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Released
  
27 October 2008

Label
  
NOW

Release date
  
27 October 2008

Genre
  
Pop music

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Recorded
  
Various times (1971, 1982, 1983-2008)

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Now That's What I Call 25 Years is a special edition 2008 compilation album in the Now That's What I Call Music series. It was released to celebrate Now's 25th Anniversary. The track listing of the 3-CD box set contains 60 popular songs spanning the years 1983–2008.

Contents

The album cover features the "Now" pig, previously featured on the covers of Now 3, 4 and 5, and the back covers of Now 1 and Now Decades.

Disc 1

  1. Queen - "I Want to Break Free" (NOW 3)
  2. Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (NOW 3)
  3. Eurythmics - "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" (NOW 6)
  4. The Police - "Every Breath You Take" (never appeared on any NOW)
  5. U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (NOW 4)
  6. Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" (NOW 7)
  7. RUN-DMC feat. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way" (NOW 8)
  8. Cameo - "Word Up!" (NOW 8)
  9. Ray Parker Jr. - "Ghostbusters" (NOW 4)
  10. Michael Jackson - "Thriller" (never appeared on any NOW)
  11. Diana Ross - "Chain Reaction" (never appeared on any NOW)
  12. Phil Collins - "You Can't Hurry Love" (NOW 1)
  13. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Two Tribes" (NOW 3)
  14. Pet Shop Boys - "It's a Sin" (never appeared on any NOW)
  15. Duran Duran - "The Reflex" (NOW 3)
  16. Feargal Sharkey - "A Good Heart" (NOW 6)
  17. David Bowie - "Modern Love" (NOW 2)
  18. Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" (NOW 1)
  19. UB40 - "Red Red Wine" (NOW 1)

Disc 2

  1. R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts" (NOW 25)
  2. Robbie Williams - "Angels" (NOW 39)
  3. Boyzone - "No Matter What" (NOW 41)
  4. The Beautiful South - "A Little Time" (NOW 18)
  5. Oasis - "Wonderwall" (NOW 34)
  6. Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn" (NOW 39)
  7. Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around" (NOW 28)
  8. Tina Turner - "The Best" (NOW 16)
  9. Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (NOW 11)
  10. The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (NOW 13)
  11. James - "Sit Down" (NOW 20)
  12. New Radicals - "You Get What You Give" (NOW 43)
  13. Shania Twain - "That Don't Impress Me Much" (NOW 44)
  14. Cher - "Believe" (NOW 42)
  15. Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (NOW 34)
  16. Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (NOW 44)
  17. Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way" (NOW 43)
  18. Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love" (NOW 18)
  19. Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U" (NOW 18)

Disc 3

  1. James Blunt - "You're Beautiful" (NOW 61)
  2. Take That - "Patience" (NOW 66)
  3. Duffy - "Mercy" (NOW 69)
  4. Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - "Valerie" (NOW 68)
  5. OutKast - "Hey Ya!" (NOW 58)
  6. Nelly Furtado - "Maneater" (NOW 64)
  7. Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" (NOW 64)
  8. Mika - "Grace Kelly" (NOW 66)
  9. Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict a Riot" (NOW 62)
  10. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" (NOW 60)
  11. Sugababes - "Push the Button" (NOW 62)
  12. Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl" (NOW 71)
  13. Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (NOW 50)
  14. Tony Christie - "Is This the Way to Amarillo" (NOW 60)
  15. Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella" (NOW 67)
  16. The Black Eyed Peas - "My Humps" (NOW 63)
  17. Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize" (NOW 69)
  18. Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me a River" (NOW 55)
  19. Coldplay - "Fix You" (NOW 62)
  20. Paolo Nutini - "Last Request" (NOW 65)
  21. Will Young - "Leave Right Now" (NOW 57)
  22. Westlife - "You Raise Me Up" (NOW 62)

Albums in brackets () the albums the tracks were originally featured on.

Songs

1I Want to Break FreeQueen4:14
2Wake Me Up Before You Go GoWham!3:51
3There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)Eurythmics4:42

References

Now That's What I Call Music! 25 Years Wikipedia