Now That's What I Call Music (album) (U.K. series)
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This article describes the first album in the U.K. Now! series. It should not be confused with similarly-titled first albums in other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! (album) and List of Now That's What I Call Music! albums.
Now That's What I Call Music or Now was released in 1983. It was the very first Now That's What I Call Music album to be released, and went on to spawn a large number of further "Now!" albums in the UK, and later in other countries. Becoming one of the biggest albums of the year, it became one of only a few compilation albums to reach #1 on the UK album chart, staying there for four consecutive weeks and five in all. It also went 3x platinum, selling over 900,000 copies.
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |||||
Released | December 10, 1983 | ||||
Genre | Pop | ||||
Length | 1:55:00 | ||||
Label | Virgin / EMI | ||||
Series chronology | |||||
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Contents |
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[edit] Disc one
- Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
- Duran Duran : "Is There Something I Should Know"
- UB40 : "Red Red Wine"
- Limahl : "Only For Love"
- Heaven 17 : "Temptation"
- KC & The Sunshine Band : "Give It Up"
- Malcolm McLaren : "Double Dutch"
- Bonnie Tyler : "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
- Culture Club : "Karma Chameleon"
- Men Without Hats : "Safety Dance"
- Kajagoogoo : "Too Shy"
- Mike Oldfield : "Moonlight Shadow"
- Men at Work : "Down Under"
- Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
- Rod Stewart : "Baby Jane"
- Paul Young : "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
[edit] Disc two
- New Edition : "Candy Girl"
- Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
- Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
- Human League : "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
- Howard Jones : "New Song"
- UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
- Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
- Tracey Ullman : "They Don't Know"
- Will Powers : "Kissing With Confidence"
- Genesis : "That's All"
- The Cure : "Love Cats"
- Simple Minds : "Waterfront"
- Madness : "The Sun and the Rain"
- Culture Club : "Victim"
[edit] See also
- Now That's What I Call Music
- List of Now That's What I Call Music! albums
- Now That's What I Call Music! (album) (U.S. series)
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