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.
Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
| No.
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Title
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Artist
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Length
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| 1.
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"The Reflex"
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Duran Duran
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4:19
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| 2.
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"I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
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Nik Kershaw
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3:19
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| 3.
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"Thinking of You"
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Sister Sledge
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4:20
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| 4.
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"Locomotion"
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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3:19
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| 5.
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"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
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Ultravox
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3:35
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| 6.
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"Pearl in the Shell"
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Howard Jones
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3:50
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| 7.
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"Don't Tell Me"
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Blancmange
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3:28
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| 8.
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"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
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Phil Collins
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3:29
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Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
| No.
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Title
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Artist
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Length
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| 1.
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"Two Tribes"
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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3:24
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| 2.
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"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)"
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Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
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4:25
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| 3.
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"Nelson Mandela"
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Special A.K.A.
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4:11
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| 4.
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"Love Wars"
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Womack & Womack
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4:00
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| 5.
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"You're The Best Thing"
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The Style Council
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4:23
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| 6.
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"One Love/People Get Ready"
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Bob Marley and the Wailers
|
2:49
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| 7.
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"Smalltown Boy"
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Bronski Beat
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5:00
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Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
| No.
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Title
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Artist
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Length
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| 1.
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"I Want to Break Free"
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Queen
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4:14
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| 2.
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"Time After Time"
|
Cyndi Lauper
|
4:01
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| 3.
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"Love Resurrection"
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Alison Moyet
|
3:49
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| 4.
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"Young at Heart"
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The Bluebells
|
3:17
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| 5.
|
"Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
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Bananarama
|
3:32
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| 6.
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"Dr. Mabuse"
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Propaganda
|
4:57
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| 7.
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"What's Love Got to Do with It"
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Tina Turner
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3:49
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| 8.
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"When You're Young and in Love"
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The Flying Pickets
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3:21
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Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
| No.
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Title
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Artist
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Length
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| 1.
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"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
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Wham!
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3:49
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| 2.
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"You Take Me Up"
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The Thompson Twins
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4:27
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| 3.
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"It's Raining Men"
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The Weather Girls
|
3:31
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| 4.
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"Dance Me Up"
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Gary Glitter
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3:31
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| 5.
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"Susanna"
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The Art Company
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4:47
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| 6.
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"One Better Day"
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Madness
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4:01
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| 7.
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"Red Guitar"
|
David Sylvian
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4:42
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