Now That’s What I Call Music (also simply titled Now or Now 1) is the first album from the popular Now! series that was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1983. Initial pressings were released on vinyl and audio cassette. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album and series, the album was re-released on CD for the first time in 2009. However, alternative longer mixes of Only for Love, Double Dutch and Candy Girl were included in place of the original shorter single mixes from 1983. A double vinyl re-release followed for Record Store Day on 18 April 2015. In July 2018, the album was newly remastered and re-released on CD, vinyl and cassette to commemorate the release of the 100th volume of the series.
In December 1983, the compilation debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and reached number one a week later, staying at the top for five non-consecutive weeks.
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| 01 |
Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love |
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| 02 |
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know |
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| 03 |
UB40 – Red Red Wine |
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| 04 |
Limahl – Only For Love |
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| 05 |
Heaven 17 – Temptation |
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| 06 |
KC And The Sunshine Band – Give It Up |
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| 07 |
Malcolm McLaren – Double Dutch |
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| 08 |
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart |
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| 09 |
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon |
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| 10 |
Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance |
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| 11 |
Kajagoogoo – Too Shy |
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| 12 |
Mike Oldfield – Moonlight Shadow |
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| 13 |
Men At Work – Down Under |
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| 14 |
Rock Steady Crew – (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew |
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| 15 |
Rod Stewart – Baby Jane |
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| 16 |
Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) |
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| 17 |
New Edition – Candy Girl |
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| 18 |
Kajagoogoo – Big Apple |
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| 19 |
Tina Turner – Let’s Stay Together |
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| 20 |
The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination |
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| 21 |
Howard Jones – New Song |
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| 22 |
UB40 – Please Don’t Make Me Cry |
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| 23 |
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack – Tonight, I Celebrate My Love |
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| 24 |
Tracey Ullman – They Don’t Know |
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| 25 |
Will Powers – Kissing With Confidence |
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| 26 |
Genesis – That’s All |
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| 27 |
The Cure – The Lovecats |
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| 28 |
Simple Minds – Waterfront |
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| 29 |
Madness – The Sun And The Rain |
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| 30 |
Culture Club – Victims |
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