Images AdvertDetailsReleased: 8th November 2019

Origin: United Kingdom

Label: Sony Music Entertainment / Universal

Format: Double CD, Digital Download

Duration: 2:33:16 (153 minutes 16 seconds)

Tracks: 47

#1’s: 2

Chart Peak: #1 (9 weeks)

Sales: 282,895

Tracklisting1. Tones & I – Dance Monkey 3:30 {1}

2. Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love 3:47 {2}

3. Regard – Ride It 2:38 {2}

4. Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy – Take Me Back To London 3:09 {1}

5. Post Malone – Circles 3:35 {3}

6. Joel Corry – Sorry 3:09 {6}

7. Sigala & Ella Henderson – We Got Love 3:32 {42}

8. AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove 3:10 {3}

9. Jorja Smith feat. Burna Boy – Be Honest 3:28 {8}

10. Sam Feldt feat. RANI – Post Malone 2:55 {10}

11. Ariana Grande & Social House – boyfriend 3:05 {4}

12. Billie Eilish – all the good girls go to hell 2:47 {DNC}

13. Lil Tecca – Ran$om 2:12 {7}

14. Lil Nas X – Panini 1:55 {21}

15. Tiësto & Mabel – God Is A Dancer 2:48 {15}

16. Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – Harder 2:40 {23}

17. Riton x Oliver Heldens feat. Vula – Turn Me On 3:29 {12}

18. Becky Hill & WEISS – I Could Get Used To This 3:14 {45}

19. Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora – Ritual 3:18 {24}

20. Stormzy – Crown 3:33 {4}

21. Lizzo – Good As Hell 2:37 {7}

22. MIST feat. Fredo – So High 2:43 {7}

23. Young T & Bugsey feat. Aitch – Strike A Pose 3:34 {9}

24. Y2K & bbno$ – Lalala 2:39 {32}

25. Aitch – Taste (Make It Shake) 3:33 {2}

26. Lewis Capaldi – Bruises 3:40 {6}

27. Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered 4:05 {6}

28. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep? 3:21 {7}

29. Tom Walker – Better Half Of Me 3:17 {30}

30. Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours 2:47 {17}

31. Camila Cabello – Liar 3:28 {21}

32. Normani – Motivation 3:14 {27}

33. Diplo & Jonas Brothers – Lonely 2:21 {DNC}

34. Lana Del Rey – Doin' Time 3:20 {42}

35. Miley Cyrus – Slide Away 3:53 {40}

36. Sam Fender – Will We Talk? 2:40 {43}

37. HAIM – Summer Girl 3:26 {DNC}

38. Maroon 5 – Memories 3:07 {5}

39. DJ Spoony feat. Paloma Faith – Moving Too Fast 3:58 {DNC}

40. Westlife – Dynamite 3:31 {DNC}

41. Céline Dion – Lying Down 3:56 {DNC}

42. Colin Thackery – The Wind Beneath My Wings 3:47 {DNC}

43. Philip Oakley & Girogio Moroder – Together In Electric Dreams 3:49 {N/A}

44. The Style Council – Shout To The Top 3:24 {N/A}

45. UB40 – If It Happens Again 3:42 {N/A}

46. Level 42 – Hot Water 3:37 {N/A}

47. Rockwell – Somebody's Watching Me 3:53 {N/A}

 

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: Tones & I – Dance Monkey (11 Weeks)

Lowest Charting Track: Billie Eilish – all the good girls go to hell / Diplo & Jonas Brothers – Lonely / HAIM – Summer Girl / DJ Spoony feat. Paloma Faith – Moving Too Fast / Westlife – Dynamite / Céline Dion – Lying Down / Colin Thackery – The Wind Beneath My Wings {DNC}

Longest Song: Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered 4:05

Shortest Song: Lil Nas X – Panini 1:55

Edited Tracks: Unknown

Unedited Tracks: Unknown

Inlay Mistakes: None

Other Facts: None

On This Day In HistoryNo music news to report for 8th November 2019.Other ResourcesOfficial Now Music Website

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My ReviewNow That’s What I Call Music! 104 or Now 104 was the third volume released in 2019, just before Christmas. This volume contained 47 tracks with 2 UK #1 singles. It also featured a selection of songs at the end of Disc 2 as a throwback to the fourth volume of the series. It was the first time in the series that we saw music from Tones & I, Regard, Joel Corry, AJ Tracey, Riton, Becky Hill (as a lead artist), Lizzo, Aitch and Dermot Kennedy.

 

The omissions from this volume included the surprise absense of One Direction stars Harry Styles and Niall Horan with their respective hits, along with Travis Scott, Freya Ridings, Coldplay, blackbear, The Script, Solardo & Eli Brown, Halsey and others.

 

There has been no other music in the entire series so far from Jorja Smith, Lil Tecca, MIST, Young T & Bugsey, Y2K & bbno$, Dan + Shay, Normani (as a lead artist), DJ Spoony and Colin Thackery.

 

Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good

This time the theme used for the artwork was liquid gold against a dark backdrop and a plain white logo. It's actually very striking and I have commented before how I always liked the darker covers when they are done right, and this choice of simplicity and colours is aesthetically pleasing.

 

Disc 1 Favourite: Riton x Oliver Heldens feat. Vula – Turn Me On

I decided to go for the excellent combination of Riton and Oliver Heldens for this disc, it was a well produced track with a sample of a song from Yazoo from the 80's. Definitely a standout from this volume for me. I'd probably have put Regard in second place with a strong debut single (also a cover).

 

Disc 2 Favourite: Sam Fender – Will We Talk?

This disc is not a very vintage selection of tracks, especially as many are DNC's or tracks from the original version of Now 4. Sam Fender was still an emerging artist and this song which failed to make the Top 40 was quite a good one.

 

Disc 3 Tracklist:

(A concept of what a third disc might look like if other hits from the era were used)

 

1. Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid – Beautiful People 3:18 {1}

2. Harry Styles – Lights Up 2:52 {3}

3. Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey – Don't Call Me Angel (Charlie's Angels) 3:10 {2}

4. Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down 2:51 {5}

5. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya 2:39 {22}

6. Lauv & Anne-Marie – f**k, i'm lonely 3:19 {32}

7. Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD – Hate Me 3:06 {33}

8. Halsey – Graveyard 3:02 {29}

9. blackbear – hot girl bummer 3:08 {14}

10. Travis Scott – HIGHEST IN THE ROOM 2:56 {2}

11. Dave – Professor X 3:38 {12}

12. AJ Tracey feat. MoStack & Not3s – Floss 3:02 {22}

13. Aitch feat. ZieZie – Buss Down 3:32 {8}

14. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth 3:26 {46}

15. Megan Thee Stallion feat. Nicki Minaj – Hot Girl Summer 3:19 {40}

16. RAYE & Jess Glynne – Love Me Again 3:09 {55}

17. Katy Perry – Small Talk 2:42 {43}

18. The Script – The Last Time 3:16 {32}

19. Liam Gallagher – One Of Us 3:25 {50}

20. Coldplay – Orphans 3:18 {27}

21. Freya Ridings – Castles 3:32 {16}

22. Mark Ronson feat. Yebba – Don't Leave Me Lonely 3:36 {58}

23. The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM & Lennon Stella – Takeaway 3:30 {64}

24. Yves V feat. Afrojack & Icona Pop – We Got That Cool 3:33 {68}

25. Solardo & Eli Brown – XTC 2:37 {48}

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Total time: 1:19:53

 

Overall Rating: 6/10 Good

The choice of songs that did not chart is quite remarkable. Colin Thackery was not even well known at the time, and his cover version of Wind Beneath My Wings is one of the worst selections of the whole series. There is a lot that could make this volume better, but thankfully this was the last time that Disc 2 would conclude with a load of historic tracks to fill disc space. I think some of the omissions were not deserving of being overlooked for this volume, but the chart dominance of Dance Monkey for so many weeks made it much harder for fresh hits to be had.

 

My Best 5 (as of April 2022)

1. Riton x Oliver Heldens feat. Vula – Turn Me On

2. Regard – Ride It

3. Becky Hill & WEISS – I Could Get Used To This

4. Joel Corry – Sorry

5. Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love

 

My Worst 5 (as of April 2022)

1. Colin Thackery – The Wind Beneath My Wings

2. Céline Dion – Lying Down

3. Diplo & Jonas Brothers – Lonely

4. Lil Tecca – Ran$om

5. Billie Eilish – all the good girls go to hell

Other OmissionsKanye West – Follow God {6}

Post Malone – Hollywood's Bleeding {11}

Headie One – Both {13}

Taylor Swift – Lover {14}

D-Block Europe feat. Lil Baby – Nookie {16}

Sidhu Moose Wala, MIST, Steel Banglez & Stefflon Don – 47 {17}

Krept & Knonan, Headie One & K-Trap – I Spy {18}

Kanye West – Selah {19}

Stormzy – Sounds Of The Skeng {20}

Kanye West – Closed On Sunday {20}

Taylor Swift – The Man {21}

D-Block Europe feat. Dave – Playing For Keeps {21}

Post Malone – Take What You Want {22}

Stormzy – Wiley Flow {22}

Krept & Konan, D-Block Europe – Tell Me {23}

Selena Gomez – Look At Her Now {26}

Taylor Swift – Cruel Summer {27}

Krept & Knonan feat. Wizkid – G Love {28}

M Huncho feat. Nafe Smallz – Thumb {30}

AJ Tracey & Skepta – Kiss And Tell {31}

Poundz – Opp Thot {33}

Cast Of RuPaul's Drag Race UK – Break Up Bye Bye {35}

Dave & AJ Tracey – Thiago Silva {36}

Remedee feat. Not3S & Young Adz – Love Of My Life {37}

Wiley feat. Tory Lanez, Kranium & Dappy – My One {41}

Beyonce, Saint JHN & Wizkid – Brown Skin Girl {42}

Rick Ross feat. Drake – Gold Roses {42}

D-Block Europe – Outside {42}

Summer Walker & Usher – Come Thru {42}

Juice WRLD feat. Youngboy Never – Bandit {42}

Taylor Swift – The Archer {43}

Aitch feat. Tyreezy – Already {43}

Lana Del Rey – Norman F**king Rockwell {44}

Jay1 – 4AM In Coventry {44}

French Montana, Post Malone & Cardi B – Writing On The Wall {44}

Katy Perry – Harleys In Hawaii {45}

Mahalia feat. Burna Boy – Simmer {46}

NSG – Trust Issues {46}

Professor Green & Alice Chater – Got It All {48}

Drake – Behind Barz {49}

Drake – How Bout Now {50}

Swae Lee feat. Drake – Won't Be Late {50}

Camila Cabello – Shameless {50}

Ariana Grande, Normani & Nicki Minaj – Bad To You {51}

Post Malone – Saint-Troupez {52}

SHAED – Trampoline {52}

Young Thug feat. Gunna – Hot {52}

Deno feat. Digdat – Change {53}

Fredo – Freddy {53}

Tion Wayne & Jay1 – 2 On 2 {53}

The 1975 – People {54}

The 1975 – Frail State Of Mine {54}

Stay Flee Get Lizzy feat. Tory Lanez, Fredo & Popcaan – 2 Cups {55}

AJ Tracey – Cat Pack {56}

Charli XCX & Christine & The Queens – Gone {58}

Zara Larsson – All The Time {58}

Liam Gallagher – Now That I've Found You {61}

AJ Tracey – Elastic {63}

Gerry Cinnamon – Sun Queen {64}

Lil Tecca – Love Me {66}

Jax Jones & Tove Lo – Jacques {67}

Frank Ocean – DHL {67}

BTS – Make It Right {68}

Rex Country Orange – 10/10 {68}

YNW Melly feat. 9lokknine – 223's {69}

Lil Tjay – F.N {69}

Blades Brown feat. K-Trap – Joints {70}

Koffee – Toast {70}

Kano feat. Kojo Funds – Pan-Fried {70}

Summer Walker & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Stretch You Out {70}

Khalid feat. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Right Back {71}

Young Thug feat. Lil Baby – Bad Bad Bad {72}

Frank Ocean – In My Room {72}

Kojo Funds feat. Wizkid – I Like {74}

Yxng Bane feat. OFB – SKRR {74}

Internet Money, Lil Tecca & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Somebody {75}

Celine Dion did actually appear before this, on Now 29 with The Power Of Love.

Celine Dion did actually appear before this, on Now 29 with The Power Of Love.

Oh wow yes of course, I thought immediately you were wrong and that it was the version by Jennifer Rush... but on inspection I made the mistake! :blush:

A pretty poor edition for me sadly, I rated it 5/10. My favourites were I Could Get Used To This on a quite average Disc 1 (I accidentally voted for my second favourite Dance Monkey, so take one away from that) and Memories on a largely bad Disc 2.

 

Castles by Freya Ridings definitely should have made it.

 

Ignoring the retro picks, these are the songs I would still listen to today, but I only love about four of these:

 

1. Tones & I – Dance Monkey 3:30 {1}

2. Kygo & Whitney Houston – Higher Love 3:47 {2}

4. Ed Sheeran feat. Stormzy – Take Me Back To London 3:09 {1}

8. AJ Tracey – Ladbroke Grove 3:10 {3}

9. Jorja Smith feat. Burna Boy – Be Honest 3:28 {8}

18. Becky Hill & WEISS – I Could Get Used To This 3:14 {45}

19. Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora – Ritual 3:18 {24}

21. Lizzo – Good As Hell 2:37 {7}

27. Dermot Kennedy – Outnumbered 4:05 {6}

31. Camila Cabello – Liar 3:28 {21}

32. Normani – Motivation 3:14 {27}

34. Lana Del Rey – Doin' Time 3:20 {42}

37. HAIM – Summer Girl 3:26 {DNC}

38. Maroon 5 – Memories 3:07 {5}

40. Westlife – Dynamite 3:31 {DNC}

(I accidentally voted for my second favourite Dance Monkey, so take one away from that)

Fixed for you. ;)

I can't believe Celine has only appeared twice in the entirety of the NOW back catalogue. Think Twice, My Heart Will Go On, I'm Alive, A New Day Has Come, and Taking Chances should've all made appearances in my opinion