NOW Yearbook 1997
4CD and 3LP vinyl

NOW Music continue with their long-running Yearbook series with one that focuses on the year 1997.
Available in the usual formats of 4CD deluxe hardcover book (78 tracks), 4CD standard and 3LP coloured vinyl (43 tracks), this new volume has big names mixing it with popular artists of the era.
So there’s tracks from George Michael, Elton John, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, rubbing shoulders with Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, Steps, All Saints, Backstreet Boys, East 17, Steps and so on.

The third disc in the 4CD packages offers a great selection of guitar bands of the era, including Radiohead, Suede, Oasis, The Seahorses, The Charlatans, Supergrass, Embrace, Cast, Ocean Colour Scene and more.
SDE favourites from this period on this include The Cardigans‘ ‘Lovefool’, Moby’s “Re-Version” of Monty Norman’s ‘James Bond Theme’, Blue Boy’s ‘Remember Me’ and Ultra Nate’s ‘Free’. Full track listings are below.
NOW Yearbook ’97 will be released on 27 June 2025.
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Tracklisting

NOW Yearbook ’97 Various Artists /
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CD 1
- George Michael – Older
- Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
- Texas – Say What You Want
- Hanson – MMMBop
- Aqua – Barbie Girl
- Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life
- Boyzone – Picture Of You
- Louise – Arms Around the World
- 911 – Bodyshakin’
- Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
- Steps – 5, 6, 7, 8
- Ricky Martin – María (Pablo Flores Spanglish Radio Edit)
- Elton John – Something About The Way You Look Tonight
- Eternal feat. Bebe Winans – I Wanna Be the Only One
- All Saints – I Know Where It’s At
- En Vogue – Don’t Let Go (Love)
- Gabrielle – Walk On By
- Duran Duran – Out Of My Mind
- White Town – Your Woman
- Pet Shop Boys – Somewhere
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CD 2
- George Michael – You Have Been Loved
- Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden
- Paul McCartney – Young Boy
- Sheryl Crow – A Change Would Do You Good
- Meredith Brooks – Bitch
- Robbie Williams – Old Before I Die
- Paula Cole – Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
- The Brand New Heavies – You’ve Got A Friend
- Jamiroquai – Alright
- Tina Moore – Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Mix)
- Whitney Houston – Step by Step
- Lutricia McNeal – Ain’t That Just The Way
- Finley Quaye – Even After All
- Ginuwine – When Doves Cry
- LL COOL J – Ain’t Nobody
- Coolio feat. 40 Thevz – C U When U Get There
- Mary J. Blige – Everything
- Shola Ama – You Might Need Somebody
- Damage – Wonderful Tonight
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CD 3
- Radiohead – Paranoid Android
- Oasis – D’You Know What I Mean?
- The Seahorses – Love Is The Law
- The Charlatans – North Country Boy
- Supergrass – Richard III
- Ocean Colour Scene – Hundred Mile High City
- Cast – Free Me
- Kula Shaker – Hush
- Embrace – All You Good Good People
- Echo & The Bunnymen – Nothing Lasts Forever
- James – She’s A Star
- The Cardigans – Lovefool
- Republica – Ready to Go
- The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats
- Moby – James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version)
- Orbital – The Saint
- Smoke City – Underwater Love
- The Lightning Seeds – You Showed Me
- Suede – Saturday Night
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CD 4
- Tori Amos – Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden’s Star Trunk Mix)
- Lisa Stansfield vs. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – People Hold On
- Olive – You’re Not Alone
- The Source feat. Candi Staton – You Got The Love
- Blue Boy – Remember Me
- Ultra Nate – Free
- Dannii Minogue – All I Wanna Do
- Sash! – Encore Une Fois
- Dario G – Sunchyme
- Katrina And The Waves – Love Shine a Light
- Céline Dion – The Reason
- Backstreet Boys – Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
- Gary Barlow – Love Won’t Wait
- Gina G – Fresh
- No Mercy – Where Do You Go
- N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I’m Sexy
- Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)
- East 17 – Hey Child
- Wet Wet Wet – If I Never See You Again
- Spice Girls – Too Much
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CD 1
By Paul Sinclair
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