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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music 3 | |||
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists<br>[[File:NOW003UKCover.jpg|200px|center]] | |||
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!Released | |||
|23 July 1984 | |||
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!Genre | |||
|Pop | |||
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!Length | |||
|1:57:39 | |||
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!Label | |||
|Virgin / EMI | |||
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! colspan="2" |Series chronology | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music II (UK series)|Now 2]]'' (1984) | |||
|'''''Now 3''''' (1984) | |||
|''[[Now That's What I Call Music 4 (UK series)|Now 4]]'' (1984) | |||
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Now That's What I Call Music 3 or Now 3 was released in 1984 in the United Kingdom on vinyl record and audio cassette. The album is the third edition of the Now! series in the UK. It was the first in the series to debut at number one in the UK Albums Chart as the previous two had debuted at lower numbers before each climbing to number one. It stayed at the top for eight weeks, the longest run for any Now album on the chart until the Compilations Chart was created in 1989. It was the 300th album to reach number one in the chart's history. | |||
Now That's What I Call Music 3 | On 19 July 2019, [[Now That's What I Call Music 3 (2019 reissue)|Now 3 was reissued]]. | ||
=== Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1) === | === Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1) === | ||
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!Artist | !style="width:40%" | Artist | ||
!Length | !Length | ||
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|Duran Duran | |Duran Duran | ||
|4:19 | |4:19 | ||
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|2. | |2. | ||
|"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | |"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | ||
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|Sister Sledge | |Sister Sledge | ||
|4:20 | |4:20 | ||
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|4. | |4. | ||
|"Locomotion" | |"Locomotion" | ||
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|Ultravox | |Ultravox | ||
|3:35 | |3:35 | ||
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|6. | |6. | ||
|"Pearl in the Shell" | |"Pearl in the Shell" | ||
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|Blancmange | |Blancmange | ||
|3:28 | |3:28 | ||
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|8. | |8. | ||
|"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | |"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | ||
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=== Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2) === | === Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2) === | ||
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|Frankie Goes to Hollywood | |Frankie Goes to Hollywood | ||
|3:24 | |3:24 | ||
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|2. | |2. | ||
|"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" | |"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" | ||
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|Special A.K.A. | |Special A.K.A. | ||
|4:11 | |4:11 | ||
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|4. | |4. | ||
|"Love Wars" | |"Love Wars" | ||
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|The Style Council | |The Style Council | ||
|4:23 | |4:23 | ||
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|6. | |6. | ||
|"One Love/People Get Ready" | |"One Love/People Get Ready" | ||
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=== Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3) === | === Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3) === | ||
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|Queen | |Queen | ||
|4:14 | |4:14 | ||
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|2. | |2. | ||
|"Time After Time" | |"Time After Time" | ||
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|Alison Moyet | |Alison Moyet | ||
|3:49 | |3:49 | ||
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|4. | |4. | ||
|"Young at Heart" | |"Young at Heart" | ||
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|Bananarama | |Bananarama | ||
|3:32 | |3:32 | ||
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|6. | |6. | ||
|"Dr. Mabuse" | |"Dr. Mabuse" | ||
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|Tina Turner | |Tina Turner | ||
|3:49 | |3:49 | ||
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|8. | |8. | ||
|"When You're Young and in Love" | |"When You're Young and in Love" | ||
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=== Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4) === | === Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4) === | ||
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|Wham! | |Wham! | ||
|3:49 | |3:49 | ||
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|2. | |2. | ||
|"You Take Me Up" | |"You Take Me Up" | ||
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|The Weather Girls | |The Weather Girls | ||
|3:31 | |3:31 | ||
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|4. | |4. | ||
|"Dance Me Up" | |"Dance Me Up" | ||
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|The Art Company | |The Art Company | ||
|4:47 | |4:47 | ||
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|6. | |6. | ||
|"One Better Day" | |"One Better Day" |
Latest revision as of 14:40, 3 May 2024
Now That's What I Call Music 3 | ||||
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Compilation album by various artists | ||||
Released | 23 July 1984 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 1:57:39 | |||
Label | Virgin / EMI | |||
Series chronology | ||||
|
Now That's What I Call Music 3 or Now 3 was released in 1984 in the United Kingdom on vinyl record and audio cassette. The album is the third edition of the Now! series in the UK. It was the first in the series to debut at number one in the UK Albums Chart as the previous two had debuted at lower numbers before each climbing to number one. It stayed at the top for eight weeks, the longest run for any Now album on the chart until the Compilations Chart was created in 1989. It was the 300th album to reach number one in the chart's history.
On 19 July 2019, Now 3 was reissued.
Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)[edit source]
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "The Reflex" | Duran Duran | 4:19 |
2. | "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Nik Kershaw | 3:19 |
3. | "Thinking of You" | Sister Sledge | 4:20 |
4. | "Locomotion" | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 3:19 |
5. | "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" | Ultravox | 3:35 |
6. | "Pearl in the Shell" | Howard Jones | 3:50 |
7. | "Don't Tell Me" | Blancmange | 3:28 |
8. | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins | 3:29 |
Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)[edit source]
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Two Tribes" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 3:24 |
2. | "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" | Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel | 4:25 |
3. | "Nelson Mandela" | Special A.K.A. | 4:11 |
4. | "Love Wars" | Womack & Womack | 4:00 |
5. | "You're The Best Thing" | The Style Council | 4:23 |
6. | "One Love/People Get Ready" | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 2:49 |
7. | "Smalltown Boy" | Bronski Beat | 5:00 |
Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)[edit source]
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "I Want to Break Free" | Queen | 4:14 |
2. | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper | 4:01 |
3. | "Love Resurrection" | Alison Moyet | 3:49 |
4. | "Young at Heart" | The Bluebells | 3:17 |
5. | "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." | Bananarama | 3:32 |
6. | "Dr. Mabuse" | Propaganda | 4:57 |
7. | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Tina Turner | 3:49 |
8. | "When You're Young and in Love" | The Flying Pickets | 3:21 |
Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)[edit source]
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! | 3:49 |
2. | "You Take Me Up" | The Thompson Twins | 4:27 |
3. | "It's Raining Men" | The Weather Girls | 3:31 |
4. | "Dance Me Up" | Gary Glitter | 3:31 |
5. | "Susanna" | The Art Company | 4:47 |
6. | "One Better Day" | Madness | 4:01 |
7. | "Red Guitar" | David Sylvian | 4:42 |
VHS release[edit source]
- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark : Locomotion
- Simple Minds : Up On The Catwalk†
- Thompson Twins : You Take Me Up
- Madness : One Better Day
- Farmers Boys : In The Country†
- Helen Terry : Love Lies Lost†
- Loose Ends : Emergency (Dial 999)†
- Working Week : Venceremos†
- Tina Turner : What's Love Got Do With It
- Phil Collins : Take A Look At Me Now (Against All Odds)
- Talk Talk : Dum Dum Girl†
- Kajagoogoo : Turn Your Back On Me†
- Gary Glitter : Dance Me Up
- The Mighty Wah! : Come Back†
- I-Level : Our Song†
- Limahl : Too Much Trouble†
- Flying Pickets : When You're Young And In Love
- Thomas Dolby : I Scare Myself†
- Blue Nile : Tinseltown In The Rain†
- David Sylvian : Red Guitar
† denotes did not appear on the main album
Charts[edit source]
Chart (1984) Peak position UK Albums Chart 1
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