female Hi-NRG, house and soul singer-songwriter from New York's Bronx, who has scored many chart hits during the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life and career:...
   
   
3. Packjammed With The Party Posse -- Stock Aitken Waterman
   Stock Aitken Waterman
   Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
   
   
4. Roadblock -- Stock Aitken Waterman
5. After The Love Has Gone -- Princess
   Desiree Heslop
   Princess is a British singer who found chart success in the mid 1980s. In the late 1970s she worked with the group Osibisa....
   
   
6. Say I'm Your Number One -- Princess
7. New York Afternoon -- Mondo Kane
8. Let's Get Together Tonite (You Wot!) -- Steve Walsh
   Steve Walsh (disc jockey)
   Steve Walsh was a British disc jockey. He died following a car crash in Ibiza, Spain.Walsh began his radio career at the first soul music pirate radio station, Radio Invicta, alongside his friend, the late Bob Tomalski. From there he moved on to JFM , where his style first began to shine through...
   
   
9. No Fool (For Love) -- Hazell Dean
   Hazell Dean
   Hazell Dean is a British dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading Hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top ten hits "Searchin' ", "Whatever I Do " and "Who's Leaving Who"...
   
   
10. Wouldn't Change A Thing -- Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
    
    
11. Never Gonna Give You Up
    Never Gonna Give You Up
    A group of London dance producers, called The Rickrollerz made a house music cover version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" on that day, and in honor of that event....
    
     -- Rick Astley
    Rick Astley
    Richard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...
    
    
12. Whenever You Need Somebody
    Whenever You Need Somebody
    Whenever You Need Somebody is Rick Astley's first album released in 1987 on RCA Records. It is his best selling album and, according to his own official website, sold 15.2 million copies worldwide...
    
     -- Rick Astley
13. Can't Forget You -- Sonia
    Sonia Evans
    Sonia , is an English pop singer from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, who was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Music career:...
    
    
14. Together Forever -- Rick Astley
15. They Say It's Gonna Rain -- Hazell Dean
16. I Should Be So Lucky
    I Should Be So Lucky
    "I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop-dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue's debut album Kylie .The song was released as the album's second single in December 1987...
    
     -- Kylie Minogue
17. Cross My Broken Heart -- Sinitta
18. Got To Be Certain
    Got to Be Certain
    "Got to Be Certain" is a dance-pop song written and produced by British songwriting team Stock, Aitken and Waterman And included on Minogue's debut studio album Kylie . The song had been originally written for singer Mandy Smith, but her recording was never released until 2005. The song received a...
    
     -- Kylie Minogue
19. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
    Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
    "Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi" is a pop song written by British production team Stock Aitken and Waterman for Kylie Minogue's debut album Kylie . It was produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and received a mixed reception from music critics...
    
     -- Kylie Minogue
20. That's The Way It Is -- Mel & Kim
    Mel and Kim
    Mel and Kim were a British pop duo, comprising sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby. They achieved success between 1986 and 1988 before Melanie succumbed to cancer.-Biography:...
    
    
21. Blame It On The Boogie -- Big Fun
22. Showin' Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) -- Mel & Kim
23. When You Come Back To Me -- Jason Donovan
24. Counting Every Minute -- Sonia
25. Heartache -- Pepsi & Shirlie
    Pepsi & Shirlie
    Pepsi & Shirlie were a British pop duo who released two albums, All Right Now in 1987 and Change in 1991.-Career:The act comprised Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque and Shirlie Holliman , who had been Wham! backing vocalists. Holliman's original singing partner, Dee C...
    
    
26. Get Ready -- Carol Hitchcock
    Carol Hitchcock
    Carol Hitchcock is an Australian singer and actor.Hitchcock was a recording artist for Mushroom Records in Australia in the late 1980s. She was well known for her very severe look; a bald head, nose ring and many ear piercings...
    
    
27. Every Day (I Love You More) -- Jason Donovan
28. I Only Wanna Be With You -- Samantha Fox
    Samantha Fox
    Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modeling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become a popular pin-up girl...
    
    
29. He Ain't No Competition -- Brother Beyond
    Brother Beyond
    Brother Beyond were a British boy band / pop group who had mainstream success in the late 1980s.-Biography:The group's first four singles, "I Should Have Lied", "How Many Times", "Chain-Gang Smile" , and an early version of "Can You Keep a Secret?" , were all written by band members Eg White...
    
    
30. You Think You're A Man -- Divine
31. I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet -- Pat & Mick
32. The Loco-motion -- Kylie Minogue
33. Back In My Arms (Once Again) -- Hazell Dean
34. I'm So Beautiful -- Divine
35. The Harder I Try -- Brother Beyond
36. Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) -- Hazell Dean
37. Tears On My Pillow -- Kylie Minogue
38. Especially For You
    Especially for You
    "Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. It did not appear on her debut album but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons. The track did appear on the...
    
     -- Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
39. Ferry 'Cross The Mersey -- The Christians, Holly Johnson
    Holly Johnson
    Holly Johnson is an English artist, writer and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and former bassist for Big in Japan.- Big in Japan :...
    
    , Paul McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
    
    , Gerry Marsden
    Gerry Marsden
    Gerard "Gerry" Marsden is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the British band Gerry & the Pacemakers.-Biography:...
    
     & Stock Aitken Waterman
40. End Of The World -- Sonia

Disc two

1. In The Heat Of A Passionate Moment -- Princess
2. You'll Never Stop Me Loving You -- Sonia
3. Never Too Late -- Kylie Minogue
4. Better The Devil You Know -- Kylie Minogue
5. I Don't Believe In Miracles -- Sinitta
6. All Of Me (Boy Oh Boy) -- Sabrina
   Sabrina Salerno
   Sabrina Salerno , also known in her singing career as Sabrina, is an Italian singer, television hostess, model, actress and record producer...
   
   
7. Take Me To Your Heart -- Rick Astley
8. Maybe (We Should Call It A Day) -- Hazell Dean
9. Toy Boy -- Sinitta
10. G.T.O. -- Sinitta
11. All The Way -- England Football Team
12. Nothing Can Divide Us -- Jason Donovan
13. Let's All Chant -- Pat & Mick
    Pat and Mick
    Pat and Mick were a British vocal duo consisting of popular radio personalities Pat Sharp and Mick Brown. The royalties from their record sales were donated to Capital FM's 'Help A London Child' charity...
    
    
14. Hand On Your Heart -- Kylie Minogue
15. S.S. Paparazzi -- Stock Aitken Waterman
16. Success -- Sigue Sigue Sputnik
    Sigue Sigue Sputnik
    Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:...
    
    
17. Love's About To Change My Heart (Edit) -- Donna Summer
    Donna Summer
    LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
    
    
18. Happenin' All Over Again (Hip House Radio Mix) -- Lonnie Gordon
19. Can't Shake The Feeling -- Big Fun
20. Use It Up And Wear It Out -- Pat & Mick
21. Love Is War -- Brilliant
    Brilliant (band)
    Brilliant were a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s. Although not commercially successful and mauled by the critics, they remain notable because of the personnel involved - Martin Glover aka Youth, formerly of Killing Joke and subsequently a top producer/remixer; Jimmy Cauty, later to find...
    
    
22. Tell Me Tomorrow -- Princess
23. The Heaven I Need -- The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...
    
    
24. Another Night -- Jason Donovan
25. When Love Takes Over You (Remix) -- Donna Summer
26. Somebody -- Brilliant
27. Rhythm Of The Rain -- Jason Donovan
28. Turn It Into Love -- Hazell Dean
29. I'll Keep On Loving You -- Princess
30. My Arms Keep Missing You -- Rick Astley
31. Hang On To Your Love -- Jason Donovan
32. Who's Leaving Who -- Hazell Dean
33. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now -- Samantha Fox
34. Too Many Broken Hearts -- Jason Donovan
35. F.L.M. -- Mel & Kim
36. Respectable -- Mel & Kim
37. Just Don't Have The Heart -- Cliff Richard
    Cliff Richard
    Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
    
    
38. Ain't Nothing But A House Party -- Phil Fearon
    Phil Fearon
    Phil Fearon is a British record producer. He was the lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist for the 1980s band Galaxy.-Career:...
    
    
39. I'd Rather Jack -- The Reynolds Girls
    Reynolds Girls
    The Reynolds Girls were a British vocal duo, famed for their hit single "I'd Rather Jack" which peaked at number 8 in April 1989 on the UK Singles Chart. It remained on the chart for 12 weeks. Comprising sisters Linda and Aisling , they were signed to the PWL record label after giving Pete...
    
    
40. Listen To Your Heart -- Sonia
41. Handful Of Promises -- Big Fun

See also

• Mike Stock
• List of songs that were written or produced by SAW (in chronological order, including US and UK chart positions)
• The Hit Factory : The Best of Stock Aitken Waterman. (1987 UK compilation album released by Stylus Records).
• The Hit Factory Volume 2
  The Hit Factory Volume 2
  The Hit Factory Volume 2 is a compilation album released in November 1988 by Fanfare Records and PWL Records. It was an album featuring hits produced by British production trio Stock Aitken Waterman who were at their peak at the time of the albums release. The first compilation The Hit Factory: The...
  
  . (1988 UK/Japan compilation album released by Fanfare Records
  Fanfare Records
  Fanfare Records was a British record label that was founded by Iain Burton . The label also gave Simon Cowell his first break in the music industry. Burton and Cowell worked together at Fanfare Records for eight years. The label was most successful during the mid 1980s to early 1990s...
  
   and PWL Records.)
• The Hit Factory Volume 3
  The Hit Factory Volume 3
  The Hit Factory Volume 3 is a compilation album collecting the biggest hits of the award winning British music production trio Stock Aitken Waterman during their most successful era...
  
  . (1989 compilation album released by Fanfare Records
  Fanfare Records
  Fanfare Records was a British record label that was founded by Iain Burton . The label also gave Simon Cowell his first break in the music industry. Burton and Cowell worked together at Fanfare Records for eight years. The label was most successful during the mid 1980s to early 1990s...
  
   and PWL Records.)
• The Hit Factory : Pete Waterman's Greatest Hits. (2000 compilation issued by Universal Music.)
• Stock Aitken Waterman Gold
  Stock Aitken Waterman Gold
  Stock Aitken Waterman Gold is a compilation album released in 2005 by Sony BMG, PWL Records and EBUL.-Overview:The triple CD collection brings together the biggest hits of British producers Stock Aitken Waterman with the tracks featured on the album originally released between 1984 and 1991, the...
  
  . (2005 compilation released by PWL Records in association with Sony BMG).