NOW 12″80s 1984 – Part One

Now That’s What I Call Music continue their year-based CD collections of 1980s twelve-inch mixes with a new 4CD set: NOW 12″ 80s: 1984 Part One

1984 was always going to be a great year for this series, even if we are by now very familiar with the songs of this spectacularly good 12-month period.

The compilation starts with the hard-to-get-on-CD 12-inch version of Queen’s ‘I Want To Break Free’ before celebrating all that was great about 1984 with extended selections from Tina Turner (‘What’s Love Got To Do With It)’, Duran Duran (‘New Moon On Monday’), Alison Moyet (the Love Injected Mix of ‘Love Resurrection’, Ray Parker Jr. (have a guess?), Mathew Wilder (‘Break My Stride’), Thompson Twins (‘Doctor! Doctor!’), Howard Jones (‘What Is Love?’) and more.

The second disc has more of an electro/disco vibe with artists such as Sister Sledge (‘Lost in Music’), The Pointer Sisters (‘Jump (For My Love)’, Dead Or Alive (‘That’s The Way (I Like It)’), Bronski Beat (‘Why?’), Hazell Dean (‘Whatever I Do’) and Divine (‘You Think You’re A Man’) before CD 3 delivers cuts from the likes of Tears For Fears (‘Mothers Talk’), Scritti Politti, Propaganda (‘Dr Mabuse’), Cocteau Twins (‘Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops’), Echo and the Bunnymen (‘The Killing Moon’) and more.

It wouldn’t be ’84 without Frankie Goes To Hollywood and the final CD kicks off with the Annhilation Mix of ‘Two Tribes’, continuing with Duran’s ‘Wild Boys’, Paul Young’s nine-minute version of ‘I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down’, Simple Minds’ ‘Up On The Catwalk’, OMD’s ‘Tesla Girls’, Alphaville’s ‘Big in Japan’ and many more. This disc ends with the 12-inch version of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, the version inexplicably missing from the recent CD single.

NOW 12″80s: 1984 Part One will be released on 17 January 2025.

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NOW 12″ 80s 1984 Part One Various Artists /

• • CD 1
    1. Queen – I Want To Break Free (Extended Mix)
    2. Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It (Extended 12″ Remix)
    3. Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection (Love Injected Mix)
    4. Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday (Dance Mix)
    5. Culture Club – It’s A Miracle / Miss Me Blind (US 12” Mix)
    6. Bananarama – Robert De Niro’s Waiting (Extended Version)
    7. Matthew Wilder – Break My Stride (Remix / Club Version)
    8. Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters (Extended Version)
    9. Nik Kershaw – The Riddle (Extended Riddle)
    10. Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor! (Extended Version)
    11. Howard Jones – What Is Love? (Extended Mix)
    12. Ultravox – Love’s Great Adventure (Extended Version)
  • CD 2
    1. Freddie Mercury – Love Kills (Extended Mix)
    2. Shannon – Let The Music Play (Full Length Album Version)
    3. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music (1984 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Remix)
    4. The Pointer Sisters – Jump (For My Love) (12″ Long Version)
    5. Bronski Beat – Why? (12” Version)
    6. Dead Or Alive – That’s The Way (I Like It) (Extended Version)
    7. Divine – You Think You’re A Man (12” Mix)
    8. Evelyn Thomas – High Energy (Extended Version)
    9. Hazell Dean – Whatever I Do (12” Mix)
    10. The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men (12” Version)
    11. Laura Branigan – Self Control (Extended Version)
    12. Kim Wilde – The Touch (Extended Version)
  • CD 3
    1. Chaka Khan – I Feel For You (Remix)
    2. Womack & Womack – Love Wars (Extended Vocal)
    3. Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy (Original Version)
    4. The World’s Famous Supreme Team – Hey DJ (Original 12″ Mix)
    5. Grandmaster Melle Mel – White Lines (Don’t Do It) (Long Version)
    6. Nick Heyward – Warning Sign (12″ Version)
    7. Tears For Fears – Mothers Talk (Long Version)
    8. Scritti Politti – Wood Beez (Version)
    9. Propaganda – Das Testament Des Dr Mabuse (12″ Edit For Germany)
    10. Cocteau Twins – Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops (12” Version)
    11. Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (All Night Version)
  • CD 4
    1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes (Annihilation)
    2. Duran Duran – The Wild Boys (Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix)
    3. Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave (12″ Version)
    4. Paul Young – I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (Extended Mix)
    5. Adam Ant – Apollo 9 (Francois K Splashdown Mix)
    6. Simple Minds – Up On The Catwalk (Extended Version)
    7. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Tesla Girls (Extended Mix)
    8. Blancmange – Don’t Tell Me (Extended)
    9. Alphaville – Big In Japan (Extended Remix)
    10. Howard Jones – Like To Get To Know You Well (International Mix)
    11. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? (12″ Mix)