'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)'

'NOW,' The World's Best-Selling Music Compilation Series, Celebrates More Than 80 Million in U.S. Sales

 

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.

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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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