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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music
! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists<br>[[File:NOW001UKCover.jpg|200px|center]]
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists
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!Released
!Released
|28 November 1983 (record/cassette) 20 July 2018 (CD/MP3)
|28 November 1983 (record/cassette) 20 July 2018 (CD/MP3)
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!Genre
|Pop, rock, new wave
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!Length
|1:55:00
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!Label
!Label
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|'''''Now That's What I Call Music''''' (1983)
|'''''Now That's What I Call Music'''''(1983)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)|Now 2]]'' (1984)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)|Now That's What I Call Music II]]''(1984)
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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. 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. [[Now That's What I Call Music (2018 reissue)|Now 1 2018 reissue]]
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. 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.
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.


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
{|
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 1
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 1
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
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!No.
!No.
!style="width:60%" | Title
!Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Artist
!Length
!Length
|-
|-
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|"You Can't Hurry Love"
|"You Can't Hurry Love"
|Phil Collins
|Phil Collins
|2:52
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|2.
|2.
|"Is There Something I Should Know?"
|"Is There Something I Should Know?"
|Duran Duran
|Duran Duran
|4:11
|
|-
|-
|3.
|3.
|"Red Red Wine"
|"Red Red Wine"
|UB40
|UB40
|3:01
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|4.
|4.
|"Only for Love"
|"Only for Love"
|Limahl
|Limahl
|3:48
|
|-
|-
|5.
|5.
|"Temptation"
|"Temptation"
|Heaven 17
|Heaven 17
|3:07
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|6.
|6.
|"Give It Up"
|"Give It Up"
|KC and the Sunshine Band
|KC and the Sunshine Band
|4:12
|
|-
|-
|7.
|7.
|"Double Dutch"
|"Double Dutch"
|Malcolm McLaren
|Malcolm McLaren
|3:40
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|8.
|8.
|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
|Bonnie Tyler
|Bonnie Tyler
|4:30
|
|-
|-
|9.
|9.
|"Karma Chameleon"
|"Karma Chameleon"
|Culture Club
|Culture Club
|3:53
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|10.
|10.
|"The Safety Dance"
|"The Safety Dance"
|Men Without Hats
|Men Without Hats
|2:47
|
|-
|-
|11.
|11.
|"Too Shy"
|"Too Shy"
|Kajagoogoo
|Kajagoogoo
|3:41
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|12.
|12.
|"Moonlight Shadow"
|"Moonlight Shadow"
|Mike Oldfield
|Mike Oldfield
|3:37
|
|-
|-
|13.
|13.
|"Down Under"
|"Down Under"
|Men at Work
|Men at Work
|3:42
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|14.
|14.
|"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
|"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
|Rocksteady Crew
|Rocksteady Crew
|3:46
|
|-
|-
|15.
|15.
|"Baby Jane"
|"Baby Jane"
|Rod Stewart
|Rod Stewart
|4:45
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|16.
|16.
|"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
|"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
|Paul Young
|Paul Young
|4:52
|
|}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
{|
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 2
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 2
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
|-
!No.
!No.
!style="width:60%" | Title
!Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Artist
!Length
!Length
|-
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|"Candy Girl"
|"Candy Girl"
|New Edition
|New Edition
|3:53
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|2.
|2.
|"Big Apple"
|"Big Apple"
|Kajagoogoo
|Kajagoogoo
|4:12
|
|-
|-
|3.
|3.
|"Let's Stay Together"
|"Let's Stay Together"
|Tina Turner
|Tina Turner
|3:36
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|4.
|4.
|"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
|"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
|The Human League
|The Human League
|3:45
|
|-
|-
|5.
|5.
|"New Song"
|"New Song"
|Howard Jones
|Howard Jones
|4:16
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|6.
|6.
|"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
|"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
|UB40
|UB40
|3:26
|
|-
|-
|7.
|7.
|"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"
|"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"
|Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
|Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
|3:29
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|8.
|8.
|"They Don't Know"
|"They Don't Know"
|Tracey Ullman
|Tracey Ullman
|3:00
|
|-
|-
|9.
|9.
|"Kissing with Confidence"
|"Kissing with Confidence"
|Will Powers
|Will Powers
|3:54
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|10.
|10.
|"That's All"
|"That's All"
|Genesis
|Genesis
|4:23
|
|-
|-
|11.
|11.
|"The Love Cats"
|"The Love Cats"
|The Cure
|The Cure
|3:33
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|12.
|12.
|"Waterfront"
|"Waterfront"
|Simple Minds
|Simple Minds
|4:40
|
|-
|-
|13.
|13.
|"The Sun and the Rain"
|"The Sun and the Rain"
|Madness
|Madness
|3:30
|
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|-
|14.
|14.
|"Victims"
|"Victims"
|Culture Club
|Culture Club
|4:56
|
|}
|}


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