Tag: Reeling In the Years

To those of a certain age, the porcine NOW! compilations (aka Now That's What I Call Music) were a fundamental part of their youth....I remember the first ones, my sister had NOW 8. Well to make me feel utterly old they have now reached 25 years of age, and the 25th anniversary edition is soon to be out. So let's see: Disc: 11. Backstreet Boys I Want It That Way2. Belinda Carlisle Heaven is A Place On Earth3. Beyonce feat Jay-Z Crazy In Love4. Billy Joel Uptown Girl5. Black Eyed Peas feat Justin Timberlake Where Is The Love6. Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer7. Boyzone No Matter What8. Britney Spears Baby One More Time9. Cher Believe10. Coldplay Fix You11. Crowded House Weather With You12. Culture Club Karma Chameleon13. David Bowie Modern Love14. Diana Ross Chain Reaction15. Duffy Mercy16. Duran Duran The Reflex17. Elton John Are You Ready For Love18. Eurythmics There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)19. Fatboy Slim Praise You20. Feargal Sharkey A Good Heart21. Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes22. Gnarls Barkley Crazy23. James Sit Down24. James Blunt You're Beautiful25. Jermaine Stewart We Don't Have To26. Kaiser Chiefs Ruby27. Katy Perry I Kissed A GirlDisc: 21. Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out Of My Head2. Leona Lewis Bleeding Love3. Mark Ronson feat Amy Winehouse Valerie4. Mika Grace Kelly5. Natalie Imbruglia Torn6. Nelly Furtado Maneater7. New Radicals You Get What You Give8. No Doubt Don't Speak9. Oasis Wonderwall10. Outkast Hey Ya!11. Pet Shop Boys It's A Sin12. Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer13. Phil Collins You Can't Hurry Love14. Phil Collins / Philip Bailey Easy Lover15. Queen I Want To Break Free16. R.E.M. Everybody Hurts17. Ray Parker Jr Ghostbusters18. Ricky Astley Never Gonna Give You Up19. Rihanna feat Jay-Z Umbrella20. Robbie Williams Angels21. Roxette It Must Have Been Love22. RUN DMC feat Aerosmith Walk This Way23. S Club 7 Reach24. Shaggy feat Ricardo 'RikRok' Ducent It Wasn't Me25. Shania Twain That Don't Impress Me MuchDisc: 31. Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me)2. Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U3. Snow Patrol Chasing Cars4. Spice Girls Wannabe5. T'Pau China In Your Hand6. Take That Patience7. The Beautiful South A Little Time8. The Killers Somebody Told Me9. The Proclaimers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)10. The Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like Dancin'11. The Sugababes Push The Button12. The Verve Bittersweet Symphony13. Timbaland pts one Republic Apologise14. Tina Turner The Best15. Tony Christie (Is This The Way To) Amarillo16. U2 Pride (In The Name Of Love)17. UB40 Red Red Wine18. Westlife You Raise Me Up19. Wet Wet Wet Love Is All Around20. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go21. Whitesnake Here I Go Again (87 Remix)22. Will Young Leave Right Now23. Yazz The Only Way Is Up Can you get a mostly blander set of hits than this? NOW used to be a mix of the shit and the good, cred and the crap...now sadly success is probably only measured in sales rather than whether it's good or not. There are some Pop Classics™:Kylie, Yazz, UB40, RUN DMC, Beyonce, Bon Jovi (I hate to say it, but yes) Ray parker Jr., Sinead O'Connor, Scissor Sisters, Britney Spears, Robbie Williams (ditto), R.E.M, Queen, Gnarls Barkley, FGTH, Outkast, PSB's, Peter Gabriel, Spice Girls (double ditto), The Proclaimers, Diana Ross but there are a lot even with the benefit of hindsight which should have been suffocated at birth: Will Young, Fergal Sharkey, U2 (ooh controversy!), Tpau, Roxette, Cher, Phil Collins, The Verve, Westlife, Tony Christie, The Killers, S Club 7, Shania Twang, Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, Rihanna, Duffy, Wet Wet Wet, Belinda Carlisle, Mika, Natalie Imbrooglywoogly, Crowded House, James Blunt, Katy Perryand others which are like 'yes but not that song?!?!' David Bowie, Take That, Tina Turner, Wham, Elton John, Coldplay, No Doubt, Timbaland, Eurythmics, Kaiser Chiefs And talking of DJ Timmy Tim as he was known, why no Missy? Distinct lack of Eminem too. As we all know Madonna has never graced a NOW album either, having been kept off the No. 1 slot by one, but Prince has, so why the no show?). And no New Order - not even Blue Monday. So what would be your NOW 25 years wonder playlist?

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