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

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:right"
! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music II
|-
! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists<br>[[File:NOW002UKCover.jpg|200px|center]]
|-
!Released
|26 March 1984
|-
!Genre
|Pop
|-
!Length
|1:00:55
|-
!Label
|Virgin / EMI
|-
! colspan="2" |Series chronology
|-
| colspan="2" |
{| class="wikitable"
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)|Now 1]]'' (1983)
|'''''Now 2''''' (1984)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music 3 (UK series)|Now 3]]'' (1984)
|}
|}

'''''Now That's What I Call Music II''''' or '''''Now 2''''' was released on 26 March 1984. The album is the second edition of the (UK) Now series. It was released on LP & audio cassette. ''Now 2'' debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart and then climbed to number one a week later, staying there for five weeks.

On 12 April 2019, [[Now That's What I Call Music II (2019 reissue)|Now 2 was reissued]].

== Track listing ==

=== Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1) ===
{| 
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1.
|"Radio Ga Ga"
|Queen
|5:43
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Wouldn't It be Good"
|Nik Kershaw
|4:28
|-
|3.
|"Hold Me Now"
|Thompson Twins
|4:38
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
|Matt Bianco
|3:24
|-
|5.
|"More, More, More"
|Carmel
|3:08
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"Michael Caine"
|Madness
|3:39
|-
|7.
|"Only You"
|The Flying Pickets
|3:21
|}

=== Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2) ===
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1.
|"99 Red Balloons"
|Nena
|3:51
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
|Cyndi Lauper
|3:31
|-
|3.
|"My Guy's Mad at Me"
|Tracey Ullman
|3:01
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Break My Stride"
|Matthew Wilder
|2:58
|-
|5.
|"Breaking Down"
|Julia & Company
|3:09
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"That's Livin' Alright"
|Joe Fagin
|3:04
|-
|7.
|"I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)"
|Hot Chocolate
|3:39
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"Bird of Paradise"
|Snowy White
|4:21
|}

=== Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3) ===
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1.
|"Relax"
|Frankie Goes to Hollywood
|3:55
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Here Comes the Rain Again"
|Eurythmics
|5:01
|-
|3.
|"What is Love?"
|Howard Jones
|3:40
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"What Difference Does It Make?"
|The Smiths
|3:48
|-
|5.
|"(Feels Like) Heaven"
|Fiction Factory
|3:30
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"The Politics of Dancing"
|Re-Flex
|3:17
|-
|7.
|"Hyperactive!"
|Thomas Dolby
|4:15
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"Wishful Thinking"
|China Crisis
|4:12
|}

=== Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4) ===
{|
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1.
|"Modern Love"
|David Bowie
|3:59
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"It's a Miracle"
|Culture Club
|3:24
|-
|3.
|"Undercover of the Night"
|The Rolling Stones
|4:33
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Wonderland"
|Big Country
|3:56
|-
|5.
|"Run Runaway"
|Slade
|3:44
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"New Moon on Monday"
|Duran Duran
|4:16
|-
|7.
|"Pipes of Peace"
|Paul McCartney
|3:54
|}

== VHS release ==
A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that previously featured on Volume I of the series, one that later featured on Volume IV and seven which did not appear on any Now album.

# Nik Kershaw : "Wouldn't It be Good"
# Thompson Twins : "Doctor! Doctor!" <sup>††</sup>
# Howard Jones : "What is Love?"
# Duran Duran : "New Moon on Monday"
# China Crisis : "Wishful Thinking"
# Tina Turner : "Help" <sup>†</sup>
# Status Quo : "Marguerita Time" <sup>†</sup>
# Carmel : "More, More, More"
# Shannon : "Let the Music Play" <sup>†</sup>
# The Icicle Works : "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)" <sup>†</sup>
# Bourgie Bourgie : "Breaking Point" <sup>†</sup>
# Re-Flex : "The Politics of Dancing"
# Thomas Dolby : "Hyperactive"
# Matt Bianco : "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
# Big Country : "Wonderland"
# Marilyn : "Cry and be Free" <sup>†</sup>
# Snowy White : "Bird of Paradise"
# The Flying Pickets : "Only You"
# Kajagoogoo : "The Lion's Mouth" <sup>†</sup>
# Culture Club : "Victims" <sup>†††</sup>

† Never appeared on any ''NOW'' album.

†† Later appeared on ''NOW 4''.

††† Previously appeared on ''NOW 1''.

== Charts ==
Chart (1984) Peak
position UK Albums Chart 1

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