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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music
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|-
{{Now-first|UK}}
! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists<br>[[File:NOW001UKCover.jpg|200px|center]]
{{Infobox album
|-
| name      = Now That's What I Call Music
!Released
| type      = Compilation
|28 November 1983 (record/cassette) 20 July 2018 (CD/MP3)
| artist    = various artists
|-
| cover      = Now1final.jpg
!Genre
| alt        =
|Pop, rock, new wave
| released  = {{date|11/28/1983|DMY}}
|-
| recorded  =
!Length
| venue      =
|1:55:00
| studio    =
|-
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[New wave music|new wave]]
!Label
| length    = 1:55:00
|Virgin/EMI
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]/[[EMI]]
|-
| producer  =
! colspan="2" |Series chronology
| chronology = Series
|-
| prev_title =  
| colspan="2" |
| prev_year  = 1983
{| class="wikitable"
| next_title = Now That's What I Call Music II
|'''''Now That's What I Call Music''''' (1983)
| next_year  = 1984
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)|Now 2]]'' (1984)
}}
|}
|}
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''''' (also simply titled '''''Now''''' or '''''Now 1''''') is the first album from the popular ''[[Now That's What I Call Music!|Now!]]'' series that was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1983.<ref name="NOW">{{cite web|url=https://www.nowmusic.com/album/now-thats-what-i-call-music/|title=Now That's What I Call Music!|website=Now That's What I Call Music}}</ref> Initial pressings were released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]] and [[audio cassette]]. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album and series, the album was re-released on [[Compact disc|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.<ref name="NOW" /> A double vinyl re-release followed for [[Record Store Day]] on 18 April 2015.<ref name="NOW"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=NOW That's What I Call Music! 1|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/NOW-Thats-What-Call-Music/dp/B07D5H7L8L/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1532134376&sr=1-1&keywords=now+1|website=Amazon|accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/NOW+THAT'S+WHAT+I+CALL+MUSIC/|title=now that's what i call music - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{|
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 1
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!No.
!style="width:60%" | Title
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
|-
|1.
|"You Can't Hurry Love"
|Phil Collins
|2:52
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|"Is There Something I Should Know?"
|Duran Duran
|4:11
|-
|3.
|"Red Red Wine"
|UB40
|3:01
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|"Only for Love"
|Limahl
|3:48
|-
|5.
|"Temptation"
|Heaven 17
|3:07
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|"Give It Up"
|KC and the Sunshine Band
|4:12
|-
|7.
|"Double Dutch"
|Malcolm McLaren
|3:40
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
|Bonnie Tyler
|4:30
|-
|9.
|"Karma Chameleon"
|Culture Club
|3:53
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|"The Safety Dance"
|Men Without Hats
|2:47
|-
|11.
|"Too Shy"
|Kajagoogoo
|3:41
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|"Moonlight Shadow"
|Mike Oldfield
|3:37
|-
|13.
|"Down Under"
|Men at Work
|3:42
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
|Rocksteady Crew
|3:46
|-
|15.
|"Baby Jane"
|Rod Stewart
|4:45
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
|Paul Young
|4:52
|}


==Track listing==
{|
{{Track listing
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 2
| headline  = Record/Tape 1
|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
| extra_column  = Artist
!No.
| extra1 = [[Phil Collins]]
!style="width:60%" | Title
| title1 = [[You Can't Hurry Love#Phil Collins version|You Can't Hurry Love]]
!style="width:40%" | Artist
| length1 = 2:52
!Length
| extra2 = [[Duran Duran]]
|-
| title2 = [[Is There Something I Should Know?]]
|1.
| length2 = 4:11
|"Candy Girl"
| extra3 = [[UB40]]
|New Edition
| title3 = [[Red Red Wine#UB40 version|Red Red Wine]]
|3:53
| length3 = 3:01
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| extra4 = [[Limahl]]
|2.
| title4 = [[Only for Love]]
|"Big Apple"
| length4 = 3:48
|Kajagoogoo
| extra5 = [[Heaven 17]]
|4:12
| title5 = [[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]
|-
| length5 = 3:07
|3.
| extra6 = [[KC and the Sunshine Band]]
|"Let's Stay Together"
| title6 = [[Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)|Give It Up]]
|Tina Turner
| length6 = 4:12
|3:36
| extra7 = [[Malcolm McLaren]]
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| title7 = [[Double Dutch (song)|Double Dutch]]
|4.
| length7 = 3:40
|"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
| extra8 = [[Bonnie Tyler]]
|The Human League
| title8 = [[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]
|3:45
| length8 = 4:30
|-
| extra9 = [[Culture Club]]
|5.
| title9 = [[Karma Chameleon]]
|"New Song"
| length9 = 3:53
|Howard Jones
| extra10 = [[Men Without Hats]]
|4:16
| title10 = [[The Safety Dance]]
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| length10 = 2:47
|6.
| extra11 = [[Kajagoogoo]]
|"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
| title11 = [[Too Shy]]
|UB40
| length11 = 3:41
|3:26
| extra12 = [[Mike Oldfield]]
|-
| title12 = [[Moonlight Shadow]]
|7.
| length12 = 3:37
|"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love"
| extra13 = [[Men at Work]]
|Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
| title13 = [[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]
|3:29
| length13 = 3:42
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| extra14 = [[Rocksteady Crew]]
|8.
| title14 = [[(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew]]
|"They Don't Know"
| length14 = 3:46
|Tracey Ullman
| extra15 = [[Rod Stewart]]
|3:00
| title15 = [[Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)|Baby Jane]]
|-
| length15 = 4:45
|9.
| extra16 = [[Paul Young]]
|"Kissing with Confidence"
| title16 = [[Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)#Paul Young version|Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)]]
|Will Powers
| length16 = 4:52
|3:54
}}
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
{{Track listing
|10.
| headline  = Record/Tape 2
|"That's All"
| extra_column  = Artist
|Genesis
| extra1 = [[New Edition]]
|4:23
| title1 = [[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]
|-
| length1 = 3:52
|11.
| extra2 = [[Kajagoogoo]]
|"The Love Cats"
| title2 = [[Big Apple (song)|Big Apple]]
|The Cure
| length2 = 4:12
|3:33
| extra3 = [[Tina Turner]]
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| title3 = [[Let's Stay Together (Al Green song)|Let's Stay Together]]
|12.
| length3 = 3:36
|"Waterfront"
| extra4 = [[The Human League]]
|Simple Minds
| title4 = [[(Keep Feeling) Fascination]]
|4:40
| length4 = 3:45
|-
| extra5 = [[Howard Jones (musician)|Howard Jones]]
|13.
| title5 = [[New Song (Howard Jones song)|New Song]]
|"The Sun and the Rain"
| length5 = 4:16
|Madness
| extra6 = [[UB40]]
|3:30
| title6 = [[Please Don't Make Me Cry]]
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
| length6 = 3:26
|14.
| extra7 = [[Peabo Bryson]] & [[Roberta Flack]]
|"Victims"
| title7 = [[Tonight, I Celebrate My Love]]
|Culture Club
| length7 = 3:29
|4:56
| extra8 = [[Tracey Ullman]]
|}
| title8 = [[They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)#Tracey Ullman version|They Don't Know]]
| length8 = 3:00
| extra9 = [[Will Powers]]
| title9 = [[Kissing with Confidence]]
| length9 = 3:54
| extra10 = [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
| title10 = [[That's All (Genesis song)|That's All]]
| length10 = 4:23
| extra11 = [[The Cure]]
| title11 = [[The Love Cats (song)|The Love Cats]]
| length11 = 3:33
| extra12 = [[Simple Minds]]
| title12 = [[Waterfront (song)|Waterfront]]
| length12 = 4:40
| extra13 = [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
| title13 = [[The Sun and the Rain]]
| length13 = 3:30
| extra14 = [[Culture Club]]
| title14 = [[Victims (song)|Victims]]
| length14 = 4:56
}}


==''Now What's What I Call Music'' video==
== Now What's What I Call Music video ==
A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that later featured on [[Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)|Volume II]] of the series and two which did not appear on any ''Now'' album.
A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that later featured on Volume II of the series and two which did not appear on any Now album.


# Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
# Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
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# Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
# Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
# Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
# Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
# [[Freeez]] : "[[I.O.U. (Freeez song)|I.O.U.]]" <sup>†</sup>
# Freeez : "I.O.U." †
# Howard Jones : "New Song"
# Howard Jones : "New Song"
# UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
# UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
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# Genesis : "That's All"
# Genesis : "That's All"
# Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
# Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
# [[The Assembly]] : "[[Never Never (The Assembly song)|Never Never]]" <sup>†</sup>
# The Assembly : "Never Never" †
# [[Thompson Twins]] : "[[Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)|Hold Me Now]]" <sup>††</sup>
# Thompson Twins : "Hold Me Now" †<sup>†</sup>
# Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
# Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"


† Never appeared on any of the numbered ''NOW'' albums but did appear on ''Now 1983'' in the 10th Anniversary Series.<ref name="NOW" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Now-Thats-What-I-Call-Music-1983/release/634683|title=Various - Now That's What I Call Music 1983|website=Discogs}}</ref>
† Never appeared on any of the numbered ''NOW'' albums but did appear on ''Now 1983'' in the 10th Anniversary Series.


†† Later appeared on ''NOW 2''.
†† Later appeared on ''NOW 2''.
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1983-1984)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|UK|1|artist=Various Artists|album=Now That's What I Call Music|date=17 December 1983|accessdate=24 July 2018}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2009)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|UKComp|3|date=24 January 2009|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 July 2018}}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.nowmusic.com/now/now-thats-what-i-call-music-1/}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKFZbPx4Uk&mode=related&search= Now That's What I Call Music television commercial]


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Revision as of 00:28, 29 December 2023

Now That's What I Call Music
Compilation album by various artists
NOW001UKCover.jpg
Released 28 November 1983 (record/cassette) 20 July 2018 (CD/MP3)
Genre Pop, rock, new wave
Length 1:55:00
Label Virgin/EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music (1983) Now 2 (1984)

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.

Track listing

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

Now What's What I Call Music video

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, one track that later featured on Volume II of the series and two which did not appear on any Now album.

  1. Phil Collins : "You Can't Hurry Love"
  2. Duran Duran : "Is There Something I Should Know"
  3. UB40 : "Red Red Wine"
  4. Limahl : "Only for Love"
  5. Heaven 17 : "Temptation"
  6. Malcolm McLaren : "Double Dutch"
  7. Culture Club : "Karma Chameleon"
  8. Men Without Hats : "The Safety Dance"
  9. Kajagoogoo : "Too Shy"
  10. Mike Oldfield : "Moonlight Shadow"
  11. Rock Steady Crew : "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
  12. Tina Turner : "Let's Stay Together"
  13. Freeez : "I.O.U." †
  14. Howard Jones : "New Song"
  15. UB40 : "Please Don't Make Me Cry"
  16. Will Powers : "Kissing with Confidence"
  17. Genesis : "That's All"
  18. Kajagoogoo : "Big Apple"
  19. The Assembly : "Never Never" †
  20. Thompson Twins : "Hold Me Now" ††
  21. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack : "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"

† Never appeared on any of the numbered NOW albums but did appear on Now 1983 in the 10th Anniversary Series.

†† Later appeared on NOW 2.

Now That's What I Call Music! UK albums

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