Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)

Now That's What I Call Music or Now 1 is the first album from the popular Now! series that was released in the United Kingdom in 1983. Initial pressings were released on vinyl and audio cassette, with a re-release on CD in 2009, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album and series. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Now 1 features eleven songs that reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "You Can't Hurry Love" "Is There Something I Should Know?", "Red Red Wine", "Give It Up", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Karma Chameleon", "Too Shy", "Down Under", "Baby Jane", "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" and "Candy Girl".

This album has double appearances from Phil Collins, UB40, Culture Club and Kajagoogoo.

Track listing

Side one

1. Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
2. Duran Duran : "Is There Something I Should Know"
3. UB40 : "Red Red Wine"
4. Limahl : "Only for Love"
5. Heaven 17 : "Temptation"
6. KC and the Sunshine Band : "Give It Up"
7. Malcolm McLaren : "Double Dutch"
8. Bonnie Tyler : "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

Side two

1. Culture Club : "Karma Chameleon"
2. Men Without Hats : "The Safety Dance"
3. Kajagoogoo : "Too Shy"
4. Mike Oldfield : "Moonlight Shadow"
5. Men at Work : "Down Under"
6. Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
7. Rod Stewart : "Baby Jane"
8. Paul Young : "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"

Side three

1. New Edition : "Candy Girl"
2. Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
3. Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
4. The Human League : "(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
5. Howard Jones : "New Song"
6. UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
7. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"

Side four

1. Tracey Ullman : "They Don't Know"
2. Will Powers : "Kissing with Confidence"
3. Genesis : "That's All"
4. The Cure : "The Lovecats"
5. Simple Minds : "Waterfront"
6. Madness : "The Sun and the Rain"
7. Culture Club : "Victims"

Video selection

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that later featured on Volume II of the series and two which did not appear on any Now album.

1. Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
2. Duran Duran : "Is There Something I Should Know"
3. UB40 : "Red Red Wine"
4. Limahl : "Only for Love"
5. Heaven 17 : "Temptation"
6. Malcolm McLaren : "Double Dutch"
7. Culture Club : "Karma Chameleon"
8. Men Without Hats : "The Safety Dance"
9. Kajagoogoo : "Too Shy"
10. Mike Oldfield : "Moonlight Shadow"
11. Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
12. Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
13. Freeez : "I.O.U."
14. Howard Jones : "New Song"
15. UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
16. Will Powers : "Kissing with Confidence"
17. Genesis : "That's All"
18. Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
19. The Assembly : "Never Never"
20. Thompson Twins : "Hold Me Now"
21. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"

External links

• Now That's What I Call Music front- and backcover
• Now That's What I Call Music television commercial

References