NOW That's What I Call Music! Is excited to celebrate our 40th anniversary, and we are proud to present four very special collector's editions that together present 250 essential hits from the past 40 years on CD. The first of these is NOW That's What I Call 40 Years: Volume 1 - 1983-1993. Looking back at 10 years of huge Pop hits, this special edition 3CD is housed in 'hard-back-book' packaging, including a 26-page booklet featuring a summary of the era, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, plus original singles and NOW artwork. 60 tracks that span the first 10 years of NOW That's What I Call Music! #releases, including tracks from all of the first 25 numbered NOW albums. Kicking off in 1983 with the year's biggest seller 'Karma Chameleon' from Culture Club and including some of the most popular hits of the 80s, including 'Radio Ga Ga' from Queen, UB40, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Paul McCartney, and Tina Turner with her signature song 'What's Love Got To Do With It'. 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' - the first #1 for Wham! - is included alongside huge hits from Lionel Richie, Eurythmics, Bananarama, The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris, and 'Sledgehammer' from Peter Gabriel. The collaboration between Run DMC and Aerosmith plus giant rock hits from Bon Jovi and Europe are featured, along with #1s from Pet Shop Boys, Belinda Carlisle, Yazz & The Plastic Population, Marc Almond & Gene Pitney, Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler and dance classics from Inner City and Womack & Womack. As the 80s gave way to the 90s, Adamski & Seal's 'Killer' leads the #1s including classic tracks from Beats International, The Beautiful South, Elton John with 'Sacrifice', and the stunning version of the Prince-written 'Nothing Compares 2 U' from SinÃ©ad O'Connor. Shakespears Sister, Tasmin Archer and Charles & Eddie hit #1 for the first time, and The KLF delivered a fantastic collaboration with Tammy Wynette. Duran Duran and New Order were both back in the Top 10 in 1993. A remix of Freddie Mercury's 'Living On My Own' saw him top the charts for the first time as a solo artist and the sophisticated pop of Sade's 'No Ordinary Love' closes this first volume of hits from NOW's first 40 Years. NOW That's What I Call 40 Years - celebrating NOW's legacy with Massive Pop Hits from the past 40 years.

Tracklist:

Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Ub40 - Red Red Wine
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
The Cure - the Lovecats
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Philip Oakey ; Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams
Limahl - Never Ending Story
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Lionel Richie - Hello
Sister Sledge - Frankie
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - There Must Be An Angel (Playing with My Heart)
Level 42 - Something About You
Bananarama - Venus
Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris? - Don't Leave Me This Way
Run DMC Feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Europe - the Final Countdown
T'pau - China in Your Hand
Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
S'express - Theme from S-Express
Yazz ; the Plastic Population - the Only Way Is Up
Womack ; Womack - Teardrops
Kim Wilde - You Came
Robin Beck - First Time
Marc Almond ; Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
Inner City - Good Life
Soul II Soul ; Caron Wheeler - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
Cliff Richard - I Just Don't Have the Heart
Debbie Harry - I Want That Man
Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
Adamski ; Seal - Killer
Beats International - Dub Be Good to Me
The Beautiful South - a Little Time
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
Elton John - Sacrifice
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
Scorpions - Wind of Change
Andrew Lloyd Webber ; Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
Simply Red - Stars
Shakespears Sister - Stay
The KLF Feat. Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient
Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer
Charles ; Eddie - Would I Lie to You?
Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
West End Feat. Sybil - the Love I Lost
New Order - Regret
Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own
Sade - No Ordinary Love

UPC: 196588347221
Label: Universal Uk
Release Date: 12.1.23
Format: CD

Now That's What I Call 40 Years: Vol 1 - 1983-1993 - Now That's What I Call 40 Years: Vol 1 - 1983-1993 (CD)