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Released
  
1995

Label
  
Rhino

Genre
  
Pop rock

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Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1995, each featuring 12 soft rock hit recordings from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Five albums in the series were released.

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Many of the tracks reached the top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, with most making the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart.

Conceptually, Radio Daze was similar to Rhino Records's Super Hits of the 70s: Have a Nice Day album series, first released in 1990 (with a follow-up series of albums in 1993, and additional three volumes issued in 1996). Similarities included the inclusion of one- and two-hit wonders and lesser-known pop and rock music songs, liner notes about the artists, songs and music of the early 1980s, and the relative brevity in respect to the capacity of compact discs (usually about 45 minutes, the longest of most various artist vinyl LPs of the early 1980s).

No follow-up volumes were issued after the original five albums were released.

Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s, Vol. 1

  1. "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes 3:55
  2. "You're Only Lonely" - J.D. Souther 3:50
  3. "Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Bonnie Pointer 3:24
  4. "This Night Won't Last Forever" - Michael Johnson 3:41
  5. "Rolene" - Moon Martin 3:39
  6. "An American Dream" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 3:36
  7. "Do That to Me One More Time" - Captain & Tennille 3:52
  8. "Romeo's Tune" - Steve Forbert 3:32
  9. "Set Me Free" - Utopia 3:10
  10. "Pretty Girls" - Melissa Manchester 4:02
  11. "Gee Whiz" - Bernadette Peters 2:39
  12. "Please Don't Leave" - Lauren Wood with Michael McDonald 3:56

Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s, Vol. 2

  1. "With You I'm Born Again" - Billy Preston & Syreeta 3:42
  2. "Pilot of the Airwaves" - Charlie Dore 3:22
  3. "Him" - Rupert Holmes 3:40
  4. "Three Times in Love" - Tommy James 4:33
  5. "I Still Have Dreams" - Richie Furay 3:27
  6. "Do Right" - Paul Davis 4:01
  7. "Biggest Part of Me" - Ambrosia 5:28
  8. "Stomp!" - The Brothers Johnson 4:09
  9. "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" - Photoglo 3:38
  10. "I Pledge My Love" - Peaches & Herb 4:17
  11. "Lost Her in the Sun" - John Stewart 3:34
  12. "Wondering Where the Lions Are" - Bruce Cockburn 3:41

Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s, Vol. 3

  1. "Tired of Toein' the Line" - Rocky Burnette
  2. "Steal Away" - Robbie Dupree
  3. "Take a Little Rhythm" - Ali Thomson
  4. "Fire in the Morning" - Melissa Manchester
  5. "Only a Lonely Heart Sees" - Felix Cavaliere
  6. "Into the Night" - Benny Mardones
  7. "Let Me Love You Tonight" - Pure Prairie League
  8. "Midnight Rocks" - Al Stewart
  9. "Why Not Me" - Fred Knoblock
  10. "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight" - Larsen/Feiten Band
  11. "Angel Say No" - Tommy Tutone
  12. "You're the Only Woman" - Ambrosia

Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s, Vol. 4

  1. "One in a Million You" - Larry Graham 4:13
  2. "Jesse" - Carly Simon 4:20
  3. "Hot Rod Hearts" - Robbie Dupree 3:41
  4. "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" - Waylon Jennings 2:10
  5. "How Do I Survive" - Amy Holland 4:01
  6. "Sequel" - Harry Chapin 6:40
  7. "Lookin' for Love" - Johnny Lee 3:41
  8. "Empire Strikes Back (Medley)" - Meco 3:06
  9. "King of the Hill" - Rick Pinette and Oak 3:22
  10. "I'm Happy That Love Has Found You" - Jimmy Hall 4:03
  11. "Killin' Time" - Fred Knoblock and Susan Anton
  12. "I Believe in You" - Don Williams 4:06

Radio Daze: Pop Hits of the 80s, Vol. 5

  1. "Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes 3:49
  2. "Somebody's Knockin'" - Terri Gibbs 3:03
  3. "Just the Two of Us" - Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers 3:59
  4. "Just Between You and Me" - April Wine 3:58
  5. "If You Should Sail" - Nielsen/Pearson 3:33
  6. "Precious to Me" - Phil Seymour 2:53
  7. "Living Inside Myself" - Gino Vannelli 4:03
  8. "How 'Bout Us" - Champaign 3:24
  9. "Hearts on Fire" - Randy Meisner 2:47
  10. "Ah! Leah!" - Donnie Iris 3:45
  11. "Love You Like I Never Loved Before" - John O'Banion 3:25
  12. "Sweetheart" - Franke and the Knockouts 3:48

References

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