HITS
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Musical works
- Hits (compilation series)
- Hits (The Beach Boys EP)Hits (The Beach Boys EP)Hits was an EP by The Beach Boys, released in May 1966. The EP was released as a 7-inch vinyl record in mono with the catalogue number Capitol EAP1-20781. Hits was the UK number-one EP for 34 weeks, having eight separate stints at the top of the chart from June 1966 until December 1967 – this...
– a number-one EP by The Beach BoysThe Beach BoysThe Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962... - Hits! The Very Best of Erasure, album by Erasure
- Hits: Greatest and OthersHits: Greatest and OthersHits: Greatest and Others was a 1973 compilation Vanguard put together at the end of Joan Baez' association with their label. In addition to her hit cover of The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", songs by the Beatles and Kris Kristofferson were also included...
, by Joan Baez - Hits (Phil Collins album)Hits (Phil Collins album)-Track notes:*Track 1 features David Crosby on backing vocals.*Track 2 features Babyface on backing vocals, keyboard and drum programming, and Sheila E on percussion.*Track 3 features Philip Bailey on vocals.*Track 6 features Eric Clapton on guitar....
- Hits+Hits+Hits+ is the second major compilation album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, which was released on November 7, 2000 by Deconstruction Records. The album was the last compilation album which was released by the record label at the time, because Minogue had released her then Parlophone...
, album by Kylie Minogue - Hits (Joni Mitchell)
- Hits (Mauro Scocco album)Hits (Mauro Scocco album)Hits is the first greatest hits album by Swedish pop music artist Mauro Scocco. It was released in 1997 on Scocco's own record label Diesel Music.It also included the previously unreleased song "Långsamt Farväl"...
- Hits (Pulp album)Hits (Pulp album)Hits is a greatest hits collection by popular UK indie-pop band Pulp, released in Britain in November 2002. As a collection, it 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...
- Hits (Spice 1 album)Hits (Spice 1 album)Hits is the first greatest hits album by American rapper Spice 1, released November 10, 1998 on Jive Records. The album features production by Ant Banks, Blackjack, Clint "Payback" Sands, E-A-Ski & CMT, MC Eiht, Paris, Rick Rock and Spice 1. It peaked at number 82 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop...
- Hits (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)Hits (Tony! Toni! Toné! album)Hits is a compilation album by Tony! Toni! Toné!. It was released on October 28, 1997 for Mercury Records and was produced by Tony! Toni! Toné!, Foster & McElroy and Quik...
- Hits CollectionHits CollectionHits Collection is a compilation album by The Stranglers.-Track listing:# "Peaches"# "Go Buddy Go"# "Top Secret"# "Maninwhite"# "Walk on By"# "Golden Brown"# "Shut Up"# "Mean to Me"# "London Lady"# "Cruel Garden"# "Strange Little Girl"...
, album by The Stranglers - Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)Hits is a compilation album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1996 except in the USA and Canada, where it was released in 2005.-Track listing:#"All I Need Is a Miracle '96" ...
- Hits (New Found Glory album)Hits (New Found Glory album)-Credits:* Jordan Pundik – lead vocals* Chad Gilbert – backing vocals, lead guitar* Steve Klein – rhythm guitar, lyrics* Ian Grushka – bass guitar* Cyrus Bolooki – drums, percussion...
Initialisms
- Headend in the SkyHeadend in the SkyHeadend in the Sky is Comcast's satellite multiplex service that provides cable channels to cable television operations.At a traditional cable television headend, multitudes of satellite dishes and antennas are used to grab cable stations from dozens of communication satellites...
, satellite communications facility - Highway In The Sky, Synthetic vision system for pilots
- HITS algorithmHITS algorithmHyperlink-Induced Topic Search is a link analysis algorithm that rates Web pages, developed by Jon Kleinberg. It was a precursor to PageRank...
, Hypertext Induced Topic Selection for Web-page rating - Homicide Investigation Tracking SystemHomicide Investigation Tracking SystemHomicide Investigation Tracking System is a violent crime database program of the Washington State Office of the Attorney General. The system tracks homicides and rapes in and/or relating to the states of Washington and Oregon and also receives data from at least three other states and Canada...
, murder and rape case database - Hyperbolic In-Air Tracking System, radio-tracking component at US submarine R&D facility
- High-Impulse Thermobaric Weapons (HITs)Thermobaric weaponA thermobaric weapon, which includes the type known as a "fuel-air bomb", is an explosive weapon that produces a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives. This is useful in military applications where its longer duration increases the numbers of...
, a type of explosive that relies on oxygen from the surrounding air.