Now That's What I Call Music 3 (U.K. series)

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This article describes the 3rd album in the UK Now! series. It should not be confused with the 1999 US album of the same name. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 3 (U.S. series).

Now That's What I Call Music 3 or Now 3 was released in 1984. The album is the 3rd edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was the third consecutive album of the series to reach #1 in the UK, staying there for 8 weeks, the longest run at number 1 out of any Now albums on the UK Albums Chart until the Compilations Chart was created in 1989. It was also the 300th album to reach number 1 in the chart's history.

Now That's What I Call Music 3
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	11 August 1984
Recorded	Various Times
Genre	Pop
Length	1:58
Label	Virgin / EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music II (U.K. series) (1984) Now That's What I Call Music 3 (UK series) (1984) Now That's What I Call Music 4 (U.K. series) (1984)

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. Duran Duran : "The Reflex"
2. Nik Kershaw : "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
3. Sister Sledge : "Thinking of You"
4. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : "Locomotion"
5. Ultravox : "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
6. Howard Jones : "Pearl in the Shell"
7. Blancmange : "Don't Tell Me"
8. Phil Collins : "Against All Odds"
9. Frankie Goes to Hollywood : "Two Tribes"
10. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel : "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)"
11. The Special A.K.A : "Nelson Mandela"
12. Womack & Womack : "Love Wars"
13. The Style Council : "You're The Best Thing"
14. Bob Marley & The Wailers : "One Love"
15. Bronski Beat : "Smalltown Boy"

[edit] Disc two

1. Queen : "I Want to Break Free"
2. Cyndi Lauper : "Time after Time"
3. Alison Moyet : "Love Resurrection"
4. The Bluebells : "Young at Heart"
5. Bananarama : "Robert DeNiro's Waiting"
6. Propaganda : "Dr. Mabuse"
7. Tina Turner : "What's Love Got to Do with It"
8. The Flying Pickets : "When You're Young and in Love"
9. Wham! : "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
10. The Thompson Twins : "You Take Me Up"
11. The Weather Girls : "It's Raining Men"
12. Gary Glitter : "Dance Me Up"
13. The Art Company : "Suzanna"
14. Madness : "One Better Day"
15. David Sylvian : "Red Guitar"

[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! 3 (U.S. series)