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NOW Thats What I Call Music! 9

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I should, however, point out that as a professional editor, I absolutely hate that misspelling of ‘my’ in the title. Would it maybe be the case that the team behind “Hits” had first dibs on these tracks but the labels involved were happy to licence tracks to EMI/Virgin for inclusion on “Now” as long as there was no Hits albums around at the same time? The album version of " Ain't It Funny" is included, despite not being released as a single in the United States. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Berlin’s monster ballad Take My Breath Away that continued to feature in slow sets for the remainder of the decade. This was a hit again ’cause it had a new remix for its tenth anniversary, though I can’t work out whether it was the original or the remix that was featured on this compilation.Hits 2 had stolen a march on 1985 and Hits 4 hoovered up early 1986 but come March 1987 it was the Now mob that vied for my hard-earned cash. The song was reissued in 1986 following the showing of a clay animation video [directed by Giblets] on BBC’s Arena. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Ben E King‘s ‘Stand By Me’ and and Jackie Wilson‘s ‘Reet Petite’ reminds us of the British public’s penchant for putting old songs at the top of the charts ( Boris Gardener‘s ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ was on Now 8) and the power of TV/advertising. The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs.

It’s the most forgotten song here [totally undeserved] and could have appeared in any number of US television shows – Remington Steele, Moonlighting, Sledgehammer, Wiseguy etc. Solo Freddie can be divided into good [Love Kills, Barcelona], mediocre [Living On My Own] and tosh [The Great Pretender]. I’m not a huge Five Star fan, and I find this one pretty dull, though some of the instrumental hooks are quite interesting. I hear this one regularly every Christmas period due to its status as the 1986 UK Christmas number one.I never got how A-ha, Simply Red and Pretenders managed to be included here given how both group were on labels probably more commonly associated with the “Hits” series. A Video Selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album release, and one which didn't appear on any NOW album. The selection is very ‘1987’ and it includes some brilliant pop songs like Simply Red‘s ‘The Right Thing’, Curiosity Killed The Cat‘s ‘Down to Earth’, Erasure‘s ‘Sometimes’, Robbie Nevil‘s ‘C’est La Vie’, Mental As Anything‘s ‘Live It Up’, The Blow Monkeys‘ ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way’, a-ha‘s ‘Manhattan Skyline’, the Pretenders‘ ‘Hymn to Her’ and Berlin‘s ‘Take My Breath Away’, to name but a few. Otherwise I am not sure if I’d describe Simply Red’s The Right Thing as a Balearic classic but the funk is definitely there.

As if that wasn’t enough Bananarama put a bid in for most “under the radar” SAW tune with the wistful Trick Of The Night.Incidentally, the Blow Monkeys are going to be supporting Level 42 at that gig at the Sage Gateshead in October! Now 9 was actually released as a 15-track, abbreviated, single CD back in the day, but this is the first time it has been available in its entirety across two CDs, and there are no tracks missing! Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

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