Evolution: The Hits is a greatest hits package, released by British synthpop band Dead or Alive, in 2003, on Epic Records label, distributed by major Sony Music. Evolution: The Hits is the band's second hits collection, after 1987's Rip It Up. This collection spans their musical history from 1984 debut album, Sophisticated Boom Boom, to 2000 Fragile, their latest studio album so far released, and contains all their single releases, as well as several remixes, both old and new, the most recent of which were realized in 2003.

Evolution: The Hits was released in two editions, a single disc, including 18 tracks, and a double disc, containing 28 songs. The U.S. version of the compilation contains one disc and 18 tracks, including two versions of Dead or Alive's most successful single, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", whereas European and Japanese versions of the collection have two discs and 28 songs (14 on each record), and include three versions of "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", along with many more tracks. A sticker on this latter version says that this collector's edition contains ten new songs/alternative versions, among which are rare mixes, improved versions and updated remixes. The 'Performance Mix' (usually incorrectly referred to as the 'Murder Mix') of "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" was re-released as a single to promote Evolution: The Hits.

Track listing

Double-disc version

CD 1

1. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Performance Mix) (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 8:00
2. "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" (12" U.S. Wipe Out Mix) (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 5:59
3. "Sex Drive" (Burns, Persi, Rizzatti, Moratto, Testoni) - 6:36
4. "What I Want" (Burns, Percy) - 5:49
5. "Brand New Lover" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 4:45
6. "Misty Circles" (Burns, Hussey, Percy) - 4:39
7. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 4:57
8. "I'll Save All My Kisses" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 3:36
9. "I Don't Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 4:40
10. "Hooked on Love" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 5:15
11. "I'm a Star" (Burns, Coy, Oxendale) - 4:35
12. "Something in My House" (2000 Remix) (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 5:06
13. "Isn't It a Pity" (Burns, Coy, Barnecott) 4:43
14. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Alternative Metro 7" Edit) (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 4:24

CD 2

1. "I'd Do Anything" (Burns, Percy) - 5:22
2. "Come Home with Me Baby" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 3:57
3. "That's the Way (I Like It)" (Casey, Finch) - 3:06
4. "International Thing" (Burns, Coy) - 3:43
5. "In Too Deep" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 3:50
6. "Unhappy Birthday" (Burns, Coy, Oxendale) - 7:29
7. "I Paralyze" (Burns, Coy, Barnecott) - 5:55
8. "Baby Don't Say Goodbye" (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 6:15
9. "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" (2003 Remix) (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 6:52
10. "Your Sweetness Is Your Weakness" (Burns, Coy, Oxendale) - 5:49
11. "Nukleopatra" (Burns, Coy) - 4:17
12. "Rebel Rebel" (Bowie, Ronson) - 4:01
13. "Hit and Run Lover" (Burns, Coy, Barnecott) - 4:39
14. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Mark Moore & Mr. Motion Remix) (Burns, Coy, Lever, Percy) - 6:20

Single-disc version

1. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
2. "That's the Way (I Like It)"
3. "In Too Deep"
4. "What I Want"
5. "Misty Circles"
6. "I'd Do Anything"
7. "Lover Come Back to Me" (2003 Remix)
8. "I'll Save You All My Kisses"
9. "Hooked on Love"
10. "Come Home with Me Baby"
11. "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)"
12. "Sex Drive"
13. "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" (2003 Remix)
14. "Hit and Run Lover"
15. "Isn't It a Pity"
16. "Brand New Lover"
17. "Something in My House"
18. "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Metro 7" Edit)

Credits

• Dead or Alive, Zeus B. Held, Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Phil Harding (The Mixmaster), Mark McGuire, Jay Burnett, Tim Weidner, Barry Stone, Les Sharma, Simon Barnecott, Graham Stack, Princess Julia, John Taylor, Punx Soundcheck, Mark Moore & David Motion: production
• Tim Pope, Vaughan Arnell, Anthea Benton, Tony Vanden Ende, Zanna: video editors
• Linda Fletcher: management
• James & James: photography
• Julian Gozra Lozano: art direction, digital manipulation, artwork
• Simon Catwell: design
• Andie Airfix & Satori, Lynn Burns: artwork

Chart positions

External links

• Amazon.com: customer reviews and audio samples of all 18 tracks on single disc version.