We shall see. I do agree that the Now 116 opener from Calvin was a very bad pick and made me wonder if Disc 1, Track 1 was a licensing stipulation from Calvin in that case, which is what makes me think Blessings could also open this. In Germany, Calvin has kicked off Bravo Hits multiple times with very dubious choices that weren't even big hits there, including all of Smoke The Pain Away, Free and Lovers In A Past Life. I don't think they would be there unless there was some call for it from Calvin/the label.

If it's not Calvin then if there's a radio and chart smash/big name artist with a long-running hit to kick off with (like Azizam) then I believe they will take that option, like with George Ezra's Green Green Grass opening Now 112 over e.g. the huge summer No.1 from LF System further down.

Rayvn Lenae feels more like something they'd place a little lower than an opener to me, but if she does open the album then I will happily eat my words as I love the song.

8 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

We shall see. I do agree that the Now 116 opener from Calvin was a very bad pick and made me wonder if Disc 1, Track 1 was a licensing stipulation from Calvin in that case, which is what makes me think Blessings could also open this. In Germany, Calvin has kicked off Bravo Hits multiple times with very dubious choices that weren't even big hits there, including all of Smoke The Pain Away, Free and Lovers In A Past Life. I don't think they would be there unless there was some call for it from Calvin/the label.

If it's not Calvin then if there's a radio and chart smash/big name artist with a long-running hit to kick off with (like Azizam) then I believe they will take that option, like with George Ezra's Green Green Grass opening Now 112 over e.g. the huge summer No.1 from LF System further down.

Rayvn Lenae feels more like something they'd place a little lower than an opener to me, but if she does open the album then I will happily eat my words as I love the song.

It’s ridiculous that they’d rather kick off with a big name rather than a big song by a new artist and if Ordinary wasn’t already on Now 120, then it would’ve been a certain disc 1 track 1 for Now 121 and Calvin has appeared a few times post-Now 116 without being track 1. He should’ve opened Now 101 instead of Little Mix

Edited June 1Jun 1 by Hadji

Afraid to Feel was robbed! But then also think as far back as Now 59 with that forgettable Blue song opening over Call On Me which was a few spots lower.

The "Now Voyager Mix" of The Source/Candi Staton is the correct mix for the year

48 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

The "Now Voyager Mix" of The Source/Candi Staton is the correct mix for the year

They made a mistake including the new voyager edit (2006) for Now 90s Dancefloor and shame that version didn’t appear on Now Millennium 2006-2007. I just hope the original version makes one of the 1991 yearbooks and in other news, now that Taylor Swift owns her own music again, it makes me wonder if she’ll start appearing again on Now albums? Fingers crossed she does

Edited June 2Jun 2 by Hadji

12" 1985 part 1 due for release on 11th July

I was starting to worry they were about to neglect the 80s for a minute, thank goodness.

There’s some songs on here that peaked in 1986. Saying that, it’s only the yearbooks where they go by the year it peaked. Nice to see Hit That Perfect Beat appear seeing as it missed both 1985 and 1986 yearbooks. I expect it to appear later on one of the 1985-1989 yearbooks

7 hours ago, Hadji said:

There’s some songs on here that peaked in 1986. Saying that, it’s only the yearbooks where they go by the year it peaked. Nice to see Hit That Perfect Beat appear seeing as it missed both 1985 and 1986 yearbooks. I expect it to appear later on one of the 1985-1989 yearbooks

The single was on HITS 4 maybe a first for NOW?

28 minutes ago, Mark said:

The single was on HITS 4 maybe a first for NOW?

It was on Hits 4 and it appeared on the spin-off Now 100 Hits Forgotten 80s. It also appears on the spin-off Now Dance '86. I expect some of those songs to pop up across parts 1 and 2 of 12" 1986 next year. I also wonder if West End Girls will pop up on part 2 in October. I reckon so as they only go by the year it was released for yearbooks and not really for 12" 80s

On 01/06/2025 at 17:53, gooddelta said:

Rayvn Lenae feels more like something they'd place a little lower than an opener to me, but if she does open the album then I will happily eat my words as I love the song.

Sabrina Carpenter’s new song Manchild could reach number 1 on Friday seeing as it’s number 1 on Spotify and chart updates. If it does reach number 1, it could be a potential disc 1 track 1 if they decide to include it or if not, then they’ll save it for Now 122 and Now 121 will go without a number 1. I reckon they’ll include it so Now 121 has a number 1

Edited June 10Jun 10 by Hadji

Now that Sabrina Carpenter has knocked Alex Warren off number 1, I thought i'd do a tracklist prediction for Now 121 before the reveal in two weeks

CD 1

1. Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild 3:33

2. Ed Sheeran – Azizam 2:42

3. Chappell Roan – The Giver 3:22

4. Lady Gaga – Abracadabra 3:43

5. Tate McRae – Sports Car 2:45

6. Skye Newman – Family Matters 2:57

7. Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other 3:29

8. Ariana Grande – Twilight Zone 3:18

9. Calvin Harris featuring Clementine Douglas – Blessings 3:39

10. Lola Young – One Thing 3:28

11. Charli XCX – Party 4 U 3:01

12. Benson Boone – Mystical Magical 2:45

13. JADE – FUFN (Forget You For Now) 3:35

14. Perrie – You Go Your Way 3:54

13. Sleep Token – Even In Arcadia 4:28

16. Addison Rae – Fame Is A Gun 3:03

17. Myles Smith – Gold 2:44

18. Alex Warren & Jelly Roll – Bloodline 3:02

19. Miley Cyrus – End Of The World 4:10

20. Max Dean, Locky & Luke Dean – Can't Decide 2:55

21. MK featuring CHRYSTAL – Dior 2:49

22. Tom Grennan – Full Attention 3:04

23. James Arthur – Karaoke 3:41

24. Teddy Swims – God Went Crazy 3:03

Total running time: 79:10

CD 2

1. Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not 3:33

2. Sabrina Carpenter – Busy Woman 3:06

3. Doechii – Anxiety 4:09

4. WizTheMC & Bees & Honey – Show Me Love 2:56

5. Sam Fender – Arm's Length 3:59

6. Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae – What I Want 3:04

7. Sonny Fodera featuring Clementine Douglas – Tell Me 3:17

8. James Hype – Don't Wake Me Up 2:34

9. Joel Corry & Jennifer Lopez – Get Right 2:56

10. Lorde – What Was That 3:29

11. Sombr – Undressed 3:02

12. MOLIY & Silent Addy – Shake It To The Max (Fly) 2:58

13. Leon Thomas – Mutt 3:13

14. Ely Oaks – Running Around 2:04

15. David Guetta & Sia – Beautiful People 3:07

16. Imogen Heap – Headlock 3:35

17. Morgan Seatree & Florence + The Machine – Say My Name 2:48

18. Nathan Dawe & Shayan – Over You 2:42

19. Rudimental & Khalid – All I Know 2:56

20. Sub Focus & Bbyclose – On & On 3:04

21. Levi Heron – The Glen 2:53

22. Mark Ronson & RAYE – Suzanne 3:55

23. Robbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi – Rocket 2:46

24. Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened? 2:56

25. JJ – Wasted Love 2:44

Total running time: 77:46

Edited Tuesday at 22:375 days by Hadji

I would love Manchild to kick of NOW 121, but I feel like her label/team will say no since the album isn't out yet. If it does though, that'd save the album having no Number 1s on it.

1 hour ago, SuperWooper said:

I would love Manchild to kick of NOW 121, but I feel like her label/team will say no since the album isn't out yet. If it does though, that'd save the album having no Number 1s on it.

I have a feeling they’ll include it just to stop the album from having no number 1 singles and besides, Espresso was placed on Now 118 before Short N Sweet was released

Funny I could have sworn twilight zone was already on Now 120 but evidently I missed it from my tracklist prediction.

I'd also say there is room for the following to be included that are not in Hadji's prediction;

Sleep Token – Caramel

Benson Boone – Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

Jorja Smith – The Way I Love You

PinkPantheress – Tonight

Addison Rae – Headphones On

Tate McRae – Revolving Door

Skye Newman – Hairdresser

Along with non-hits from Now faves such as Lana Del Rey, Zara Larsson, Lizzo, Sugababes, Jonas Brothers, Clean Bandit and other possible options.

34 minutes ago, awardinary said:

Funny I could have sworn twilight zone was already on Now 120 but evidently I missed it from my tracklist prediction.

I'd also say there is room for the following to be included that are not in Hadji's prediction;

Sleep Token – Caramel

Benson Boone – Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

Jorja Smith – The Way I Love You

PinkPantheress – Tonight

Addison Rae – Headphones On

Tate McRae – Revolving Door

Skye Newman – Hairdresser

Along with non-hits from Now faves such as Lana Del Rey, Zara Larsson, Lizzo, Sugababes, Jonas Brothers, Clean Bandit and other possible options.

Twilight Zone isn’t on Now 120. If Twilight Zone makes Now 121 which it most likely will, it will be the second song with that title to appear on a Now album with 21 in the title as the 2 Unlimited song with that title appears on Now 21. With Addison, it makes me wonder if they’ll include Headphones On on Now 121 and save Fame Is A Gun for Now 122 or skip straight to the latter for Now 121. Same goes with Skye, Benson and Sombr. It makes me wonder if their previous singles will be included on Now 121 with their current singles being saved for Now 122 or skip straight to their current singles for Now 121. I also wonder if Taylor Swift will start appearing again now she owns the rights to her own music? Also for time lengths, there would only be room for 49 songs in total

Edited Tuesday at 22:395 days by Hadji

I wonder when they'll announce Now 121?

7 hours ago, IdentFan101 said:

I wonder when they'll announce Now 121?

Next week and I see that Sam Fender has just released a new version of Rein Me In with Olivia Dean. I wonder if they’ll include it on Now 121 or save it for Now 122?

Edited Saturday at 15:312 days by Hadji

@Hadji since the releases of Yearbooks for 1989 + Extra... have you had an attempt at creating "The Final Chapter - 1985-1989" to coincide with the one they did for the first half of the decade? Plus that will have an Extra release too, so you're looking at seven discs in total with approximately 140 more songs from those 5 years that haven't featured so far on any other Yearbook?

12 hours ago, awardinary said:

@Hadji since the releases of Yearbooks for 1989 + Extra... have you had an attempt at creating "The Final Chapter - 1985-1989" to coincide with the one they did for the first half of the decade? Plus that will have an Extra release too, so you're looking at seven discs in total with approximately 140 more songs from those 5 years that haven't featured so far on any other Yearbook?

It would take me ages to do a prediction but I’ve got a list of songs that missed out and could appear across both 1985-1989 yearbooks. I also wonder if 1985-1989 will be the next yearbook after extra 1997 at the end of August as an excuse for them to avoid doing a 70s yearbook?

1985

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

UB40 - Don’t Break My Heart

Dead Or Alive - In Too Deep

Go West - Call Me

Duran Duran - A View To A Kill

Jimmy Nail - Love Don’t Live Here Anymore

Jaki Graham - Round And Around

Howard Jones - Life In One Day

Wham! - Everything She Wants

Shakin' Stevens - Breaking Up My Heart

Shakin' Stevens - Lipstick, Powder And Paint

Nik Kershaw - When A Heart Beats

Denise LaSalle - My Toot Toot

Trans-X - Living On Video

Amazulu - Excitable

Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money

Big Sound Authority - This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)

ABC - Be Near Me

Mai Tai - History

Mai Tai - Body And Soul

China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style

King - Alone Without You

1986

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)

Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia

Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat

A-Ha - Train Of Thought

Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief

Eurythmics - It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)

Eurythmics - The Miracle Of Love

Five Star - Find The Time

Hollywood Beyond - What’s The Colour Of Money

Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You

The Stranglers - Always The Sun

Sophia George - Girlie Girlie

Survivor - Burning Heart

Ultravox - All Fall Down

Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver

Paul Hardcastle - Don’t Waste My Time

Double - The Captain Of Her Heart

Amazulu - Montego Bay

1987

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender

Five Star - Strong As Steel

The Firm - Star Trekkin’

John Farnham - You’re The Voice

Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong

Beastie Boys - She’s On It

Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body

Taffy - I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)

Squeeze - Hourglass

Pet Shop Boys - Rent

Europe - Rock The Night

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again

Level 42 - To Be With You Again

1988

Level 42 - Heaven In My Hands

The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)

Bomb The Bass - Don’t Make Me Wait

Wet Wet Wet - Angel Eyes (Home & Away)

Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back The Clock

Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones - Kiss

Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There

Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll

The Stranglers - All Day And All Of The Night

Aswad - Give A Little Love

Hothouse Flowers - Don’t Go

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)

Bros - I Quit

Bananarama - I Can’t Help It

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

1989

Hue & Cry - Looking For Linda

Living In A Box - Blow The House Down

Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning

Damian - The Time Warp

Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy

Brother Beyond - Be My Twin

Kirsty MacColl - Days

Stevie Nicks - Rooms On Fire

Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers - Swing The Mood

Bobby Brown - Every Little Step

Jeff Wayne - The Eve Of The War

The Reynolds Girls - I’d Rather Jack

The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

Inner City - Ain’t Nobody Better

Tone Lõc - Funky Cold Medina

Texas - I Don’t Want A Lover

Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville - Don’t Know Much

Kaoma - Lambada

Big Fun - Can’t Shake The Feeling

Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You

Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved

Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way

Simply Red - It’s Only Love

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by Hadji