But actually Got To Get went Top 10 and peaked in 1990 which is the pinnacle thing here x

I know that. It went top 40 in 1989 but reached its peak position in 1990. Like Brass In Pocket for example, entered the top 40 in 1979 but reached its peak position in 1980

Just listening to my new Now Forgotten 80's which was £8 from Amazon. They come down in price after a while! A few re-recordings have sneaked in there including Use It Up And Wear It Out. Not very good for Now really. :unsure:

 

When you've lived through that era and bought it as a single you can recognise a later re-record. It's very close to the 1980 original but I can still tell. The beginning for a start.

Now That's What I Call Music revenues down in declining compilations market

 

https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/now-t...s-market/077967

Not unexpected at all, I'll be surprised if the Now albums are still going in 5 years time.

It’s sad but they’re not what they used to be. A lot of that is down to the fact that chart music and people who buy compilations don’t go hand in hand.

This is why I think they should focus more on Pop and more established artists and less on the flash in the pan R&B and Dance hits. The Radio 2 demographic certainly would buy it more often if more artists like Celine, Bryan Adams, and acts like that took up a bit more space. Along with some new and fresh pop that doesn't get much radio play.

On the poster for NOW 104, it only says NOW 4 throwback instead of 35th anniversary which implies that we could get NOW 5 on CD in Spring instead of Summer. It also means if we get 6 with 106, 7 with 107, 8 with 108 and 9 with 109, it means we will get 9 on CD in Summer 2021 which is actually 34 years since it first got released

Edited November 5, 20195 yr by Hadji

The 2015 Now Christmas has been removed from iTunes. I guess to push sales of the 100 Hits one but that means there are no comprehensive Xmas compilations with all the major classics left on sale :(

I'm still waiting for a UK Xmas album to include AQUA's Christmas song.

Tracklisting for Now 100 Hits Forgotten 70’s is out:- https://www.nowmusic.com/album/now-100-hits-forgotten-70s/

Edited November 6, 20195 yr by gavindeejay

Good tracklist but not many are really forgotten if you lived through the 70's.

 

Hate the Now site too as it always freezes my PC. :angry:

Edited November 6, 20195 yr by Freddie Kruger

Instead of replacing Doolally with Garbage, it would have made more sense to replace Rob 'N' Raz with Garbage as GTG was released and entered the charts in 1989

Hadji, would you mind having a go at making a Now 100 Hits - “Even More” Forgotten 90’s for when they come to it probably by next year, I wanted to make a track list taking into account songs already used from Now Forgotten 90’s and the overused 90’s hits used on the majority of other Now spin off compilations. I’d like to see what we come up with! :lol:

 

 

Anyone building a complete Now CD collection? The original Now 4 single CD is on Ebay starting at £102. They usually go for about £500 in good condition.

Edited November 8, 20195 yr by Freddie Kruger

They could’ve easily squeezed another song onto discs 1 and 2 with the amount of leftover space on NOW 104 instead of leaving a 3 min gap on each disc. There was enough space for Meduza on disc 1 and Katy Perry on disc 2 and replace one of the throwbacks with Freya Ridings, The Script or This Is Real

Edited November 9, 20195 yr by Hadji

Terrible opening sales for 104 this week. I do wonder really how much longer it's got as a series if it carries on this way.

 

(That said, I'd quite like Forgotten 90s for Christmas).

Terrible opening sales for 104 this week. I do wonder really how much longer it's got as a series if it carries on this way.

 

(That said, I'd quite like Forgotten 90s for Christmas).

I hope we at least get to NOW 109 so we can get NOW 9 on double CD

Seeing the recent spin off releases of Now Forgotten 90’s and Now “Even More” Forgotten 80’s made me want to create an unofficial track list for a future expected release of Now “Even More” Forgotten 90’s. I made a playlist using mostly songs that were omitted from the original series to add more value along with some tracks that were previously included.

 

Here it is, what are your thoughts...

 

Unofficial Now 100 Hits “Even More” Forgotten 90’s

 

Disc 1

1. Seal – Crazy

2. Aqua – Turn Back Time

3. M People – Search For The Hero

4. Lighthouse Family – High

5. Bee Gees – Secret Love

6. UB40 – Higher Ground

7. TLC – Creep

8. LL Cool J – Loungin (Who Do Ya Luv)

9. Will Smith – Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It

10. Cleopatra – I Want You Back

11. Michelle Gayle – Happy Just To Be With You

12. Janet Jackson – Together Again

13. Billie – She Wants You

14. 911 – Bodyshakin’

15. Backstreet Boys – We’ve Got It Goin’ On

16. Britney Spears – (You Drive Me Crazy)

17. Texas – Summer Son

18. Garbage – Stupid Girl

19. Lightning Seeds – Sugar Coated Iceberg

20. Björk – It’s Oh So Quiet

 

Disc 2

1. Spice Girls – Say You’ll Be There

2. Gary Barlow – Love Won’t Wait

3. George Michael – Outside

4. Pet Shop Boys – So Hard

5. Nightcrawlers – Surrender Your Love

6. Adamski feat. Ricardo Da Force – Space Jungle

7. Cher – Strong Enough

8. Jamiroquai – Alright

9. Daft Punk – Da Funk

10. The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun

11. The Prodigy – Everybody In The Place

12. Bizarre Inc. – Playing With Knives

13. Molella feat. Outhere Brothers – If You Wanna Party

14. Black Box – I Don’t Know Anybody Else

15. Clock – Everybody

16. 2 Unlimited – Tribal Dance

17. Snap! – Welcome To Tomorrow

18. Sash! feat. Tina Cousins – Mysterious Times

19. Robert Miles – Fable

20. DJ Dado – X-Files

 

Disc 3

1. Oasis – All Around The World

2. Radiohead – Paranoid Android

3. Supergrass – Moving

4. Ocean Colour Scene – Traveller’s Tune

5. Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro

6. Sleeper – Sale Of The Century

7. The Cardigans – My Favourite Game

8. Kula Shaker – Hush

9. Pulp – Disco 2000

10. Suede – Stay Together

11. Space – Female Of The Species

12. Catatonia – Dead From The Waist Down

13. Wet Wet Wet – Somewhere Somehow

14. Simply Red – Angel

15. Take That – A Million Love Songs

16. S Club 7 – Two In A Million

17. Eternal – I Am Blessed

18. Boyzone – I Love The Way You Love Me

19. Westlife – If I Let You Go

20. B*Witched – To You I Belong

 

Disc 4

1. The Tamperer feat. Maya – If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better

2. Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da)

3. Grace – Not Over Yet

4. Emmie – More Than This

5. Dannii Minogue – All I Wanna Do

6. Dario G – Carnaval De Paris

7. Mr President – Coco Jambo

8. Coolio – Too Hot

9. Shaggy feat. Marsha – Piece Of My Heart

10. Fugees – Ready Or Not

11. Mark Morrison – Trippin’

12. Peter Andre – I Feel You

13. East 17 – Around The World

14. Another Level – I Want You For Myself

15. Steps – One For Sorrow

16. Lutricia McNeal – Stranded

17. Roxette – Joyride

18. Blue Pearl – Naked In The Rain

19. Massive Attack – Risingson

20. Urban Hype – A Trip To Trumpton

 

Disc 5

1. Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do

2. Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C – When You’re Gone

3. Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith

4. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Pandora’s Box

5. Annie Lennox – Walking On Broken Glass

6. Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet

7. Natalie Imbruglia – Big Mistake

8. Republica – Drop Dead Gorgeous

9. Five – Everybody Get Up

10. Fatboy Slim – Gangster Trippin’

11. Wildchild – Renegade Master ‘98

12. Vengaboys – Kiss (When The Sun Don’t Shine)

13. N-Joi – Anthem

14. Kylie Minogue – Better The Devil You Know

15. Atomic Kitten – Right Now

16. Tom Jones – If I Only Knew

17. Shania Twain – From This Moment On

18. Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me

19. Whitney Houston – I Have Nothing

20. Robson & Jerome – I Believe

 

Maybe not all of them are technically “forgotten” but they all charted high and I hope we can have a collection of hits like this on a future spin off compilation in the future! :)

Joyride is Roxette's most memorable 90s song along with It Must Have Been Love. I would have replaced Joyride with either Fading Like A Flower, Church Of Your Heart or Almost Unreal

The 2015 Now Christmas has been removed from iTunes. I guess to push sales of the 100 Hits one but that means there are no comprehensive Xmas compilations with all the major classics left on sale :(

I believe our hmv is still selling it. Not prominently (i.e. one in the pocket at a time). I'll have a check when I'm next at work on Friday and see if they were just on the side as a return or something.

If ZieZie's new song featuring Aitch becomes a hit, then it could potentially appear on NOW 105 along with Buss Down which means it will be the second instant since Mabel and Not3s both appearing on NOW 99 where two of the same artists have two songs together with the credits flipped