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This article describes the first album in the UK Now! series. It should not be confused with similarly-titled first albums in other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! (disambiguation) and Now That's What I Call Music! discography
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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 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album and series,[1] followed by another re-release for Record Store Day on 18 April 2015.[2] 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.[3]

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
No.TitleArtistLength
1."You Can't Hurry Love"Phil Collins2:52
2."Is There Something I Should Know?"Duran Duran4:11
3."Red Red Wine"UB403:01
4."Only for Love"Limahl3:48
5."Temptation"Heaven 173:07
6."Give It Up"KC and the Sunshine Band4:12
7."Double Dutch"Malcolm McLaren3:40
8."Total Eclipse of the Heart"Bonnie Tyler4:30
9."Karma Chameleon"Culture Club3:53
10."The Safety Dance"Men Without Hats2:47
11."Too Shy"Kajagoogoo3:41
12."Moonlight Shadow"Mike Oldfield3:37
13."Down Under"Men at Work3:42
14."(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"Rock Steady Crew3:46
15."Baby Jane"Rod Stewart4:45
16."Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"Paul Young4:52
CD/Record/Tape 2
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Candy Girl"New Edition3:52
2."Big Apple"Kajagoogoo4:12
3."Let's Stay Together"Tina Turner3:36
4."(Keep Feeling) Fascination"The Human League3:45
5."New Song"Howard Jones4:16
6."Please Don't Make Me Cry"UB403:26
7."Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack3:29
8."They Don't Know"Tracey Ullman3:00
9."Kissing with Confidence"Will Powers3:54
10."That's All"Genesis4:23
11."The Love Cats"The Cure3:33
12."Waterfront"Simple Minds4:40
13."The Sun and the Rain"Madness3:30
14."Victims"Culture Club4:56

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)[4] 1
Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK Compilation Albums (OCC)[5] 3

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [3]
  4. ^ "Various Artists | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 December 1983.
  5. ^ "Official Compilations Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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