Now That's What I Call USA: The 80s [3LP] Limited Red, White, & Blue Colored Vinyl!

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’.

Tracks:

LP1 – Side A

1. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 

2. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane 

3. The Police - Every Breath You Take

4. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield 

5. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 

6. Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True) 

7. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl 

8. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

LP1 – Side B

1. Diana Ross - Upside Down

2. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

3. Company B - Fascinated

4. Michael Sembello - Maniac

5. Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love

6. The S.O.S Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)

7. Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters

LP2 – Side A

1. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

2. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

3. Duran Duran - The Reflex

4. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

5. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night

6. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)       

7.  Nena - 99 Luftballons

LP2 – Side B

1. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack)

2. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind

3. The J. Geils Band – Centerfold

4. Night Ranger - Sister Christian

5. Journey - Open Arms

6. Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights

7.  Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You

LP3 – Side A

1. Blondie - Call Me (Theme From "American Gigolo") 

2. R.E.M. – Stand

3. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another

4. Pretenders - Show Me

5. Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

6. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

7. Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya

8. Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

LP3 – Side B

1. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say

2. Olivia Newton-John - Physical

3. Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It

4. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

5. Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love

6. Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going

7. Neil Diamond - America (From "The Jazz Singer" Soundtrack)

4CD:

CD1

1. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

2. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart

3. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane

4. The Police - Every Breath You Take

5. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

6. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl 

7. Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True) 

8. Billy Joel - A Matter Of Trust 

9. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

10. Journey - Open Arms

11. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back

12. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

13. Paul Simon - Late In The Evening 

14. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind

15. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

16. Kenny Rogers - Lady

17. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

18. Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got

19. Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going

20. Neil Diamond - America (From "The Jazz Singer" Soundtrack)

CD2

1. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say

2. Irene Cara - Flashdance…What A Feeling

3. Michael Sembello - Maniac

4. Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters

5. Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for The Boy

6. Diana Ross - Upside Down 

7. Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time 

8. Olivia Newton-John - Physical

9. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

10. Company B - Fascinated

11. The S.O.S Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)

12. Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love

13. Pebbles - Mercedes Boy

14. Ready For The World - Oh Sheila 

15. Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life, Pt. 1 

16. Young MC - Bust A Move

17. LL COOL J - I Need Love 

18. Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Lost In Emotion

19. Exposé - Seasons Change

CD3

1. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

2. Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya 

3. Go-Go's - We Got The Beat 

4. R.E.M. - Stand 

5. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another

6. The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep 

7. The Cars - Shake It Up

8. Duran Duran - The Reflex

9. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)

10. Nena - 99 Luftballons

11. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night

12. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)

13. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

14. Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Conga 

15. El DeBarge - Who's Johnny 

16. Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts

17. Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted

18. Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

19. Smokey Robinson - Being With You

20. Lionel Richie - My Love

21. Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love 

CD4

1. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

2. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack)

3. Blondie - Call Me (Theme From "American Gigolo") 

4. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

5. Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart

6. Laura Branigan - Spanish Eddie

7. Pretenders - Show Me

8. Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

9. Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack)

10. Night Ranger - Sister Christian 

11. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 

12. Don Johnson - Heartbeat 

13. Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

14. John Waite - Missing You

15. Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights

16. Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life Again

17. Bruce Hornsby & The Range - Mandolin Rain 

18. Chicago – Hard To Say I'm Sorry

19. Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 

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8/2023