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Now That's What I Call Music 4 (UK series)

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Released
  
26 November 1984

Release date
  
26 November 1984

Length
  
2:06

Label
  
NOW

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Now That's What I Call Music 4 (1984)
  
Now That's What I Call Music 5 (1985)

Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music, New wave

Similar
  
Now That's What I Call Music II, Now That's What I Call Music 8, Now That's What I Call Music 5, Now That's What I Call Music 3, Now! 15

Now That's What I Call Music 4 or Now 4 was released in 1984. The album is the fourth edition of the (UK) Now! series. It is the only album in the series which failed to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart, kept off the top by Hits 1. Although one of its predecessors Now 2 was released earlier that year and charted higher, Now 4 had managed to sell more copies than Now 2 by the end of the year.

Contents

Although Now 4 was the first in the series to be released on CD, this was only a single-CD release containing 15 tracks (compared to 32 on the standard double LP and cassette). In addition, it included tracks from the regular Now 4, Now 3 and Now 2 releases, the latter two having been released earlier in 1984. (The Now 4 cassette makes reference to "The Best of Now 1984 CD" as being "Also Available", but does not confirm whether this was the originally planned title for the CD that was ultimately released as Now 4).

It would be a further two years later before another regularly numbered Now album was released on CD, with a single-disc issue of Now 8, although Now - The Christmas Compact Disc and Now '86 were also made available on the format. The CD format became regular from 1987 with a double-disc issue of Now 10 being the first major release.

Now 4 features one song which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "Hello".

Video selection

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album and five which did not appear on any Now album.

  1. Queen : "It's a Hard Life"
  2. Tina Turner : "Private Dancer"
  3. Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey : "Together in Electric Dreams"
  4. UB40 : "If It Happens Again"
  5. Limahl : "Never Ending Story"
  6. Culture Club : "The War Song"
  7. Julian Lennon : "Too Late for Goodbyes"
  8. Ray Parker Jr. : "Ghostbusters"
  9. Thompson Twins : "Sister of Mercy" †
  10. John Waite : "Missing You"
  11. Nik Kershaw : "Human Racing"
  12. Meat Loaf : "Modern Girl" †
  13. Kim Wilde : "The Second Time"
  14. Malcolm McLaren : "Madam Butterfly"
  15. Nick Heyward : "Warning Sign"
  16. OMD : "Tesla Girls"
  17. Iron Maiden : "Aces High" †
  18. Fergal Sharkey : "Listen to Your Father"
  19. Heaven 17 : "This Is Mine" †
  20. Depeche Mode : "Blasphemous Rumours" †

† Never appeared on any NOW album.

Track listing (CD)

  1. Duran Duran : "The Reflex"
  2. Ray Parker Jr. : "Ghostbusters (Searchin for the Spirit)"
  3. Culture Club : "The War Song"
  4. John Waite : "Missing You"
  5. O.M.D. : "Locomotion"
  6. UB40 : "If It Happens Again"
  7. Tina Turner : "What's Love Got to Do with It"
  8. Bronski Beat : "Why?"
  9. The Style Council : "Shout to the Top!"
  10. Phil Colins : "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  11. Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey : "Together in Electric Dreams"
  12. Julian Lennon : "Too Late for Goodbyes"
  13. Status Quo : "The Wanderer"
  14. Thompson Twins : "Doctor! Doctor!"
  15. Queen : "Radio Ga Ga"

Tracks: 1, 5, 7 & 10 previously appeared on NOW 3.

Track 15 previously appeared on NOW 2.

And the rest on NOW 4

Songs

1The ReflexDuran Duran
2Ghostbusters (Searchin for the Spirit)Ray Parker Jr
3The War SongCulture Club

References

Now That's What I Call Music 4 (UK series) Wikipedia
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