2 hours ago, SuperWooper said:

Regarding NOW 123 - I would LOVE Zara to appear with Midnight Sun and also with Stateside. All her singles deserve an appearance really

We did have Lush Life on Now 93 and as I said before if any of the old songs don’t appear, then they’re obviously ignoring the old songs and focusing on new songs. In my opinion, they should only include the old songs that haven’t appeared before. Tom Odell single handily ruined Now 113 with his reappearance

Edited February 11Feb 11 by Hadji

33 minutes ago, Hadji said:

We did have Lush Life on Now 93 and as I said before if any of the old songs don’t appear, then they’re obviously ignoring the old songs and focusing on new songs. In my opinion, they should only include the old songs that haven’t appeared before. Tom Odell single handily ruined Now 113 with his reappearance

Personally I was glad that Tom Odell appeared on Now 113, Another Love is a great song and I actually heard it played more in 2022 than in 2013.

Now 34

Edited February 11Feb 11 by nowmusic1993

I’d love for Just The Way You Are to appear on Now 123 seeing as it missed Now 53. If they include it, I wonder if it will be the original version or the Mall Grab remix? I reckon it will be the latter

My version of Now 87 with some omissions included, I was never happy with the sequencing on the original.

Edited February 12Feb 12 by nowmusic1993

53 minutes ago, nowmusic1993 said:

My version of Now 87 with some omissions included, I was never happy with the sequencing on the original.

I’d have included Rather Be on there

Didn't they lose the Warner license for one album only? Because Warner put Top Hits out digitally. So Now 87 was unfortunately quite weak due to that.

It's been reported that Britney Spears has sold her catalogue so that might be another artist NOW lose access to.

BBC News

Britney Spears sells rights to entire music catalogue

She is said to have sold to independent music publisher Primary Wave on 30 December for around $200m.

6 hours ago, gooddelta said:

Didn't they lose the Warner license for one album only? Because Warner put Top Hits out digitally. So Now 87 was unfortunately quite weak due to that.

That’s exactly it. The reason why Lily Allen, Christina Perri, Clean Bandit, Coldplay etc all missed out

21 hours ago, Hadji said:

I’d have included Rather Be on there

It was on Now 88

20 hours ago, gooddelta said:

Didn't they lose the Warner license for one album only? Because Warner put Top Hits out digitally. So Now 87 was unfortunately quite weak due to that.

I swear Dibby Dibby Sound was on it despite not being part of the Warner label.

18 minutes ago, nowmusic1993 said:

It was on Now 88

Yes it was on Now 88 but it should’ve been on Now 87. I’d have included it on 87 instead of 88

Edited February 13Feb 13 by Hadji

1 hour ago, IdentFan101 said:

I swear Dibby Dibby Sound was on it despite not being part of the Warner label.

Yeah, it seems like it was Warner and a few from Ministry of Sound. I do still have the album on my iTunes, so we can see what probably would have been on Now 87.

Now 33

Now 32

Edited Saturday at 19:595 days by nowmusic1993

Waterfalls, Human Nature, Fantasy, and Runaway back to back?! That’s gay rights!

Looking awesome @nowmusic1993 more Spotify playlists please! 🙏🏼

Also @Hadji whats your shortlist for the Final Chapter Extra?

14 hours ago, awardinary said:

Also @Hadji whats your shortlist for the Final Chapter Extra?

I’ve made two lists. The first list is artists on 1985-1989 who have other hits that could potentially appear on extra

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

Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia

Pet Shop Boys - Rent

Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?

A-Ha - The Blood That Moves The Body

Go West - Goodbye Girl

Bananarama - More Than Physical

Five Star - If I Say Yes

Five Star - Whenever You’re Ready

Five Star - Strong As Steel

Level 42 - Heaven In My Hands

T'Pau - Secret Garden

Tina Turner - One Of The Living

The Stranglers - Always The Sun

Big Country - One Great Thing

Big Country - King Of Emotion

Simple Minds - Kick It In

R.E.M - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

New Order - Subculture

Fuzzbox - Self!

Amazulu - Montego Bay

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me

Bon Jovi - I’ll Be There For You

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants

Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn

Art Of Noise featuring Max Headroom - Paranoimia

Cameo - Candy

Midnight Star - Headlines

Communards - You Are My World

Sonia - Listen To Your Heart

Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart Of Gold

Swing Out Sister - You On My Mind

Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice

Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There

The other list is songs from artists who don’t appear on 1985-1989

George Michael - Monkey

George Michael - Kissing A Fool

Wham! - Everything She Wants

David Sylvian - Taking The Veil

Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief

Squeeze - Hourglass

ABC - Be Near Me

Europe - Rock The Night

Survivor - Burning Heart

Duran Duran - A View To A Kill

Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way

The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver

The Firm - Star Trekkin’

Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’

The Style Council - The Lodgers

The Style Council - It Didn’t Matter

Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You

Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

Howard Jones - Life In One Day

Damian - The Time Warp

Edited Tuesday at 18:172 days by Hadji

Here’s a clue to the extra 1985-1989 tracklist as spotted on the Now collectors page and here’s my guess of which songs they are

CD 1

1. GEORGE MICHAEL - Monkey

2. PET SHOP BOYS - Suburbia

3. A-HA - The Blood That Moves The Body

4. EURYTHMICS - Would I Lie To You?

5. ALISON MOYET -

6. COMMUNARDS - You Are My World

7. NIK KERSHAW - When A Heart Beats

8. HOWARD JONES - Life In One Day

9. ARCADIA -

10. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK -

11. THE COLOURFIELD - Thinking Of You

12. THE CURE - Just Like Heaven

13. THE DARLING BUDS -

14. SIMPLE MINDS - Kick It In

15. PAUL MCCARTNEY -

16. STING -

17. SWING OUT SISTER - You On My Mind

18. SADE -

19. GO WEST - Goodbye Girl

20. SUZANNE VEGA -

CD 2

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born In The USA

2. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Calling America

3. TINA TURNER - One Of The Living

4. HEART - What About Love

5. EUROPE - Rock The Night

6. BON JOVI - I’ll Be There For You

7. HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Stuck With You

8. KATRINA & THE WAVES - Sun Street

9. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS -

10. THE PASADENAS -

11. THE FOUR TOPS -

12. FIVE STAR - Whenever You’re Ready

13. BANANARAMA - More Than Physical

14. HAZELL DEAN - Turn It Into Love

15. LAURA BRANIGAN -

16. GLORIA ESTEFAN - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

17. BEATMASTERS FEATURING MC MERLIN - Who’s In The House

18. RENÉ & ANGELA - I’ll Be Good

19. RAY PARKER JR. -

20. MICA PARIS -

CD 3

1. PET SHOP BOYS - Rent

2. NEW ORDER - Subculture

3. THE CURE - Hot Hot Hot

4. THE MISSION -

5. BOY GEORGE - Sold

6. KING -

7. TRANSVISION VAMP -

8. TIFFANY - I Saw Him Standing There

9. BROS - Chocolate Box

10. WET WET WET - Temptation

11. RICK ASTLEY - She Wants To Dance With Me

12. LEVEL 42 - Heaven In My Hands

13. KIM WILDE -

14. WATERFRONT - Cry

15. HUE & CRY - Looking For Linda

16. HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Don’t Go

17. THE CHRISTIANS - Forgotten Town

18. DEBBIE GIBSON -

19. WHITNEY HOUSTON -

20. LABI SIFFRE - (Something Inside) So Strong

Some of the usual suspects are missing off this album ie ABC, Duran Duran, David Sylvian, R.E.M, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John

Edited yesterday at 09:541 day by Hadji