Editing Now 12" 80s: 1981 (UK)

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! colspan="2" |Now 12" 80s: 1981
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|  colspan="2" |[[File:NOW1280s1981UK.jpg|center|300px]]
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by Various Artists
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!Released
|20 October 2023
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! colspan="2" |Series chronology
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{| class="wikitable" 
|[[Now 12" 80s: 1980 (UK)|Now 12" 80s: 1980]] (2023)
|'''Now 12" 80s: 1981 (2023)'''
|[[Now 12" 80s: 1982 - Part 1 (UK)|Now 12" 80s: 1982 - Part 1]] (2024)
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'''NOW 12" 80s: 1981''' is a 4CD album of the UK Now 12" 80s series and was released on 20 October 2023.

==Tracklist==
'''Disc 1'''
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|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1
|Planet Earth &nbsp; <small>(Night Version)</small>
|Duran Duran
|6:16
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2
|The Sound of the Crowd &nbsp; <small>(12" Version / 2012 Remaster)</small>
|The Human League
|6:29
|-
|3
|Quiet Life &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|Japan
|4:50
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4
|Visage &nbsp; <small>(12" Dance Mix)</small>
|Visage
|6:03
|-
|5
|All Stood Still &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Ultravox
|5:06
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6
|Glow &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Spandau Ballet
|8:08
|-
|7
|Southern Freeez &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Freeez
|5:41
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8
|Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Haircut 100
|7:08
|-
|9
|Tears are Not Enough &nbsp; <small>(12" Remix)</small>
|ABC
|7:45
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10
|Play to Win &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Heaven 17
|7:24
|-
|11
|Bedsitter &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|Soft Cell
|7:52
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12
|Extended Souvenir &nbsp; <small>(2003 Digital Remaster)</small>
|Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
|4:13
|}

'''Disc 2'''
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1
|Rapture &nbsp; <small>(Special Disco Mix)</small>
|Blondie
|9:59
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2
|Wordy Rappinghood &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|Tom Tom Club
|6:29
|-
|3
|Don't Slow Down &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|UB40
|7:14
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4
|Ghost Town &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|The Specials
|6:01
|-
|5
|Aie a Mwana &nbsp; <small>(US Extended Version)</small>
|Bananarama
|6:52
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6
|Happy Birthday &nbsp; <small>(Dance Mix)</small>
|Altered Images
|7:02
|-
|7
|Chihuahua &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Bow Wow Wow
|5:46
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8
|Spellbound &nbsp; <small>(12" Mix)</small>
|Siouxsie and the Banshees
|4:40
|-
|9
|The American &nbsp; <small>(Extended Remix)</small>
|Simple Minds
|6:55
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10
|The Art of Parties &nbsp; <small>(12" Version / Remastered 2003)</small>
|Japan
|6:44
|-
|11
|Mind of a Toy &nbsp; <small>(Dance Mix)</small>
|Visage
|5:14
|}

'''Disc 3'''
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1
|Physical &nbsp; <small>(Long Version / Remastered 2021)</small>
|Olivia Newton-John
|7:04
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2
|Can You Handle It? &nbsp; <small>(Full Length Version)</small>
|Sharon Redd
|6:23
|-
|3
|You'll Never Know &nbsp; <small>(Full Length Version)</small>
|Hi-Gloss
|5:24
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4
|Pull Up to the Bumper &nbsp; <small>(Party Version)</small>
|Grace Jones
|4:56
|-
|5
|Backfired &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|Debbie Harry
|6:19
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6
|Don't Stop the Music &nbsp; <small>(Long Version)</small>
|Yarborough & Peoples
|7:50
|-
|7
|Let's Groove &nbsp; <small>(Holiday Version Remix)</small>
|Earth, Wind & Fire
|6:42
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8
|Going Back to My Roots &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Odyssey
|5:25
|-
|9
|Make That Move &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Shalamar
|6:15
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10
|It's a Love Thing &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|The Whispers
|5:07
|-
|11
|Nights Over Egypt &nbsp; <small>(12")</small>
|The Jones Girls
|4:38
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12
|How 'bout Us &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Champaign
|4:33
|}

'''Disc 4'''
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1
|Fade to Grey &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Visage
|6:41
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2
|Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|Soft Cell
|8:55
|-
|3
|Don't You Want Me &nbsp; <small>(Extended Dance Mix / Remastered 2021)</small>
|The Human League
|7:30
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4
|Girls on Film &nbsp; <small>(Night Version)</small>
|Duran Duran
|5:28
|-
|5
|The Freeze &nbsp; <small>(Special Mix / 2010 Remaster)</small>
|Spandau Ballet
|6:31
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6
|I Could be Happy &nbsp; <small>(12" Mix)</small>
|Altered Images
|5:39
|-
|7
|Hand Held in Black and White &nbsp; <small>(Extended Version)</small>
|Dollar
|5:04
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8
|Everybody Salsa / Salsa Rhapsody &nbsp; <small>(Disco Mix)</small>
|Modern Romance
|7:06
|-
|9
|Hands Up &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Ottawan
|4:48
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10
|Stars on 45 Volume 2 / More Stars &nbsp; <small>(12" Version)</small>
|Stars on 45
|11:55
|-
|11
|Hooked on Classics &nbsp; <small>(Long Version)</small>
|Louis Clark Conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
|5:04
|}