Now That's What I Call Music! 26 (UK series)

This article describes the 26th album in the UK Now! series. It should not be confused with identically-numbered albums from other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 26 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Music! 26 or Now 26 was released in 1993. The album is the 26th edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was released on vinyl, audio cassette & CD formats.

There is a mistake in the booklet, where "October" is misspelt "Octoer". The mistake can be found under the write-up for "Wish".

Now 26 features five songs that reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You", "Boom! Shake the Room", "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)", "Mr Vain" and "Pray".

Now That's What I Call Music! Volume 26
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	November 15, 1993
Recorded	Various Times
Genre	Pop
Length	2:34:01
Label	Virgin / EMI / Polygram
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 25 (1993) Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 26 (UK series) (1993) Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 27 (1994)

Track listing

Disc one

1. UB40 : "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You"
2. Pet Shop Boys : "Go West"
3. Frankie Goes to Hollywood : "Relax"
4. M People : "One Night in Heaven"
5. Eternal : "Stay"
6. SWV : "Right Here"
7. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince : "Boom! Shake the Room"
8. The Shamen : "Comin' On"
9. Stakka Bo : "Here We Go"
10. Chaka Demus & Pliers : "She Don't Let Nobody"
11. Tina Turner : "Disco Inferno"
12. Belinda Carlisle : "Big Scary Animal"
13. Spin Doctors : "Two Princes"
14. R.E.M. : "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
15. The Levellers : "This Garden"
16. James : "Laid"
17. Crowded House : "Distant Sun"
18. Radiohead : "Creep"
19. Meat Loaf : "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

Disc two

1. Cappella : "U Got 2 Let the Music"
2. Haddaway : "What Is Love"
3. 2 Unlimited : "Maximum Overdrive"
4. Culture Beat : "Mr Vain"
5. The Goodmen : "Give It Up"
6. Leftfield & Lydon : "Open Up"
7. Apache Indian : "Boom Shack-A-Lak"
8. Urban Cookie Collective : "Feels Like Heaven"
9. Captain Hollywood Project : "More and More"
10. Juliet Roberts : "Free Love"
11. Jamiroquai : "Too Young to Die"
12. Dina Carroll : "Don't Be A Stranger"
13. Take That : "Pray"
14. Gabrielle : "Going Nowhere"
15. Lena Fiagbe : "Gotta Get It Right"
16. Soul II Soul : "Wish"
17. Lisa Stansfield : "So Natural"
18. Björk & David Arnold : "Play Dead"
19. Lenny Kravitz : "Heaven Help"
20. Go West : "Tracks of My Tears"
21. Janet Jackson : "That's the Way Love Goes"

See also

• Now That's What I Call Music
• List of Now That's What I Call Music! albums

External links

• Now That's What I Call Music! 26 front- and backcover