Editing Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (UK series)

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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music! 42
|-
! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists<br>[[File:NOW042UKCover.jpg|200px|center]]
|-
!Released
|29 March 1999
|-
!Label
|Virgin / EMI / Polygram
|-
! colspan="2" |Series chronology
|-
| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable"
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (UK series)|Now 41]]'' (1998)
|'''''Now 42''''' (1999)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 43 (UK series)|Now 43]]'' (1999)
|}
|}
'''''Now That's What I Call Music! 42''''' or '''''Now 42''''' is the 42nd edition of the ''Now!'' series in the United Kingdom. It was released in March 1999 on audio cassette and compact disc.

== Track listing ==
{|
! colspan="4" |CD/tape 1
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist(s)
!Length
|-
|1.
|"When the Going Gets Tough"
|Boyzone
|3:37
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Better Best Forgotten"
|Steps
|3:40
|-
|3.
|"Believe"
|Cher
|3:57
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Thank ABBA for the Music"
|Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched, and Billie Piper
|4:07
|-
|5.
|"Goodbye"
|Spice Girls
|4:20
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"End of the Line"
|Honeyz
|4:06
|-
|7.
|"Honey to the Bee"
|Billie Piper
|3:41
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"What Can I Do"
|The Corrs
|4:15
|-
|9.
|"Big Big World"
|Emilia
|3:24
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|"Killin' Time '99"
|Tina Cousins
|4:05
|-
|11.
|"We Like to Party"
|Vengaboys
|3:42
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|"Witch Doctor"
|Cartoons
|3:05
|-
|13.
|"Always Have, Always Will"
|Ace of Base
|3:44
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|"You Should Be..."
|Blockster
|3:37
|-
|15.
|"Enjoy Yourself"
|A+
|3:39
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|"El Paradiso Rico"
|Deetah
|3:28
|-
|17.
|"More Than This"
|Emmie
|3:14
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|18.
|"Protect Your Mind (For the Love of a Princess)"
|DJ Sakin and Friends
|3:12
|-
|19.
|"Popped"
|Fool Boona
|3:06
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|20.
|"Colour the World"
|Sash!
|3:35
|-
|21.
|"Over You"
|Justin
|3:22
|-
|}

{|
! colspan="4" |CD/tape 2
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist(s)
!Length
|-
|1.
|"Strong"
|Robbie Williams
|4:38
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Fly Away"
|Lenny Kravitz
|3:42
|-
|3.
|"Praise You"
|Fatboy Slim
|3:47
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"You Don't Know Me"
|Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden
|4:01
|-
|5.
|"Flat Beat"
|Mr. Oizo
|3:56
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"Erase/Rewind"
|The Cardigans
|3:36
|-
|7.
|"Just Looking"
|Stereophonics
|4:05
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"Walk like a Panther"
|All Seeing I featuring Tony Christie
|4:19
|-
|9.
|"National Express"
|The Divine Comedy
|3:37
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|"Tequila" (Mint Royale Shot)"
|Terrorvision
|4:08
|-
|11.
|"How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?"
|The Beautiful South
|3:17
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|"Wish I Could Fly"
|Roxette
|3:59
|-
|13.
|"A Little Bit More"
|911
|3:48
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|"These Are the Times"
|Dru Hill
|4:04
|-
|15.
|"My Love"
|Kele Le Roc
|3:52
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|"War of Nerves"
|All Saints
|4:49
|-
|17.
|"Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star and the Wiseman)"
|Ladysmith Black Mambazo
|4:49
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|18.
|"Tender"
|Blur
|7:39
|-
|19.
|"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
|Dusty Springfield
|2:48
|-
|}

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