NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s 3LP Coloured Vinyl

NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s

NOW Music is proud to present NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s – 3LPs packed with 44 massive U.S. hits – Whilst some were big hits on both sides of the Atlantic, we shine a spotlight on huge hits from America at the time, that have gone on to be as legendary in the UK as they were in the US.

Kicking off LP 1 with his first US Top 10 single is Bruce Springsteen with ‘Hungry Heart’, followed by John Mellencamp with ‘Jack & Diane’, a Top 30 UK single, which reached #1 in America in 1982, whilst in 1983 The Police enjoyed a transatlantic chart-topper with ‘Every Breath You Take’. Featuring R&B/Soul from international favourites Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin, and dancefloor classics from Lipps Inc., Company B and The S.O.S. Band lead to the classic soundtrack smash from Ray Parker Jr. ‘Ghostbusters’.

Duran Duran’s epic floor-filler ‘The Reflex’ reached #1 on both sides of the Atlantic, and Nena - whilst having a UK #1 with ’99 Red Balloons’ - reached #2 in the US with the German language version ‘99 Luftballons’, which is here on LP 2. Kenny Loggins features with his US #2 ‘Danger Zone’, and Foreigner’s huge ballad ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’ reached Top 10 in both the UK and the US.

Blondie’s ‘American Gigolo’ theme ‘Call Me’ which reached #1 in both territories opens LP 3, plus Belinda Carlisle’s solo debut, alongside US single ‘Show Me’ from The Pretenders. The massive transatlantic hit ‘Say Say Say’ from Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, reaching #1 and #2 in the US and UK is followed by Pure Pop from Olivia Newton-John with her 10-weeks at US #1 ‘Physical’. In 1984, Tina Turner saw the career-defining ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’ hit the Top 3 in the UK and become her first #1 in the US, and in 1985 Whitney Houston’s debut single ‘You Give Good Love’ hit the US Top 3. Drawing the collection to a close is the aptly titled ‘America’, which gave Neil Diamond his third Top 10 single in the US from the soundtrack of his film ‘The Jazz Singer’.

NOW That's What I Call USA: The 80s – Celebrating huge hits from the charts of eighties America!

Tracklist:
A1 Bruce Springsteen– Hungry Heart
A2 John Mellencamp– Jack & Diane
A3 The Police– Every Breath You Take (Remaster 2003)
A4 Pat Benatar– Love Is A Battlefield
A5 Kim Carnes– Bette Davis Eyes
A6 Daryl Hall & John Oates– You Make My Dreams (Come True)
A7 Rick Springfield– Jessie's Girl
A8 REO Speedwagon– Keep On Loving You

B1 Diana Ross– Upside Down
B2 Lipps, Inc.– Funky Town (Single Version)
B3 Company B– Fascinated (Edit)
B4 Michael Sembello– Maniac (Single Mix)
B5 Aretha Franklin– Freeway Of Love (Single Mix)
B6 The S.O.S. Band– Take Your Time (Do It Right)
B7 Ray Parker Jr.– Ghostbusters

C1 Steve Miller Band– Abracadabra (2003 Digital Remaster)
C2 Yes– Owner Of A Lonely Heart
C3 Duran Duran– The Reflex
C4 A Flock Of Seagulls– I Ran (So Far Away) (Single Edit)
C5 Corey Hart– Sunglasses At Night
C6 Peter Schilling– Major Tom (Coming Home)
C7 Nena– 99 Luftballons

D1 Kenny Loggins– Danger Zone
D2 Christopher Cross– Ride Like The Wind
D3 The J. Geils Band– Centrefold
D4 Night Ranger– Sister Christian
D5 Journey– Open Arms
D6 Richard Marx– Endless Summer Nights
D7 Foreigner– Waiting For A Girl Like You

E1 Blondie– Call Me (Single Version/Theme From "American Gigolo")
E2 R.E.M.– Stand
E3 The Fixx– One Thing Leads To Another
E4 Pretenders– Show Me
E5 Belinda Carlisle– Mad About You (Album Version)
E6 The Bangles– Walk Like An Egyptian
E7 Culture Club– I'll Tumble 4 Ya
E8 Debbie Gibson– Foolish Beat

F1 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson– Say, Say, Say (Remaster 2015)
F2 Olivia Newton-John– Physical (Album Version)
F3 Tina Turner– What's Love Got To Do With It?
F4 Juice Newton– Angel Of The Morning (Album Version)
F5 Whitney Houston– You Give Good Love
F6 Jennifer Holliday– And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
F7 Neil Diamond– America (From "The Jazz Singer" Soundtrack

Label: NOW Music
Released: 2023