For some reason I can't see 'Shallow' being included.

"Shallow" was on NOW 69 US so it might. I just hope it doesn’t include songs which were released before NOW 100

Edited February 24, 20196 yr by Hadji

"Shallow" was on NOW 69 US so it might. I just hope it doesn’t include songs which were released before NOW 100

 

Ed Sheeran was on the US Now albums but not on the UK albums (apart for Galway Girl). Is there anything still outstanding from before Now 100 that they could include on 102? I think anything from TGS or Ed Sheeran is out of the question now.

I can't see Mo Bamba, Gun Lean, Psych Out and 18Hunna getting inclusions, they're probably too 'urban' for most NOW listeners.

 

I love the cover!!

Another good one!

I can't see Mo Bamba, Gun Lean, Psych Out and 18Hunna getting inclusions, they're probably too 'urban' for most NOW listeners.

"Gun Lean" appears on another compilation titled "Drippin' in Sauce" which is out on Friday which means it will more likely appear. And at the end of the day, urban is the most popular genre in the chart at the moment. "18Hunna" went top 10 and they seem to be loving Dave a lot at NOW so he’s a possibility. If you say they’re not snubbing songs, you’re wrong. Steel Banglez was snubbed off NOW 99 and Lil Dicky was snubbed off NOW 100

Edited February 20, 20196 yr by Hadji

Another NOW spin-off titled NOW 100 Hits Power Ballads is due for release on 29th March

"Thank U, Next", "Don't Call Me Up", "Play", "7 Rings", "Someone You Loved", "When The Party's Over" and "1999" are all set to appear on the upcoming compilation Sing Your Heart Out 2019 which means they’ll all most likely appear on NOW 102 except WTPO which they might skip in favour of BAF

LOVE that cover. Really loving the new style we've had since Now 101.

"Gun Lean" appears on another compilation titled "Drippin' in Sauce" which is out on Friday which means it will more likely appear. And at the end of the day, urban is the most popular genre in the chart at the moment. "18Hunna" went top 10 and they seem to be loving Dave a lot at NOW so he’s a possibility. If you say they’re not snubbing songs, you’re wrong. Steel Banglez was snubbed off NOW 99 and Lil Dicky was snubbed off NOW 100

 

There's no evidence they're snubbing songs, or at least not as much as you seem to think. If it's a normal, 2 disc Now, there's almost always a reason why a song that has been left off gets left off, be it licensing rights, record company issues, artist permission etc. It is never a case of Jenny Fisher and co putting their personal biases in affect to snub certain artists and tracks. They're making a compilation to appeal to the mainstream as a whole, not based on their own musical tastes.

 

Now 100, granted, was a slight exception as they only had one disc of current songs to play with, so they had to cut down more than they normally would. Freaky Friday almost certainly would have appeared on Now 100 had it been two discs of current songs, but with a 22 track limit for modern songs, they were never going to waste time with a track that needed to be heavily edited and censored, which they themselves alluded too in that interview prior to Now 100 coming out.

"Gun Lean" appears on another compilation titled "Drippin' in Sauce" which is out on Friday which means it will more likely appear. And at the end of the day, urban is the most popular genre in the chart at the moment. "18Hunna" went top 10 and they seem to be loving Dave a lot at NOW so he’s a possibility. If you say they’re not snubbing songs, you’re wrong. Steel Banglez was snubbed off NOW 99 and Lil Dicky was snubbed off NOW 100

To be fair, it is more popular than it has been for a while, but it's definitely not more popular in the UK than pop.

 

There's more pop songs in the chart this week than there are 'urban'.

I really hope Disc 2 isn't infested with dull rap songs like 101 was!

101 was mainly infested with songs which would’ve been on 100 if that was 2 discs of current hits

101 was mainly infested with songs which would’ve been on 100 if that was 2 discs of current hits

 

I certainly wouldn't say mainly. Only really Cardi B I Like It, Maroon 5 Girls Like Us, and then possibly a couple of others like Dennis Lloyd Nevermind and Selena Gomez Back To You could've made it onto Now 100 had it been two discs of current hits. But even then, it wouldn't have been a certainty. All Nows have a few tracks that could've been on the previous Now, even Now 100 had The Middle and Meant To Be which could easily have been on Now 99. The fact is, the majority of songs on Now 101 impacted after Now 100.

 

The songs that missed out on Now 100 had it been two discs of current hits ultimately never made it onto a Now. Tracks like EO German, Guetta/Sean Paul/Becky G Mad Love, Shakka/AlunaGeorge Man Down, Rita Ora Girls, The Weeknd Call Out My Name, Paloma Faith MYOKOM, ASAP Rocky Praise The Lord, Yxng Bane Vroom, AJ Tracey Butterflies etc. plus loads of other flop songs that didn't make it into the Top 40 around the time.

Edited February 25, 20196 yr by andeeeeyhart

I certainly wouldn't say mainly. Only really Cardi B I Like It, Maroon 5 Girls Like Us, and then possibly a couple of others like Dennis Lloyd Nevermind and Selena Gomez Back To You could've made it onto Now 100 had it been two discs of current hits. But even then, it wouldn't have been a certainty. All Nows have a few tracks that could've been on the previous Now, even Now 100 had The Middle and Meant To Be which could easily have been on Now 99. The fact is, the majority of songs on Now 101 impacted after Now 100.

 

The songs that missed out on Now 100 had it been two discs of current hits ultimately never made it onto a Now. Tracks like EO German, Guetta/Sean Paul/Becky G Mad Love, Shakka/AlunaGeorge Man Down, Rita Ora Girls, The Weeknd Call Out My Name, Paloma Faith MYOKOM, ASAP Rocky Praise The Lord, Yxng Bane Vroom, AJ Tracey Butterflies etc. plus loads of other flop songs that didn't make it into the Top 40 around the time.

And the Weekendrick would’ve appeared on 100 too had that been the case seeing as PFM which appeared on 101 was released and charted before 99 was released

Edited February 28, 20196 yr by Hadji

Disc 2 of Now 101 has some good dance tracks on it, at least it's not like disc 2 of Now 99 -- unlistenable. I skipped buying 99 and 100, because they were just too poor.

Now That's What I Call Brexit is released 29th March.

 

Tracklist.

 

1. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

2. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

3. I Want To Break Free - Queen

4. The Final Countdown - Europe

5. Leave Right Now - Will Young

7. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka

8. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship

9. Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards

10. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash

11. It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley

 

Bonus Track. - Goodbye - Mary Hopkin

Fake.

 

Queen aren't Track 1!

NOW 100 Hits Power Ballads due for release on 29th March

 

CD 1

 

1. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

2. P!nk featuring Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason

3. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

4. Nickelback - How You Remind Me

5. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

6. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms

7. Heart - Alone

8. Take That - Rule The World

9. Avril Lavigne - Complicated

10. Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven

11. Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé - Beneath Your Beautiful

12. Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire

13. The Bangles - Eternal Flame

14. Céline Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now

15. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

16. T'Pau - China In Your Hand

17. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love

 

CD 2

 

1. Shania Twain - You're Still The One

2. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

3. Razorlight - America

4. Robbie Williams - Angels

5. Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love

6. Tina Turner - The Best

7. Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)

8. Starship - We Built This City

9. Toto - Rosanna

10. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me

11. Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love

12. Texas - I Don't Want A Lover

13. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

14. John Waite - Missing You

15. Joan Osborne - One Of Us

16. Roxette - Listen To Your Heart

 

CD 3

 

1. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

2. Whitesnake - Is This Love

3. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

4. Boston - More Than A Feeling

5. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

6. Patti Smith Group - Because The Night

7. REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling

8. Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone

9. Robbie Williams - She's The One

10. Whitney Houston - I Have Nothing

11. Sam Brown - Stop

12. Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

13. Joe Farnham - You're The Voice

14. Chicago - Hard Habit To Break

15. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

16. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

17. Alphaville - Big In Japan

 

CD 4

 

1. Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire

2. Toto - Africa

3. Thin Lizzy - Sarah

4. Rod Stewart - Handbags & Gladrags

5. Lou Reed - Perfect Day

6. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

7. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

8. Nickelback - Rockstar

9. Meredith Brooks - Bitch

10. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

11. Martika - Toy Soldiers

12. Alison Moyet - Is This Love?

13. Eric Carmen - All By Myself

14. The Cars - Drive

15. Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red

16. Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong

 

CD 5

 

1. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?

2. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

3. Harry Nilsson - Without You

4. Air Supply - All Out Of Love

5. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

6. Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years

7. Genesis - Mama

8. Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love

9. Rainbow - Since You Been Gone

10. Alice Cooper - Poison

11. Nazareth - Love Hurts

12. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

13. Richard Marx - Hazard

14. Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now

15. Bad English - When I See You Smile

16. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed

17. The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

 

CD 6

 

1. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger

2. Stereophonics - Dakota

3. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone

4. Europe - The Final Countdown

5. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

6. Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It

7. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

8. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

9. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

10. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

11. Lonestar - Amazed

12. Extreme - More Than Words

13. Mr Mister - Broken Wings

14. Pat Benatar - We Belong

15. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

16. Scorpions - Wind Of Change

17. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

Edited March 4, 20196 yr by Hadji

Pretty good selection. Just got to wait for NOW 102 now.

Not long now! I’d say we should have it within the next 2 weeks or so!