I have a lot of re-listening to do from Now 31 onwards.

From 36 my top 3 are "Waterloo Sunset", "Don't Speak" and possibly "Everybody Knows".

Sadly we didn't have Now in 70s.

 

1 - Maggie Reilly and Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

2 - Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

3 - Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time

4 - Kim Wilde - The Second Time

5 - Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine

6 - Maria Vidal - Body Rock

7 - nothing

8 - Debbie Harry - French Kissin' In The USA [# 1]

9 - Bananarama - Trick Of The Night [# 13]

 

10 - Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York [# 5]

11 - Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky [# 1]

12 - Voice of the Beehive - Don't Call Me Baby [# 3]

13 - Kim Wilde - You Came [# 1]

14 - Kim Wilde - Four Letter Word [# 1]

15 - Kirsty MacColl - Days

16 - Deborah Harry - I Want That Man

17 - nothing

18 - Beautiful South - A Little Time [# 3]

19 - Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do [# 18]

 

20 - Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls

21 - Kylie Minogue - Give Me Just A Little More Time [# 7]

22 - Beautiful South - Bell Bottomed Tear [# 6]

23 - Bjorn Again - A Little Respect [# 1]

24 - nothing

25 - Ace Of Base - All That She Wants [# 10]

26 - Belinda Carlisle - Big Scary Animal

27 - Ace Of Base - The Sign

28 - Beautiful South - Everybody's Talkin'

29 - Shampoo - Trouble

 

30 - Scarlet - Independent Love Song

31 - Deuce - I Need You

32 - Berri - The Sunshine After The Rain

33 - Ace Of Base - Beautiful Life

34 - Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit

35 - Garbage - Milk

36 - Cathy Dennis - Waterloo Sunset

37 - No Doubt - Just A Girl

38 - Texas - Black Eyed Boy

39 - Shania Twain - You're Still The One [# 1]

 

40 - Steps - Last Thing On My Mind [# 1]

41 - Steps - Heartbeat [# 1]

42 - Ace Of Base - Always Have, Always Will [# 1]

43 - Geri Halliwell - Look At Me [# 1]

44 - Geri Halliwell - Lift Me Up [# 1]

Edited September 22, 20231 yr by Last Dreamer

What a great thread idea!

 

 

1: Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

2: Queen - Radio Gaga

3: Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

4: Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams

5: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

6: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

7: A-ha - Hunting High and Low

8: Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight

9: Berlin - Take My Breath Away

10: Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme

 

11: Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky

12: Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand

13: Erasure - A Little Respect

14: Erasure - Stop!

15: Neneh Cherry - Manchild

16: Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam

17: Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever

18: Kylie Minogue - Step Back In Time

19: Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

20: Erasure - Love To Hate You

 

21: The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient

22: Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer

23: Sophie B Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

24: Sub Sub - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use) (feat. Melanie Williams)

25: R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

26: SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix)

27: Ace Of Base - The Sign

28: Blur - Girls & Boys

29: Corona - The Rhythm Of The Night

30: Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn - Protection

 

31: Pulp - Common People

32: Pulp - Sorted For E's and Wizz

33: Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

34: Oasis - Wonderwall

35: Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows

36: Robert Miles feat. Maria Nayler - One and One

37: The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

38: Dario G - Sunchyme

39: Radiohead - No Surprises

40: Massive Attack - Teardrop

 

41: Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You

42: The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind

43: Vengaboys - We Like To Party (The Vengabus)

44: Supergrass - Moving

Thanks Jester :wub: love seeing everyone's picks - 'Together In Electric Dreams' and 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)' came very close to uniting everyone :lol:

Like Dandy though, some I really struggled with and others I could pick literally 10/15 tracks (mainly the ones in the 30s).

1 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow

2 Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again

3 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

4 Lionel Richie - Hello (a poor selection - no standouts)

5 Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

6 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

7 The Housemartins - Happy Hour

8 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush  - Don't Give Up

9 Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body (a poor selection - no standouts)

10 Pet Shop Boys  - Rent

 

11 Krush - House Arrest

12 Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday

13 Womack and Womack - Teardrops

14 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

15 Neneh Cherry - Manchild

16 Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting

17 Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence

18 The La's - There She Goes

19 Queen - Innuendo

20 U2 - The Fly

 

21 Shakespears Sister - Stay

22 Crowded House - Four Seasons in One Day

23 Jon Secada - Just Another Day

24 Annie Lennox - Love Song for a Vampire

25 New Order - Regret

26 Crowded House - Distant Sun

27 Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

28 The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance)

29 Erasure - I Love Saturday

30 N-Trance - Set You Free

 

31 Portishead - Sour Times

32 McAlmont and Butler - Yes

33 Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

34 George Michael - Jesus to a Child

35 Suede - Beautiful Ones

36 Monaco - What Do You Want From Me?

37 Texas - Halo

38 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

39 Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

40 Embrace - Come Back to What You Know

 

41 Robbie Williams - No Regrets

42 Cher - Believe (a poor selection - no standouts)

43 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

44 Melanie C - Northern Star

Edited September 19, 20231 yr by Colm

Love a good list!

 

01; Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance

02; Nena - 99 Red Balloons

03; Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

04; Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams

05; Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine

06; Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

07; Stan Ridgway - Camouflage

08; Status Quo - In The Army Now

09; Berlin - Take My Breath Away

10; The Pogues feat. Kirsty Maccoll - Fairytale of New York (aww Crockett's Theme got unlucky :'()

11; Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

12; Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (1988...assuming this isn't wildly different from the original x)

13; The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

14; INXS - Need You Tonight

15; Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)

16; Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love

17; Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (ooft the run from Step On to this <3)

18; Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

19; Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

20; Scorpions - Wind of Change

21; The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient (Probably prefer Bohemian Rhapsody but let's try and keep with the current year x)

22; SL2 - On a Ragga Tip

23; The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode

24; Snow - Informer

25; R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts

26; Haddaway - What is Love

27; The Cranberries - Linger

28; The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance)

29; The Cranberries - Zombie (several contenders though)

30; Strike - U Sure Do

31; Supergrass - Alright

32; Coolio feat. LV - Gangsta's Paradise

33; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (Live Forever 2nd)

34; Robert Miles - Children

35; Faithless - Insomnia

36; Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats

37; The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

38; Dario G - Sunchyme

39; Lighthouse Family - High

40; Massive Attack - Teardrop

41; Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You

42; Blur - Tender

43; Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (Hey Boy Hey Girl unlucky </3)

44; Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

 

I have varying extents of love for all of these so not bad going x 12 was easily the weakest, would've been Tiffany otherwise which isn't anywhere near a huge favourite.

Second instalment:

12. Salt-N-Pepa - Push It

13. Erasure - A Little Respect

14. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

15. The Cure - Lullaby [kind of by default though]

16. Tina Turner - The Best

17. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence [have to shout out 2nd Adamski feat. Seal, 3rd House Of Love]

18. The La's - There She Goes

19. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy [2nd The Clash, 3rd The KLF]

20. Scorpions - Wind Of Change [2nd U2, 3rd James]

21. Queen - Bohemain Rhapsody [2nd Crowded House, 3rd Shakespear's Sister]

22. Crowded House - Four Seasons In One Day [2nd Snap 3rd The Cure 4th SL2 5th U2] (oh my what a choice to have to make, the top 2 especially!)

If I had the time to plough through them all, I'd do a list, but pretty much I'm sure I'd go with some of the picks already scattered among everyone's choices, my absolute faves don't tend to change much these days..

 

A weekly vote for the top song along the lines of the Number 2's voting would be fab though!

Third instalment:

23. ABBA - Dancing Queen [2nd The Shamen, 3rd Billy Ray Cyrus]

24. Ultravox - Vienna* [2nd 2 Unlimited, 3rd Snow, 4th Cappella]

25. R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts [2nd Freddie Mercury, 3rd Kingmaker]

26. Radiohead - Creep [2nd R.E.M., 3rd Culture Beat]

27. Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman - I Like To Move It [no other top faves on this, mostly good though]

28. MAXX - Get-A-Way [2nd The Prodigy, 3rd Aswad]

29. New Order - True Faith '94 [2nd Oasis, 3rd Whigfield]

30. N-Trance - Set You Free [2nd Oasis, 3rd Outhere Brothers]

31. Oasis - Some Might Say [2nd Pulp**, 3rd Livin' Joy]

32. The Original - I Luv U Baby [again not many top faves]

33. Oasis - Live Forever [2nd Radiohead, 3rd Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger]

* assuming it's the original

**if it had been the full-length version of 'Common People', I'd have put it ahead of Oasis, but what a top 2 :heart:

I bought Now 24 and Vienna is the original, it was just reissued in 1993 presumably for a best of or something.

Not sure how I missed these yesterday, but my favourite from Now 32 is Everything But The Girl - Missing [2nd McAlmont and Butler, 3rd The Original]

 

Final instalment:

34. Robert Miles - Children [2nd Underworld, 3rd Oasis]

35. Faithless - Insomnia [2nd Crowded House, then I'd like to borrow a few more from Now 34]

36. Sash! - Encore Une Fois [2nd White Town, 3rd Blueboy]

37. Radiohead - Paranoid Android [2nd The Verve]

38. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work [2nd Radiohead, 3rd Dario G]

39. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha [2nd Radiohead, 3rd Robbie Williams - Angels]

40. Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank [2nd Massive Attack]

41. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You [2nd Fatboy Slim, 3rd Vegaboys]

42. DJ Sakin and Friends - Protect Your Mind (For the Love of a Princess [2nd Ace Of Base, 3rd Blur]

43. DJ Jurgen presents Alice DeeJay - Better Off Alone [2nd The Chemical Brothers, 3rd ATB]

44. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) [2nd Britney Spears, 3rd Sixpence None The Richer]

Love this idea, had great fun picking out some faves!

 

Now! That's What I Call "Now! That's What I Call Music" (1983-1999 Edition)

 

01. Heaven 17 “Temptation”

02. David Bowie “Modern Love”

03. Bronski Beat “Smalltown Boy”

04. U2 “Pride (In The Name of Love)”

05. Simple Minds “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”

06. Siouxsie and the Banshees “Cities In Dust”

07. Furniture “Brilliant Mind”

08. Janet Jackson “What Have You Done for Me Lately”

09. Ben E. King “Stand by Me”

10. Jan Hammer “Crockett’s Theme (Instrumental New Mix)”

 

11. Pet Shop Boys “Always on My Mind”

12. S-Express “Theme From S-Express”

13. Jane Wiedlin “Rush Hour”

14. Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance”

15. The Cure “Lullaby”

16. Technotronic “Pump Up The Jam”

17. Depeche Mode “Enjoy The Silence”

18. Sinéad O'Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”

19. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy”

20. The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu “It’s Grim Up North”

 

21. Shakespears Sister “Stay”

22. The Cure “Friday I’m In Love”

23. Shamen “Ebeneezer Goode”

24. The Beloved “Sweet Harmony”

25. New Order “Regret”

26. Björk & David Arnold “Play Dead”

27. Smashing Pumpkins “Disarm”

28. The Prodigy “No Good (Start The Dance)”

29. Youssou N’Dour ft. Neneh Cherry “7 Seconds”

30. N-Trance “Set You Free”

 

31. Pulp “Common People”

32. McAlmont & Butler “Yes”

33. Saint Etienne “He’s On The Phone (Motiv 8 Mix)”

34. Underworld “Born Slippy”

35. Faithless “Insomnia”

36. The Prodigy “Breathe”

37. The Verve “Bittersweet Symphony”

38. Radiohead “Karma Police”

39. Cornershop “Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)”

40. Massive Attack “Teardrop”

 

41. Stardust “Music Sounds Better With You”

42. The Cardigans “Erase/Rewind”

43. DJ Jurgen Presents Alice Deejay “Better Off Alone”

44. Liquid Child “Diving Faces”

 

 

36 was the biggest drama for me, I wanted all of “Encore Une Fois” “Beetlebum” “What Do You Want From Me?” and “Your Woman” as well as the eventual victor to win. They really don't make Now's like that anymore..

 

My first Now was 20 which my Uncle bought for me on cassette tape, and I remember playing “Go” by Moby and “It’s Grim Up North” loads - that really sparked my interest in music.