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

Now That's What I Call Music
Compilation album
Released	28 November 1983
Genre	Pop
Length	1:55:00
Label	Virgin / EMI Sony Music Entertainment
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music (1983) Now That's What I Call Music II (1984)

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, followed by another re-release for Record Store Day on 18th April 2015. In 2009, it celebrated the 25th anniversary of the album and series. It debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and then climbed to number one a week later, staying at the top for five non-consecutive weeks.^[1]

Now 1 features eleven songs which 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".

Track listing

CD/Record/Tape 1

1. Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love" (2:52)
2. Duran Duran : "Is There Something I Should Know?" (4:11)
3. UB40 : "Red Red Wine" (3:01)
4. Limahl : "Only for Love" (3:48)
5. Heaven 17 : "Temptation" (3:07)
6. KC and the Sunshine Band : "Give It Up" (4:12)
7. Malcolm McLaren : "Double Dutch" (3:40)
8. Bonnie Tyler : "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (4:30)
9. Culture Club : "Karma Chameleon" (3:53)
10. Men Without Hats : "The Safety Dance" (2:47)
11. Kajagoogoo : "Too Shy" (3:41)
12. Mike Oldfield : "Moonlight Shadow" (3:37)
13. Men at Work : "Down Under" (3:42)
14. Rock Steady Crew : "Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)" (3:46)
15. Rod Stewart : "Baby Jane" (4:45)
16. Paul Young : "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" (4:52)

CD/Record/Tape 2

1. New Edition : "Candy Girl" (3:52)
2. Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple" (4:12)
3. Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together" (3:36)
4. The Human League : "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" (3:45)
5. Howard Jones : "New Song" (4:16)
6. UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry" (3:26)
7. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (3:29)
8. Tracey Ullman : "They Don't Know" (3:00)
9. Will Powers : "Kissing with Confidence" (3:54)
10. Genesis : "That's All" (4:23)
11. The Cure : "The Love Cats" (3:33)
12. Simple Minds : "Waterfront" (4:40)
13. Madness : "The Sun and the Rain" (3:30)
14. Culture Club : "Victims" (4:56)

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"

† Never appeared on any NOW album.

†† Later appeared on NOW 2.

Charts

Chart (1983-1984)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[2]	1

Chart (2009)	Peak position
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[3]	3

External links

• Official website
• Now That's What I Call Music television commercial

References

2. "Various Artists | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 December 1983.
3. "Official Compilations Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2009.