'NOW That's What I Call Music' Releases New Digital Collection of 80 Top '80s Hits, Available Today Exclusively on the iTunes Store
'NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE 80S HITS (DELUXE EDITION)'
'NOW,' The World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, Celebrates More Than 80 Million in U.S. Sales
Apr 26, 2011, 11:30 ET
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, has released a new digital collection of 80 smash hits from the 1980s, exclusively on the iTunes Store® (www.itunes.com). NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits (Deluxe Edition) gathers 80 major hits for one decade-defining collection.
The tracklist for NOW 80s Hits Deluxe features the biggest superstars of the '80s, with Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Phil Collins, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Blondie, The Bangles, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, INXS, Chaka Khan, and many more. This new collection follows the ultra successful NOW That's What I Call The 80s (Deluxe Edition), also available exclusively on iTunes.
The NOW series is celebrating U.S. sales totaling more than 80 million CDs and album downloads since the series made its Stateside debut in 1998. In February, the series' most recent release, NOW 37, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.
NOW's latest numbered edition, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 38, featuring 16 current major chart hits, plus four up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks, will be released on CD and digitally on May 3. On the same date, the standard edition of NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits will be released on CD and digitally, with 18 smash hits from the 1980s.
The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music North America, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 38 and NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits will be distributed by EMI Music North America. NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.
The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998 after the brand had been a multi-platinum international success for 15 years. The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 80 million copies in the U.S. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, and 14 NOW releases have reached #1.
NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits (Deluxe Edition) (iTunes exclusive) |
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1. Always Something There To Remind Me |
Naked Eyes |
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2. Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby |
Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector |
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3. Open Arms |
Journey |
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4. Red Red Wine |
UB40 |
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5. Time After Time |
Cyndi Lauper |
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6. We Belong |
Pat Benatar |
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7. Rock You Like A Hurricane |
Scorpions |
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8. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go |
Soft Cell |
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9. Take On Me |
A-Ha |
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10. Down Under |
Men At Work |
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11. Can't Fight This Feeling |
REO Speedwagon |
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12. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) |
Phil Collins |
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13. Don't Dream It's Over |
Crowded House |
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14. Let's Groove |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
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15. Mony Mony |
Billy Idol |
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16. Kiss On My List |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
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17. Jane Says |
Jane's Addiction |
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18. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life |
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes |
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19. Shining Star |
The Manhattans |
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20. I Want To Know What Love Is |
Foreigner |
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21. Blister In The Sun |
Violent Femmes |
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22. Cult Of Personality |
Living Colour |
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23. Manic Monday |
The Bangles |
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24. Into The Night |
Benny Mardones |
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25. Kokomo |
The Beach Boys |
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26. Love Song |
The Cure |
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27. Harden My Heart |
Quarterflash |
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28. Shout |
Tears For Fears |
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29. The Tide Is High |
Blondie |
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30. Come On Eileen |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
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31. On The Dark Side |
John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band |
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32. You Are |
Lionel Richie |
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33. She's Like The Wind |
Patrick Swayze |
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34. Hungry Eyes |
Eric Carmen |
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35. You Keep Me Hangin' On |
Kim Wilde |
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36. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
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37. Between The Sheets |
The Isley Brothers |
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38. At This Moment |
Billy Vera & The Beaters |
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39. My Prerogative |
Bobby Brown |
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40. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) |
Billy Ocean |
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41. Heat Of The Moment |
Asia |
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42. Rosanna |
Toto |
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43. I Feel For You |
Chaka Khan |
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44. Freeze Frame |
J.Geils Band |
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45. Never Tear Us Apart |
INXS |
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46. Sowing The Seeds Of Love |
Tears For Fears |
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47. Yearning For Your Love |
Gap Band |
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48. Electric Avenue |
Eddy Grant |
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49. Relax |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
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50. Safety Dance |
Men Without Hats |
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51. Everytime You Go Away |
Paul Young |
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52. Listen To Your Heart |
Roxette |
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53. Kyrie |
Mr. Mister |
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54. She Works Hard For The Money |
Donna Summer |
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55. Never Surrender |
Corey Hart |
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56. Alive & Kicking |
Simple Minds |
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57. 99 Luftballoons |
Nena |
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58. Amanda |
Boston |
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59. Venus |
Bananarama |
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60. I'll Always Love You |
Taylor Dayne |
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61. Looking For A New Love |
Jody Watley |
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62. Let's Go All The Way |
Sly Fox |
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63. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) |
Glass Tiger |
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64. Human |
Human League |
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65. Some Like It Hot |
Power Station |
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66. Don't Talk To Strangers |
Rick Springfield |
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67. The Best Of Times |
Styx |
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68. Wishing Well |
Terence Trent D'arby |
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69. Forever Your Girl |
Paula Abdul |
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70. I Think We're Alone Now |
Tiffany |
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71. Maniac |
Michael Sembello |
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72. Cherish |
Kool & The Gang |
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73. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley |
Will To Power |
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74. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On |
Robert Palmer |
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75. Axel F |
Harold Faltermeyer |
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76. Physical |
Olivia Newton-John |
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77. Notorious |
Duran Duran |
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78. When Smokey Sings |
ABC |
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79. I've Been In Love Before |
Cutting Crew |
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80. Miami Vice Theme |
Jan Hammer |
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SOURCE EMI Music / Sony Music Entertainment / Universal Music Group
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