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! 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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!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
!Length
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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 That's What I Call Music II]]''(1984)
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)|Now 2]]'' (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 (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 ==
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! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 1
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 1
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|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!No.
!No.
!Title
!style="width:60%" | Title
!Artist
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
!Length
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|Phil Collins
|Phil Collins
|2:52
|2:52
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|2.
|"Is There Something I Should Know?"
|"Is There Something I Should Know?"
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|UB40
|UB40
|3:01
|3:01
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|4.
|"Only for Love"
|"Only for Love"
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|Heaven 17
|Heaven 17
|3:07
|3:07
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|6.
|"Give It Up"
|"Give It Up"
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|Malcolm McLaren
|Malcolm McLaren
|3:40
|3:40
|-
|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|8.
|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
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|Culture Club
|Culture Club
|3:53
|3:53
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|10.
|"The Safety Dance"
|"The Safety Dance"
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|Kajagoogoo
|Kajagoogoo
|3:41
|3:41
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|12.
|"Moonlight Shadow"
|"Moonlight Shadow"
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|Men at Work
|Men at Work
|3:42
|3:42
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|14.
|"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
|"(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
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|Rod Stewart
|Rod Stewart
|4:45
|4:45
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|16.
|16.
|"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
|"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
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|4:52
|4:52
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|}
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{|
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 2
! colspan="4" |Record/Tape 2
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|-style="background-color: #DDDDDD;" |
!No.
!No.
!Title
!style="width:60%" | Title
!Artist
!style="width:40%" | Artist
!Length
!Length
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|"Candy Girl"
|"Candy Girl"
|New Edition
|New Edition
|3:52
|3:53
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|2.
|"Big Apple"
|"Big Apple"
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|Tina Turner
|Tina Turner
|3:36
|3:36
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|4.
|"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
|"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"
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|Howard Jones
|Howard Jones
|4:16
|4:16
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|6.
|"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
|"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
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|Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
|Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
|3:29
|3:29
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|8.
|8.
|"They Don't Know"
|"They Don't Know"
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|Will Powers
|Will Powers
|3:54
|3:54
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|10.
|10.
|"That's All"
|"That's All"
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|The Cure
|The Cure
|3:33
|3:33
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|12.
|12.
|"Waterfront"
|"Waterfront"
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|Madness
|Madness
|3:30
|3:30
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|14.
|14.
|"Victims"
|"Victims"
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