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

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Now That's What I Call Music XIII
Compilation album by various artists
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Released 21 November 1988
Label Virgin / EMI / Polygram
Series chronology
Now 12 (1988) Now 13 (1988) Now 14 (1989)

Now That's What I Call Music XIII or Now 13 was released in 1988. The album is the 13th edition of the (UK) Now series. It was released on vinyl, audio cassette and CD formats. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart for four weeks. This would be the last compilation album to be number 1 on the chart, as the UK Compilation Chart was created in January 1989 due to the dominance of compilations in the albums chart over the previous few years. Now 13 was the first number one album on the new chart.

On 18 November 2022, Now 13 was reissued.

Track listing[edit source]

CD/record/tape 1[edit source]

No. Artist Title Length
1. Yazz and the Plastic Population "The Only Way is Up" 4:03
2. Womack and Womack "Teardrops" 3:52
3. Erasure "A Little Respect" 3:30
4. The Christians "Harvest for the World" 3:58
5. Hue and Cry "Ordinary Angel" 4:10
6. UB40 with Chrissie Hynde "Breakfast in Bed" 3:16
7. Robert Palmer "She Makes My Day" 4:20
8. Breathe "Hands to Heaven" 4:19
9. Phil Collins "A Groovy Kind of Love" 3:30
10. Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry, be Happy" 3:54
11. Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones "Kiss" 4:09
12. Bryan Ferry "Let's Stick Together '88" 2:56
13. Kim Wilde "You Came" 3:30
14. Bomb the Bass "Don't Make Me Wait" 3:46
15. Brother Beyond "The Harder I Try" 3:27
16. The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 4:17

CD/record/tape 2[edit source]

No. Artist Title Length
1. Fat Boys and Chubby Checker "The Twist (Yo, Twist)" 4:07
2. Wee Papa Girl Rappers "Wee Rule" 3:31
3. Salt 'n' Pepa "Twist and Shout" 3:46
4. Yello "The Race" 3:19
5. Inner City featuring Kevin Saunderson "Big Fun" 3:22
6. D-Mob featuring Gary Haisman "We Call It Acieed" 3:18
7. The Beatmasters with P.P. Arnold "Burn It Up" 3:24
8. Milli Vanilli "Girl You Know It's True" 4:14
9. Level 42 "Heaven in My Hands" 4:08
10 Jane Wiedlin "Rush Hour" 4:01
11. The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna be (500 Miles)" 3:36
12. T'Pau "Secret Garden" 4:05
13. Transvision Vamp "I Want Your Love" 3:18
14. Duran Duran "I Don't Want Your Love" 3:47
15. The Human League "Love is All That Matters" 4:06
16. All About Eve "Martha's Harbour" 3:10

Video selection[edit source]

A video selection was released on VHS featuring a selection of tracks that featured on the main album release.

  1. Duran Duran : "I Don't Want Your Love"
  2. Erasure : "A Little Respect"
  3. T'Pau : "Secret Garden"
  4. Brother Beyond : "The Harder I Try"
  5. Bryan Ferry : "Let's Stick Together"
  6. Hue & Cry : "Ordinary Angel"
  7. Wee Papa Girl Rappers : "Wee Rule"
  8. Yello : "The Race"
  9. Inner City : "Big Fun"
  10. Robert Palmer : "She Makes My Day"
  11. Jane Wiedlin : "Rush Hour"
  12. Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones : "Kiss"
  13. Breathe : "Hands to Heaven"
  14. Level 42 : "Heaven in My Hands"
  15. Phil Collins : "A Groovy Kind of Love"

Charts[edit source]

Chart (1988-1989) Peak

position

UK Albums Chart 1
Now That's What I Call Music! UK albums

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