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DetailsReleased: 17th November 1997

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Virgin / EMI / Polygram

Format: Double CD & Double Cassette

Duration: 2:37:57 (157 minutes 57 seconds)

Tracks: 41

#1’s: 2

Chart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)

Sales: 1,100,000 (3x Platinum)

Tracklisting1. Chumbawamba – Tubthumping 3:33 {2}

2. Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life 2:53 {1}

3. Hanson – Where's The Love 4:10 {4}

4. Boyzone – Picture Of You 3:11 {2}

5. Backstreet Boys – As Long As You Love Me 3:30 {3}

6. Eternal – Angel Of Mine 4:18 {4}

7. Lighthouse Family – Raincloud 3:58 {6}

8. Janet Jackson – Got 'Til It's Gone 3:39 {6}

9. The Brand New Heavies – You've Got A Friend 3:09 {9}

10. All Saints – I Know Where It's At 3:39 {4}

11. Louise – Arms Around The World 3:49 {4}

12. Gala – Freed From Desire 3:35 {2}

13. Sash! feat. La Trec – Stay 3:27 {2}

14. Dario G – Sunchyme 3:48 {2}

15. Tina Moore – Never Gonna Let You Go 4:10 {7}

16. Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing 3:30 {6}

17. N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I'm Sexy 4:18 {7}

18. LL Cool J – Phenomenon 3:06 {9}

19. 911 – Party People...Friday Night 3:08 {5}

20. Ricky Martin – Maria 3:59 {6}

21. Bellini – Samba De Janerio 2:48 {8}

22. DJ Quicksilver – Free 3:11 {7}

23. Wet Wet Wet – Yesterday 2:47 {4}

24. George Michael – You Have Been Loved 5:29 {2}

25. The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work 4:45 {1}

26. Oasis – Stand By Me 5:58 {2}

27. Embrace – All You Good Good People 6:16 {8}

28. Faithless – Don't Leave 3:14 {3}

29. Radiohead – Karma Police 4:22 {8}

30. Moby – James Bond Theme 3:12 {8}

31. PF Project feat. Ewan McGregor – Choose Life 3:49 {6}

32. Robbie Williams – Lazy Days 3:49 {8}

33. Ash – A Life Less Ordinary 4:16 {10}

34. Texas – Black Eyed Boy 3:11 {5}

35. Meredith Brooks – Bitch 3:57 {6}

36. Jon Bon Jovi – Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town 3:44 {13}

37. Ocean Colour Scene – Better Day 3:45 {9}

38. Cast – I'm So Lonely 4:20 {14}

39. Conner Reeves – Earthbound 4:01 {14}

40. Peter Andre – Lonely 3:45 {6}

41. Boyz II Men – 4 Seasons Of Loneliness 4:28 {10}

 

Key

Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1’s.

Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series.

The track duration has been highlighted cyan.

Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.

Miscellaneous FactsTrack Most Weeks At #1: Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life / The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work (1 week)

Lowest Charting Track: Cast – I'm So Lonely / Conner Reeves – Earthbound {14}

Longest Song: Embrace – All You Good Good People 6:16

Shortest Song: Wet Wet Wet – Yesterday 2:47

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: N/A

On This Day In HistoryNo music news to report for 17th November 1997.

Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

Wikipedia

Everyhit

Brandt Animation Archive

Now 38 Rate

Andrew's ReviewNow That's What I Call Music! 38 otherwise referred to as Now 38 was the last instalment of 1997 and featured 41 hits which all charted within the Top 15 of the UK Singles Chart at sometime during the latter part of that year. Just 2 #1's were selected and that meant a few got ignored. Now 38 was the first time the series featured Chumbawamba, All Saints, Dario G, LL Cool J and Embrace.

 

The other UK #1's which were not included in the tracklisting were Oasis – D'You Know What I Mean?, Will Smith – Men In Black, the tribute to the late Princess Diana performed by Elton John – Candle In The Wind '97 and Aqua – Barbie Girl (although this appeared later in the next volume). Other notable Top 10 omissions included Gotham City by R. Kelly, one of Backstreet Boys best known hits Everybody, a higher charting Peter Andre single that featured called All About Us and Dannii Minogue – All I Wanna Do.

 

Those artists who we haven't heard from again after this volume's only appearance are Gala, Tina Moore, Ricky Martin, Bellini, PF Project, Ash, Meredith Brooks, Conner Reeves and Boyz II Men.

 

Artwork Rating: 8/10 Extremely Beautiful

Quite pretty actually with the detail in the seasonal theme of snowflakes and ice. I love how well the sparkly pink and blue go together in the logo itself. I think I'd rate this cover in my favourites from the series.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Dario G – Sunchyme

Just a glorious dance anthem from the 90's. It wasn't until much later in life I learnt it was a sample of another song, but that doesn't change the fact it was a much loved track from 1997. The best thing Dario G ever did, followed shortly afterward by Carnival De Paris.

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Oasis – Stand By Me

I've gone for Oasis, although I would have much preferred to have had the #1 D'You Know What I Mean instead. However, this single was still a good Oasis anthem.

 

Overall Rating: 5/10 Poor

I had to mark this down as poor as, although there are many high charting hits featured, there's personal favourites ignored from Backstreet Boys, Will Smith and Dannii Minogue which were really essential for me to give a true representation of the most versatile music around, but there's too much indie on disc 2 that it let's the whole compilation down. That said, it could have been worse.

 

Andrew's Best 5 (as of April 2017)

1. Dario G – Sunchyme

2. Sash! feat. La Trec – Stay

3. Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life

4. Oasis – Stand By Me

5. Gala – Freed From Desire

 

Andrew's Worst 5 (as of April 2017)

1. Ocean Colour Scene – Better Day

2. Janet Jackson – Got Til' It's Gone

3. Jon Bon Jovi – Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town

4. Ash – A Life Less Ordinary

5. Robbie Williams – Lazy Days

I voted 'Spice Up Your Life' for disc 1 but accidentally skipped over 'Sunchyme' in the poll for some reason and only noticed after I had voted, would have actually picked that :kink: 'Sunchyme' has got to be one of the most uplifting songs that I have ever heard :heart: love the video too.

 

I do love Oasis but 'Stand By Me' isn't one of their best for me (I agree Awardinary that 'D'You Know What I Mean? was much better!), plumped for The Verve for disc 2 instead. 'The Drugs Don't Work' is incredibly haunting and emotional, the lyrics and general feel/delivery of the song gives me goosebumps every time.

38. Cast – I'm So Lonely 4:20 {14}

39. Conner Reeves – Earthbound 4:01 {14}

40. Peter Andre – Lonely 3:45 {6}

41. Boyz II Men – 4 Seasons Of Loneliness 4:28 {10}

I had to point this out, it's too bad the three Lonely songs weren't back-to-back-to-back :kink:

 

Went for Tubthumping from Disc 1 because that is an ABSOLUTE BOP and then Faithless' Don't Leave for Disc 2 because I just love the completely different direction for that song.

 

Disc 1 is completely slaying me with its tracklisting though once again!

Favourites from this one:

 

Sunchyme

The Drugs Don't Work

Don't Leave

Karma Police

Favourites:

 

Tubthumping (I get knocked down! But I get up again! You're never gonna bring me down!) [Also, Homer Simpson's parody of the song in The Simpsons ep Little Girl In The Big Ten was hilarious]

Spice Up Your Life (guilty pleasure)

Picture Of You (remember hearing this in the end credits of the 1997 Mr Bean movie)

Got Til It Gone (This song marked Janet's transition to hip hop. With Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest and a Joni Mitchell sample)

Freed From Desire (I remember getting into this club classic long before the Will Grigg's On Fire fad)

Stay

Sunchyme (Hey-oh-mamama)

Never Gonna Let You Goooooo WOOOAHHHH WOOAAHHH WOOOAAHHH WOOOAAHHHHH (fade out)

You Sexy Thing (Such a classic. "I believe in miracles!")

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy

Phenomenon

Party People Friday Night

Maria ("EPA! Un dos tre! Un pasito pa adelante Maria!")

Samba De Janeiro

Free

You Have Been Loved

The Drugs Don't Work

Stand By Me (have this song on a CD single digipak and on a promo 12" [the former I got from a charity shop back in November '15 and the latter I managed to get from my local FOPP])

All You Good Good People

Don't Leave

Karma Police (OK Computer is one of my favourite 90's albums)

James Bond Theme

Choose Life

Lazy Days

A Life Less Ordinary

Black Eyed Boy

Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town

Better Day

I'm So Lonely

 

 

 

Artwork: 6/10 - alright but nothing special.

 

Disc 1: Sunchyme - no questions asked.

 

Disc 2: Stand By Me - one of their most underrated singles.

 

Overall: 6/10 - don't remember a lot of these.

Love this Now. Both discs have their highlights (Sunchyme/Stay on disc 1, Karma Police/Stand By Me on disc 2). More classic 97.

I went for Boyzone's Picture Of You on Disc 1, easily one of their best, but it's a pretty good disc overall!

 

Disc 2 is not so good but I went for Black Eyed Boy by Texas, love the throwback Motown sound a decade before everyone was doing it (and Sharleen even did it again herself on her solo album). Stand By Me by Oasis is second, love the verses and bridge of that song particularly.

2nd cd much better than 1st. voted texas and boyzone-by far the best song they ever did!

The only thing I didn't like about the album is that they used the 80s remix of "You Sexy Thing" which also appeared on NOW 9 instead of the original 70s version

in this compilation you could be put in a song called "Flashback".. by me?

Disc 1 faves :

 

1. Chumbawamba – Tubthumping

2. Louise – Arms Around The World

3. Gala – Freed From Desire

4. Spice Girls – Spice Up Your Life

5. Ricky Martin – Maria

 

Disc 2 faves (couldn't stretch to five, but nice to see Conner Reeves on there):

 

1. George Michael – You Have Been Loved

2. Meredith Brooks – Bitch

3. Conner Reeves – Earthbound