It's 35 years since the very first edition of Now That's What I Call Music was released, and Now 100 is about to be released this Friday.
The first Now album was released in November 1983, at a time when compilations of current chart hits were relatively rare.
The tracklisting was as follows:
Side 1:
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'
9. Culture Club - 'Karma Chameleon'
10. Men Without Hats - 'The Safety Dance'
11. Kajagoogoo - 'Too Shy'
12. Mike Oldfield - 'Moonlight Shadow'
13. Men at Work - 'Down Under'
14. Rock Steady Crew - '(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew'
15. Rod Stewart - 'Baby Jane'
16. Paul Young - 'Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)'
Side 2
1. New Edition - 'Candy Girl'
2. Kajagoogoo - 'Big Apple'
3. Tina Turner - 'Let's Stay Together'
4. The Human League - 'Fascination'
5. Howard Jones - 'New Song'
6. UB40 - 'Please Don't Make Me Cry'
7. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love'
8. Tracey Ullman - 'They Don't Know'
9. Will Powers - 'Kissing with Confidence'
10. Genesis - 'That's All'
11. The Cure - 'The Love Cats'
12. Simple Minds - 'Waterfront'
13. Madness - 'The Sun and the Rain'
14. Culture Club - 'Victims'
How many of these did you like at the time?
John Caddell and Larissa Nolan discussed this and more in our music slot.
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