PLAYLISTICLE: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE 80s [UK 2015]

Sure there have been Eighties compilations in the Now That's What I Call Music series before; the series itself began in 1983 in the UK and several Eighties themed comps have been released here in the U.S. under the Now! banner as well.  Now those daft, cheeky bastards in white lab coats at Now World Headquarters have concocted a triple disc set entitled Now That's What I Call The 80s and scheduled it for release on November 6, 2015, just in time for the Holiday gift giving season.  Let's take a look under the bonnet, kick the tires and if it feels right, maybe just maybe take her out for a test drive.

		title	artist	year	UK chart peak
1		Under Pressure	Queen + David Bowie	1981	1
2		Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	1983	1
3		The Winner Takes It All	ABBA	1980	1
4		Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic	The Police	1981	1
5		A Town Called Malice	The Jam	1982	1
6		Our House	Madness	1982	5
7		Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)	Eurythmics	1983	2
8		Take On Me	a-ha	1985	2
9		The Tide Is High	Blondie	1980	1
10		Red Red Wine	UB40	1983	1
11		Do You Really Want To Hurt Me	Culture Club	1982	1
12		Relax	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	1983	1
13		Gold	Spandau Ballet	1983	2
14		The Look Of Love	ABC	1982	4
15		Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	Wham!	1984	1
16		Come On Eileen	Dexy's Midnight Runners	1982	1
17		Don't You Want Me	The Human League	1981	1
18		Tainted Love	Soft Cell	1981	1
19		Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)	A Flock Of Seagulls	1982	10
20		Vienna	Ultravox	1981	2
21		All Night Long (All Night)	Lionel Richie	1983	2
22		I Wanna Dance With Somebody	Whitney Houston	1987	1
23		Upside Down	Diana Ross	1980	2
24		Teardrops	Womack & Womack	1988	3
25		Keep On Movin'	Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler	1989	5
26		All Around The World	Lisa Stansfield	1989	1
27		Fame	Irene Cara	1982	1
28		I Should Be So Lucky	Kylie Minogue	1988	1
29		Feels Like I'm In Love	Kelly Marie	1980	1
30		Too Many Broken Hearts	Jason Donovan	1989	1
31		When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean	1986	1
32		When Will I Be Famous?	Bros	1987	2
33		Never Gonna Give You Up	Rick Astley	1987	1
34		I Think We’re Alone Now	Tiffany	1988	1
35		The Only Way Is Up	Yazz & the Plastic Population	1988	1
36		Buffalo Stance	Neneh Cherry	1988	3
37		Pump Up The Volume	M/A/R/R/S	1987	1
38		Pump Up The Jam	Technotronic	1989	2
39		Ride On Time	Black Box	1989	1
40		Faith	George Michael	1987	2
41		Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	1983	1
42		Manic Monday	The Bangles	1986	2
43		Total Eclipse Of The Heart	Bonnie Tyler	1983	1
44		China In Your Hand	T'Pau	1987	1
45		We Built This City	Starship	1985	12
46		Heaven Is A Place On Earth	Belinda Carlisle	1987	1
47		With A Little Help From My Friends	Wet Wet Wet	1988	1
48		The Power Of Love	Jennifer Rush	1985	1
49		Move Closer	Phyllis Nelson	1985	1
50		I Want To Wake Up With You	Boris Gardner	1986	1
51		The Lady In Red	Chris De Burgh	1986	1
52		Especially For You	Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan	1988	1
53		I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me	Nik Kershaw	1984	2
54		A Good Heart	Fergal Sharkey	1985	1
55		If You Let Me Stay	Terence Trent D'Arby	1987	7
56		Prince Charming	Adma & the Ants	1981	1
57		The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Tight Fit	1982	1
58		Down Under	Men At Work	1983	1
59		Making Your Mind Up	Bucks Fizz	1981	1
60		Green Door	Shakin' Stevens	1981	1

This bad boy is stacked with an incredible 42 UK Number Ones from the Eighties and another 11 Number Twos.  Heck, only one of the sixty tracks failed to make the UK Top 10 and that song was the US Number One "We Built This City" by Starship.  At best, a little more than half the songs on Now That's What I Call The 80s should be recognizable by American ears but on the flipside, avid buyers of previous UK Now albums will already have about 40 of these songs on Now albums 1-16 as well as the Millennium and 10th Anniversary series of albums devoted to individual years within the decade of the Eighties.  Of course, pop music lovers, especially the voracious species that buys the Now That's What I Call Music albums will more than likely already have these songs on 45, LP, CD or mp3 and still buy or download the album.  Heck, even if you picked up the 2007 version of Now That's What I Call The 80s, you'll only be getting five of the same songs on the 2015 model.

PREVIOUS NOW 80s COLLECTIONS

Official Now That's What I Call Music Spotify playlists:
Now That's What I Call 80s [UK 2007]
Now That's What I Call 80s Dance [UK 2013]
Now 80s: A 200 Song Playlist [UK 2012]
Now 80s: A 500+ Song Playlist [Denmark 2012]

My own posts and playlists:

Now That's What I Call 80s Dance [UK 2013]

Now That's What I Call New Wave 80s [US 2015]