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Title: Now That's What I Call 40 Years Condition: New Artist: Various Artists Format: CD Type: Album Edition: Album No Of Discs: 5 MPN: CDNOW40Y Release Date: 24/11/2023 Record Label: NOW EAN: 0196588365928 Description: Celebrate 40 years of huge hits with 'NOW That's What I Call 40 Years' - 100 tracks across 5 CDs - honouring the legacy with a selection of the best from 40 years of NOW. Take the journey from the first edition back in 1983, right up to the present day - making at least one stop at every year in between. Opening with 1983's biggest selling single 'Karma Chameleon' from Culture Club, before #1s from UB40 and Bonnie Tyler, and the huge hit 'Radio Ga Ga' by Queen. Signature smashes from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Tina Turner, and Wham! follow ahead of mid-'80s gold from Eurythmics, Peter Gabriel, Bananarama and The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris. The collaboration between Run DMC & Aerosmith and Bon Jovi's 'Livin' On A Prayer' are both legendary rock anthems, and the first disc closes with #1s from T'Pau, Pet Shop Boys and S'Express.Disc Two presents floor-fillers from Yazz & The Plastic Population and Womack & Womack plus 'Back To Life' from Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler. The timeless version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinéad O'Connor ushers in the '90s and is followed by #1s from Elton John, Shakespears Sister and SNAP! The smash-hit collaboration between The KLF and Tammy Wynette features along with sophisticated ballads from Duran Duran, The Pretenders and Sade. Massive #1s from Freddie Mercury, Meat Loaf, Wet Wet Wet and Coolio & L.V. follow before Oasis close the disc with 'Don't Look Back In Anger'.1996's #1s included 'Wannabe' by Spice Girls, and 'Fastlove' by George Michael - and they open Disc Three - ahead of a run of pure pop gems from Eternal feat. Bebe Winans, All Saints, Boyzone, Steps, Aqua's 'Barbie Girl', and from 1999, the debut '...Baby One More Time' from Britney Spears. Other superstar smashes on this disc include 'Angels' from Robbie Williams, 'Believe' from Cher and Kylie Minogue's biggest hit 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'. Incredible R&B from Mary J. Blige, and The Black Eyed Peas is included alongside artists who launched from TV talent shows to achieve massive success; Girls Aloud, and closing the disc, Will Young. Disc Four kicks off with a run of huge selling #1s from James Blunt, Westlife, Gnarls Barkley and MIKA, before the amazing vocals of Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis. Pop royalty Take That feature with 'Rule The World' and Coldplay enjoyed their first #1 in 2008 with 'Viva La Vida'. Pop gold from P!NK and The Killers, and the huge dance-pop hits 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga, and 'On The Floor' from Jennifer Lopez follow; and 2011 saw Lana Del Rey make her debut with 'Video Games', and One Direction with 'What Makes You Beautiful'. PSY had a global sensation, Pharrell Williams went to #1 with 'Happy', and the disc ends with the anthemic 'Let It Go' by Idina Menzel from 'Frozen'. The final disc opens with 'Sing' - the first #1 for Ed Sheeran, leading a line-up of stellar chart-toppers from Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars, Little Mix, Justin Bieber and George Ezra. There's huge dance-pop from Dua Lipa, and 'Promises' from Calvin Harris with Sam Smith - and Keala Settle's 'This Is Me' from the movie and soundtrack mega-hit 'The Greatest Showman'. Huge era-defining songs from Lewis Capaldi, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd bring the collection into the '20s. Up next are introductory hits from Glass Animals and Olivia Rodrigo, along with more #1s from Lil Nas X, Elton John & Dua Lipa and David Guetta & Bebe Rexha. The Eurovision Song Contest in 2022 provided a huge hit for Sam Ryder, and in 2023 for Loreen... the final track, taken from the Summer of 2023 is 'Padam Padam' from Kylie Minogue - an artist who has enjoyed - much like 'NOW That's What I Call Music!' - continued success during five decades from the '80s to the '20s. 'NOW That's What I Call 40 Years' - celebrating NOW's legacy with Massive Pop Hits from the past 40 years. Genre: Rock/Pop Style: Compilation Release Year: 2023 Tracks:
Disc 1 1: Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 2: Red Red Wine - UB40 3: Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler 4: Radio Ga Ga - Queen 5: Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6: Pipes of Peace - Paul McCartney 7: What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner 8: Wake Me Up Before You Go-go - Wham! 9: Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. 10: There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart 11: Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 12: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean 13: Venus - Bananarama 14: Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris 15: Walk This Way (Feat. Aerosmith) - RUN DMC 16: Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi 17: China in Your Hand - T'Pau 18: Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys 19: Theme from S-Express - S'Express
Disc 2 1: The Only Way Is Up - Yazz & The Plastic Population 2: Teardrops - Womack & Womack 3: You Came - Kim Wilde 4: Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart - Marc Almond & Gene Pitney 5: Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) - Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler 6: Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O'Connor 7: Sacrifice - Elton John 8: Any Dream Will Do (From 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat') - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jason Donovan 9: Stay - Shakespears Sister 10: Justified and Ancient (Feat. Tammy Wynette) - The KLF 11: Rhythm Is a Dancer - Snap! 12: Ordinary World - Duran Duran 13: No Ordinary Love - Sade 14: Living On My Own - Freddie Mercury 15: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf 16: Love Is All Around (From 'Four Weddings and a Funeral') - Wet Wet Wet 17: I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders 18: Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio & L.V. 19: Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Disc 3 1: Wannabe - Spice Girls 2: Fastlove - George Michael 3: I Wanna Be the Only One (Feat. Bebe Winans) - Eternal 4: Never Ever - All Saints 5: Barbie Girl - Aqua 6: Torn - Natalie Imbruglia 7: Angels - Robbie Williams 8: No Matter What - Boyzone 9: Believe - Cher 10: ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears 11: Tragedy - Steps 12: Rise - Gabrielle 13: Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 14: Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue 15: Family Affair - Mary J. Blige 16: Murder On the Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 17: Sound of the Underground - Girls Aloud 18: Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake 19: Where Is the Love? - The Black Eyed Snakes 20: Leave Right Now - Will Young
Disc 4 1: You're Beautiful - James Blunt 2: You Raise Me Up - Westlife 3: Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 4: Grace Kelly - Mika 5: Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 6: Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis 7: Rule the World - Take That 8: So What - P!nk 9: Viva La Vida - Coldplay 10: Human - The Killers 11: Bad Romance - Lady Gaga 12: Firework - Katy Perry 13: On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez 14: Video Games - Lana Del Rey 15: What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction 16: Gangnam Style - Psy 17: Pompeii - Bastille 18: Happy (From 'Despicable Me 2') - Pharrell Williams 19: Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus 20: Chandelier - Sia 21: Let It Go (From 'Frozen') - Idina Menzel
Disc 5 1: Sing - Ed Sheeran 2: Uptown Funk (Feat. Bruno Mars) - Mark Ronson 3: Black Magic - Little Mix 4: Stitches - Shawn Mendes 5: Love Yourself - Justin Bieber 6: Human - Rag'n'Bone Man 7: New Rules - Dua Lipa 8: Shotgun - George Ezra 9: Promises - Calvin Harris and Sam Smith 10: This Is Me - Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble 11: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi 12: Bad Guy - Billie Eilish 13: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd 14: Heat Waves - Glass Animals 15: Drivers License - Olivia Rodrigo 16: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X 17: Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) - Elton John & Dua Lipa 18: SPACE MAN - Sam Ryder 19: I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 20: Tattoo - Loreen 21: Padam Padam - Kylie Minogue
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