'NOW That's What I Call Music' Releases New Digital Collection of 80 Top '80s Hits, Available Today Exclusively on the iTunes Store 'NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE 80S HITS (DELUXE EDITION)'
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 26, 2011 -- Today, the world's best-selling, multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, has released a new digital collection of 80 smash hits from the 1980s, exclusively on the iTunes Store® (www.itunes.com). NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits (Deluxe Edition) gathers 80 major hits for one decade-defining collection. The tracklist for NOW 80s Hits Deluxe features the biggest superstars of the '80s, with Billy Idol, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Phil Collins, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Blondie, The Bangles, Tears For Fears, Lionel Richie, INXS, Chaka Khan, and many more. This new collection follows the ultra successful NOW That's What I Call The 80s (Deluxe Edition), also available exclusively on iTunes. The NOW series is celebrating U.S. sales totaling more than 80 million CDs and album downloads since the series made its Stateside debut in 1998. In February, the series' most recent release, NOW 37, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. NOW's latest numbered edition, NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 38, featuring 16 current major chart hits, plus four up-and-coming "NOW What's Next" New Music Preview tracks, will be released on CD and digitally on May 3. On the same date, the standard edition of NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits will be released on CD and digitally, with 18 smash hits from the 1980s. The NOW That's What I Call Music! series is a joint venture from EMI Music North America, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. NOW That's What I Call Music! Vol. 38 and NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits will be distributed by EMI Music North America. NOW and NOW That's What I Call Music! are registered trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited. The NOW That's What I Call Music! series debuted in the U.S. in 1998 after the brand had been a multi-platinum international success for 15 years. The series has generated sales exceeding 200 million albums worldwide, including more than 80 million copies in the U.S. Every album in the numbered U.S. series has reached Billboard's Top 10, and 14 NOW releases have reached #1. NOW That's What I Call The 80s Hits (Deluxe Edition) (iTunes exclusive) 1. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes 2.Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby - Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector 3. Open Arms - Journey 4. Red Red Wine - UB40 5. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper 6. We Belong - Pat Benatar 7. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions 8. Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go - Soft Cell 9. Take On Me - A-Ha 10. Down Under - Men At Work 11. Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon 12. Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins 13. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House 14. Let's Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire 15. Mony Mony - Billy Idol 16. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates 17. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction 18. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes 19. Shining Star - The Manhattans 20. I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner 21. Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes 22. Cult Of Personality - Living Colour 23. Manic Monday - The Bangles 24. Into The Night - Benny Mardones 25. Kokomo - The Beach Boys 26. Love Song - The Cure 27. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash 28. Shout - Tears For Fears 29. The Tide Is High - Blondie 30. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 31. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band 32. You Are - Lionel Richie 33. She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze 34. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen 35. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde 36.I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates 37. Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers 38. At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters 39. My Prerogative - Bobby Brown 40. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean 41. Heat Of The Moment - Asia 42. Rosanna - Toto 43. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan 44. Freeze Frame - J.Geils Band 45. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS 46. Sowing The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears 47. Yearning For Your Love - Gap Band 48. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant 49. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 50. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 51. Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young 52. Listen To Your Heart - Roxette 53. Kyrie - Mr. Mister 54. She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer 55. Never Surrender - Corey Hart 56. Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds 57. 99 Luftballoons - Nena 58. Amanda - Boston 59. Venus - Bananarama 60. I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne 61. Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley 62. Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox 63. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger 64. Human - Human League 65. Some Like It Hot - Power Station 66. Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield 67. The Best Of Times - Styx 68. Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'arby 69. Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul 70. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany 71. Maniac - Michael Sembello 72. Cherish - Kool & The Gang 73.Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley - Will To Power 74. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Robert Palmer 75. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer 76. Physical - Olivia Newton-John 77. Notorious - Duran Duran 78. When Smokey Sings - ABC 79. I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew 80. Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
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April 26, 2011 5:05pm ET by Pressparty
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