Total Pop! The First 40 Hits


Total Pop! The First 40 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released on 23 February 2009 by Mute Records. The album utilizes a straightforward format: all of Erasure's singles up to that point, sequenced in chronological order. This is a continuation of the format used in Erasure's 1992 hits collection Pop! - the First 20 Hits.
The album was released in a variety of formats: a standard 2-CD set containing the 40 hits, a deluxe 3-CD/DVD longbox set containing the 40 hits, along with live performances from 1987–2007, and appearances at the BBC from 1986-2005. The digital download version of the album contains three additional bonus 'hits'.
Prior to its release, a remix album titled Pop! Remixed was released on 9 February 2009.
A free 4 track digital download titled Pop! Treasure, which features previously unreleased material was made available to those who pre-ordered the box set via the Erasure online shop.
The album entered the UK Album Chart at number 21 and at number 12 in Argentina.

Track listing

Pop! (CD disc 1)

Pop2! (CD disc 2)

Erasure Live 1987-2007 (CD disc 3, "deluxe" edition only)

  1. "Spiralling" 1987
  2. "The Hardest Part" 1988
  3. "Drama!" 1989
  4. "Knocking on Your Door" 1989
  5. "Push Me Shove Me" 1990
  6. "Voulez-Vous" 1992,
  7. "Am I Right?" 1992
  8. "Heart of Stone" 1992
  9. "Who Needs Love Like That" 1996
  10. "Rain" 1997
  11. "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" 2002
  12. "Piano Song" 2003
  13. "Hideaway" 2005
  14. "Breathe" 2006
  15. "Oh L'Amour" 2007

    Erasure at the BBC 1986-2005 (DVD disc 4, "deluxe" edition only)

  16. "Sometimes" 4 Dec 1986
  17. "It Doesn't Have to Be" 2 Mar 1987
  18. "Victim of Love" 22 Oct 1987
  19. "The Circus" 22 Oct 1987
  20. "Ship of Fools" 26 Feb 1988
  21. "Chains of Love" 16 Jun 1988
  22. "A Little Respect" 15 Oct 1988
  23. "Stop!" 15 Dec 1988
  24. "Chorus" 28 Jun 1991
  25. "Love to Hate You" 3 Oct 1991
  26. "Am I Right?" 5 Dec 1991
  27. "Breath of Life" 26 Mar 1992
  28. "Who Needs Love Like That" 29 Oct 1992
  29. "Always" 7 Apr 1994
  30. "Run To The Sun" 28 Jul 1994
  31. "I Love Saturday" 4 Dec 1994
  32. "Stay with Me" 30 Nov 1995
  33. "Fingers & Thumbs " 30 Nov 1995
  34. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" 7 Mar 1997
  35. "Solsbury Hill" 17 Jan 2003
  36. "Breathe" 14 Jan 2005
  37. Top of the Pops 2 Special 9 Apr 2003
  39. "Sometimes" 2 Mar 1987
  40. "How Many Times?" 18 Oct 1989
  41. "Miracle" 21 May 1994
  42. "Because You're So Sweet" 21 May 1994

    Pop2! (digital download only)

  43. "Oh L'amour"
  44. "Boy"
  45. "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love"

    Pop! Treasure (pre-order of "deluxe" edition only- download)

  46. Sugar Hill
  47. Worlds on Fire
  48. Chains of Love
  49. Early Bird