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Now That's What I Call Music II Compilation album by various artists
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! colspan="2" |Now That's What I Call Music II
Released: 26 March 1984
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! colspan="2" |Compilation album by various artists<br>[[File:NOW002UKCover.jpg|200px|center]]
Genre: Pop
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!Released
Label: Virgin / EMI
|26 March 1984
 
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!Label
|Virgin / EMI
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! colspan="2" |Series chronology
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| 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)
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|}


'''''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.
'''''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.
== Contents ==
* 1 Track listing
** 1.1 Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)
** 1.2 Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)
** 1.3 Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)
** 1.4 Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)
* 2 VHS release
* 3 Charts
* 4 References
* 5 External links


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==


=== Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1) ===
=== Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1) ===
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!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!<abbr>No.</abbr>
!Title
!style="width:60% | Title
!Artist
!style="width:40% | Artist
!Length
!Length
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|Queen
|Queen
|5:43
|5:43
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|2.
|"Wouldn't It Be Good"
|"Wouldn't It Be Good"
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|Thompson Twins
|Thompson Twins
|4:38
|4:38
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|4.
|"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
|"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
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|Carmel
|Carmel
|3:08
|3:08
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|6.
|6.
|"Michael Caine"
|"Michael Caine"
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=== Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2) ===
=== Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2) ===
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!style="width:40% | Artist
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!Length
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|Nena
|Nena
|3:51
|3:51
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|2.
|2.
|"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
|"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
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|Tracey Ullman
|Tracey Ullman
|3:01
|3:01
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|4.
|4.
|"Break My Stride"
|"Break My Stride"
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|Julia & Company
|Julia & Company
|3:09
|3:09
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|6.
|6.
|"That's Livin' Alright"
|"That's Livin' Alright"
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|Hot Chocolate
|Hot Chocolate
|3:39
|3:39
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|8.
|8.
|"Bird of Paradise"
|"Bird of Paradise"
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=== Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3) ===
=== Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3) ===
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|Frankie Goes to Hollywood
|Frankie Goes to Hollywood
|3:55
|3:55
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|2.
|2.
|"Here Comes the Rain Again"
|"Here Comes the Rain Again"
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|Howard Jones
|Howard Jones
|3:40
|3:40
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|4.
|4.
|"What Difference Does It Make?"
|"What Difference Does It Make?"
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|Fiction Factory
|Fiction Factory
|3:30
|3:30
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|6.
|6.
|"The Politics of Dancing"
|"The Politics of Dancing"
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|Thomas Dolby
|Thomas Dolby
|4:15
|4:15
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|8.
|8.
|"Wishful Thinking"
|"Wishful Thinking"
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=== Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4) ===
=== Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4) ===
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!Length
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|David Bowie
|David Bowie
|3:59
|3:59
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|2.
|2.
|"It's a Miracle"
|"It's a Miracle"
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|The Rolling Stones
|The Rolling Stones
|4:33
|4:33
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|4.
|4.
|"Wonderland"
|"Wonderland"
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|Slade
|Slade
|3:44
|3:44
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|-style="background-color: #EEEEEE;" |
|6.
|6.
|"New Moon on Monday"
|"New Moon on Monday"