NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s 4CD

NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s

NOW Music is proud to present NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s – 4CDs packed with 79 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 with ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’ from Bon Jovi – a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US Bruce Springsteen scored his first Top 10 single with ‘Hungry Heart’ in 1980, and John Mellencamp took ‘Jack & Diane’, a Top 30 UK single, to #1 in America in 1982, whilst in 1983 The Police enjoyed a trans-Atlantic chart-topper with ‘Every Breath You Take’. FM Rock ruled the US charts of the first few years of the decade and Rick Springfield, Journey, Toto, Christopher Cross, and Daryl Hall & John Oates with ‘You Make My Dreams (Come True)’  had huge singles in the States, that have gone on to become equally appreciated in the UK – whilst REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, and Kim Carnes hit the Top 20 in both countries, and 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. Anita Baker had a US Top 3 smash with ‘Giving You The Best That I Got’, Juice Newton hit the Top 5 with ‘Angel Of The Morning’ and Kenny Rogers had a 6-week run at #1 with the Lionel Richie-penned ‘Lady’ in 1980, whilst Paul Simon was back in the US Top 10 with ‘Late In The Evening’, and 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’.

The massive transatlantic hit ‘Say Say Say’ from Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, reaching #1 and #2 in the US and UK respectively kicks off CD 2. Classic soundtrack smashes follow from Irene Cara with ‘Flashdance’ and ‘Ghostbusters’ from Ray Parker Jr., plus R&B/Soul from international favourites Diana Ross, Eddie Murphy and Aretha Franklin. Pure Pop from Olivia Newton-John with her 10-weeks at US #1 ‘Physical’, and dancefloor classics from Lipps Inc., Company B and The S.O.S. Band lead to Hip-Hop from British-American Rapper Young MC with his Grammy award-winning US Top 10 smash ‘Bust A Move’ and the UK Top 10 smash ‘I Need Love’ from legendary rapper LL Cool J. 

The US New Wave scene is celebrated with acts including the Go-Go’s, The Romantics, The Bangles’ first US #1 ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ and Culture Club with ‘I’ll Tumble 4 Ya’ – a huge US hit, but not released as a single in the UK. 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’. Paula Abdul’s third consecutive US #1 features alongside Gloria Estefan’s breakthrough US hit ‘Conga’ plus a US smash from Lionel Richie and the debut single by Whitney Houston ‘You Give Good Love’ which hit the US Top 3 in 1985.

The final disc opens with 3 iconic film-themes, Survivor and Blondie - both were #1s in the UK and the US and Kenny Loggins’ features with his US #2 ‘Danger Zone’. Belinda Carlisle’s solo debut alongside US single ‘Show Me’ from The Pretenders and ‘Simply Irresistible’ from Robert Palmer were all big stateside hits, and drawing to a close, huge ballads from Chicago and Foreigner, were big hits in both the UK and the US.

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

Tracklist:
CD1:
1-1 Bon Jovi– Livin' On A Prayer 4:07
1-2 Bruce Springsteen– Hungry Heart 3:14
1-3 John Mellencamp– Jack & Diane 4:16
1-4 The Police– Every Breath You Take 4:14
1-5 Pat Benatar– Love Is A Battlefield 4:09
1-6 Rick Springfield– Jessie's Girl 3:13
1-7 Daryl Hall & John Oates– You Make My Dreams (Come True) 3:06
1-8 Billy Joel– A Matter Of Trust 4:09
1-9 Kim Carnes– Bette Davis Eyes 3:44
1-10 Journey– Open Arms 3:18
1-11 Toto– I Won't Hold You Back 4:56
1-12 REO Speedwagon– Keep On Loving You 3:21
1-13 Paul Simon– Late In The Evening 4:03
1-14 Christopher Cross– Ride Like The Wind 4:31
1-15 Juice Newton– Angel Of The Morning (Album Version) 3:49
1-16 Kenny Rogers– Lady 3:51
1-17 Tina Turner– What's Love Got To Do With It 3:47
1-18 Anita Baker– Giving You The Best That I Got (Single Version) 3:47
1-19 Jennifer Holliday– And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going 4:05
1-20 Neil Diamond– America (From "The Jazz Singer" Soundtrack) 4:19

CD2:
2-1 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson– Say, Say, Say 3:53
2-2 Irene Cara– Flashdance... What A Feeling (Radio Edit) 3:57
2-3 Michael Sembello– Maniac (Single Mix) 4:18
2-4 Ray Parker Jr.– Ghostbusters 3:59
2-5 Deniece Williams– Let's Hear It For The Boy 4:21
2-6 Diana Ross– Upside Down 4:03
2-7 Eddie Murphy– Party All The Time 4:15
2-8 Olivia Newton-John– Physical (Album Version) 3:43
2-9 Lipps, Inc.– Funkytown (Single Version) 4:00
2-10 Company B– Fascinated (Edit) 3:50
2-11 The S.O.S. Band– Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Pt. 1) 3:15
2-12 Aretha Franklin– Freeway Of Love (Single Mix) 4:07
2-13 Pebbles– Mercedes Boy (Single Remix Version) 3:55
2-14 Ready For The World– Oh Sheila 4:02
2-15 Sheila E.– The Glamorous Life, Pt. 1 3:44
2-16 Young MC– Bust A Move 4:24
2-17 LL Cool J– I Need Love 5:22
2-18 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam– Lost In Emotion 5:07
2-19 Exposé– Seasons Change (7" Version) 4:16

CD3:
3-1 The Bangles– Walk Like An Egyptian 3:20
3-2 Culture Club– I'll Tumble 4 Ya 2:36
3-3 Go-Go's– We Got The Beat 2:31
3-4 R.E.M.– Stand 3:10
3-5 The Fixx– One Thing Leads To Another 3:18
3-6 The Romantics– Talking In Your Sleep 3:55
3-7 The Cars– Shake It Up 3:34
3-8 Duran Duran– The Reflex 4:22
3-9 Peter Schilling– Major Tom (Coming Home) 4:10
3-10 Nena– 99 Luftballons 3:52
3-11 Corey Hart– Sunglasses At Night 3:55
3-12 A Flock Of Seagulls– I Ran (So Far Away) (Single Edit) 3:41
3-13 Wang Chung– Everybody Have Fun Tonight (7" Version) 4:11
3-14 Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine– Conga 4:15
3-15 El DeBarge– Who's Johnny 4:10
3-16 Stacey Q– Two Of Hearts 4:00
3-17 Paula Abdul– Cold Hearted (7" Edit) 3:36
3-18 Debbie Gibson– Foolish Beat 4:23
3-19 Smokey Robinson– Being With You (Single Version) 3:59
3-20 Lionel Richie– My Love (Album Version) 4:04
3-21 Whitney Houston– You Give Good Love 4:09

CD4:
4-1 Survivor– Eye Of The Tiger 4:06
4-2 Kenny Loggins– Danger Zone (From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack) 3:36
4-3 Blondie– Call Me (Single Version / Theme From "American Gigolo") 3:31
4-4 Steve Miller Band– Abracadabra 3:37
4-5 Yes– Owner Of A Lonely Heart 4:23
4-6 Laura Branigan– Spanish Eddie 4:07
4-7 Pretenders– Show Me 4:08
4-8 Belinda Carlisle– Mad About You (Album Version) 3:35
4-9 Eric Carmen– Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack) 4:08
4-10 Night Ranger– Sister Christian 4:15
4-11 The J. Geils Band– Centerfold 3:36
4-12 Don Johnson– Heartbeat 4:18
4-13 Robert Palmer– Simply Irresistible 4:15
4-14 John Waite– Missing You (Single Version) 3:48
4-15 Richard Marx– Endless Summer Nights 4:31
4-16 Steve Winwood– Back In The High Life Again 4:23
4-17 Bruce Hornsby & The Range– Mandolin Rain 5:18
4-18 Chicago – Hard To Say I'm Sorry 3:51
4-19 Foreigner– Waiting For A Girl Like You 4:49

Label: NOW Music
Released: 2023