Now That's What I Call Music

Now That's What I Call Music is a compilation album featuring Duran Duran, released in the UK by EMI-Virgin on 28 November 1983.

About the album
Released with Duran Duran photography on the front cover by Brian Aris, the album is the first of a series that spans 30 years. The compilation contains 30 UK hit singles from Timeline:1983.

Phil Collins set the ball rolling with his cover of "You Can't Hurry Love", followed by Duran Duran's first UK no.1 single "Is There Something I Should Know?".

Although the formula later transferred to EMI, it was the brainchild of Virgin executives Stephen Navin and Jon Webster. The first Now deal was signed on Richard Branson's houseboat in London's Little Venice.

The compilation's title came from an unlikely source - 1 1920s Danish Bacon poster spotted by Branson at a nearby bric-a-brac shop, run by his future wife Joan Templeman. It depicts a pig saying "Now, that's what I call music," while listening to a chicken.

Side A

 * 1) "You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins (2:53)
 * 2) "Is There Something I Should Know?" - Duran Duran (4:06)
 * 3) "Red Red Wine" - UB40 (3:01)
 * 4) "Only For Love" - Limahl (3:37)
 * 5) "Temptation" - Heaven 17 (3:08)
 * 6) "Give It Up" - KC & The Sunshine Band (4:10)
 * 7) "Double Dutch" - Malcolm McLaren (3:40)
 * 8) "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler (5:29)

Side B

 * 1) "Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club (3:59)
 * 2) "Safety Dance" - Men Without Hats (2:45)
 * 3) "Too Shy" - Kajagoogoo (3:40)
 * 4) "Moonlight Shadow" - Mike Oldfield (3:51)
 * 5) "Down Under" - Men At Work (3:38)
 * 6) "Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)" - Rock Steady Crew (4:43)
 * 7) "Baby Jane" - Rod Stewart (4:37)
 * 8) "Wherever I Lay My Hat" - Paul Young (4:52)

Side C

 * 1) "Candy Girl" - New Edition (3:35)
 * 2) "Big Apple" - Kajagoogoo (3:32)
 * 3) "Let's Stay Together" - Tina Turner (3:30)
 * 4) "Fascination" - The Human League (3:43)
 * 5) "New Song" - Howard Jones (4:11)
 * 6) "Please Don't Make Me Cry" - UB40 (3:32)
 * 7) "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack (3:40)

Side D

 * 1) "They Don't Know" - Tracey Ullman (2:57)
 * 2) "Kissing With Confidence" - Will Powers (3:54)
 * 3) "That's All" - Genesis (4:19)
 * 4) "Love Cats" - The Cure (3:37)
 * 5) "Waterfront" - Simple Minds (4:43)
 * 6) "The Sun and the Rain" - Madness (3:24)
 * 7) "Victims" - Culture Club (4:36)

Credits

 * Cover (produced by) - Bill Smith