Here is a selection of top chart songs from the past 20 or so years which missed out on being included in the iconic Now Music series. Next to each track is the chart position it peaked to.

 

If a spin off compilation was released with these songs I would definitely buy it!

 

Disc 1

1. Adele – Hello {1}

2. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off {2}

3. Rihanna feat. Drake – Work {2}

4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop {1}

5. JLS feat. Dev – She Makes Me Wanna {1}

6. Blue – Too Close {1}

7. Five – Keep On Movin' {1}

8. Take That – Never Forget {1}

9. The Corrs – Breathless {1}

10. Blondie – Maria {1}

11. Busted – Crashed The Wedding {1}

12. Avril Lavigne – Complicated {3}

13. Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground {1}

14. The Prodigy – Firestarter {1}

15. Nero – Promises {1}

16. Daft Punk – One More Time {2}

17. Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé – Telephone {1}

18. Alexandra Burke feat. Flo Rida – Bad Boys {1}

19. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss {1}

20. Kevin Lyttle – Turn Me On {2}

21. Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul – Breathe {1}

22. Jennifer Lopez – Love Don't Cost A Thing {1}

23. Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle {1}

24. The Weeknd – Earned It {4}

 

Disc 2

1. Elvis vs. JXL – A Little Less Conversation {1}

2. Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes {1}

3. Usher feat. Lil' Jon & Ludacris – Yeah {1}

4. Drake – Hotline Bling {3}

5. Destiny's Child – Independent Woman Part 1 {1}

6. Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx – Gold Digger {2}

7. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady {1}

8. D-12 – My Band {2}

9. TLC – No Scrubs {3}

10. Pras Michel feat. Ol' Dirty bast*rd & Mya – Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are) {2}

11. Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life {2}

12. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 – I'll Be Missing You {1}

13. The Fugees – Killing Me Softly {1}

14. Beyoncé – If I Were A Boy {1}

15. Ja Rule feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti – Wonderful {1}

16. Mario Winans feat. Enya & P. Diddy – I Don't Wanna Know {1}

17. Pussycat Dolls – Stickwitu {1}

18. Spice Girls – 2 Become 1 {1}

19. All Saints – Black Coffee {1}

20. Boyz II Men – End Of The Road {1}

21. Mariah Carey – Without You {1}

22. Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You {1}

23. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On {1}

24. Leona Lewis – Run {1}

 

Disc 3

1. Westlife – World Of Our Own {1}

2. One Direction – Perfect {2}

3. A1 – Same Old Brand New You {1}

4. Another Level – Freak Me {1}

5. B*Witched – Rollercoaster {1}

6. Girls Aloud – Long Hot Summer {7}

7. Britney Spears – (You Drive Me) Crazy {5}

8. Ricky Martin – Livin La Vida Loca {1}

9. Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out {2}

10. Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel {1}

11. Will Smith – Men In Black {1}

12. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor {1}

13. Blur – Song 2 {2}

14. My Chemical Romance – Welcome To The Black Parade {1}

15. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole {4}

16. Oasis – All Around The World {1}

17. Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody {2}

18. The Killers – Mr Brightside {10}

19. The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love {2}

20. The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) {1}

21. P!nk – Just Like A Pill {1}

22. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life {1}

23. Michael Jackson – Earth Song {1}

24. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You {1}

Edited July 3, 20169 yr by awardinary

Wow! That album is actually better than the majority of actual Now albums.

That's a brilliant tracklist! My only problem is that I think there are too many spin-off releases from the main series as it is. In the early days you would have had a couple of dance collections with extended mixes and the occasional other releases such as Now Christmas and Now Summer. There seems to be a new title every couple of weeks these days and half of those are titles which were previously released but with a few different tracks included.

A lot of these of course they couldn't licence, because the labels gave the exclusive to the Hits series instead

Busted - "Thunderbirds Are Go" actually appeared on NOW 59

Wow! That album is actually better than the majority of actual Now albums.

Thanks Dobbo!

 

That's a brilliant tracklist! My only problem is that I think there are too many spin-off releases from the main series as it is. In the early days you would have had a couple of dance collections with extended mixes and the occasional other releases such as Now Christmas and Now Summer. There seems to be a new title every couple of weeks these days and half of those are titles which were previously released but with a few different tracks included.

Thanks Shaky Fan! You're right, far too many spin off releases, and more often than not, it's the same songs being used again and again but in different orders.

 

A lot of these of course they couldn't licence, because the labels gave the exclusive to the Hits series instead

That's very true AcerBen, and that's why I was forced to buy the Hits series as a "backup" if you like!

 

Busted - "Thunderbirds Are Go" actually appeared on NOW 59

Quite right Hadji, it was completely my mistake, upon checking again I realised the track I meant to type was Crashed The Wedding, which was also a number 1 hit for Busted!

Edited July 3, 20169 yr by awardinary

Wow! I would buy this album if it was real :heart:

Now That's What Jenny Fisher Calls A ‘Ashley Abram Cock-Up!’

Edited July 3, 20169 yr by Doctor Blind

wow what a list! :o