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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.
01 – Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love
02 – Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know
03 – UB40 – Red Red Wine
04 – Limahl – Only For Love
05 – Heaven 17 – Temptation
06 – KC And The Sunshine Band – Give It Up
07 – Malcolm McLaren – Double Dutch
08 – Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
09 – 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)
17 – New Edition – Candy Girl
18 – Kajagoogoo – Big Apple
19 – Tina Turner – Let’s Stay Together
20 – The Human League – (Keep Feeling) Fascination
21 – Howard Jones – New Song
22 – UB40 – Please Don’t Make Me Cry
23 – Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack – Tonight, I Celebrate My Love
24 – Tracey Ullman – They Don’t Know
25 – Will Powers – Kissing With Confidence
26 – Genesis – That’s All
27 – The Cure – The Lovecats
28 – Simple Minds – Waterfront
29 – Madness – The Sun And The Rain
30 – Culture Club – Victims
