8 hours ago, Mark said:

Decent tracklisting.

No Our Kid so must be a licensing issue. Strange to see no Girls Girls Girls by Sailor as Glass Of Champagne's on the main one.

12 hours ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

No Our Kid so must be a licensing issue. Strange to see no Girls Girls Girls by Sailor as Glass Of Champagne's on the main one.

Same for Bionic Santa by Chris Hill another one you never see on compilations.

And Renta Santa the previous year.

Same goes for a lot of novelty tracks.

1976 has become the second 70s yearbook after 1973 to miss the top of the compilation chart and 1982 is the only 80s yearbook to miss the top of the compilation chart

4 hours ago, Mark said:

Same for Bionic Santa by Chris Hill another one you never see on compilations.

And Renta Santa the previous year.

Same goes for a lot of novelty tracks

Chris Hill used the actual excerpts from tracks so maybe there's an issue with some of those. Heard that's the reason anyway.

Edited September 5Sep 5 by CRAZY CHRIS

Just received the 1976 yearbook yesterday. I find the selected tracks quite decent reflecting the charts quite well. A pity that ABBA is missing, but their songs seem not to be reachable.

I also took a deeper look on the 97 yearbook and they omit quite a lot of dance songs - normally I would have expected that at least one CD would be rammed purely with dance songs. Particularly these should have been added:

Gala - Freed From Desire (peak #2)

Sash! - Ecuador (#2)

Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close (#4)

DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima (#4)

Todd Terry - Something's Going On (#5)

B.B.E. - Flash (#5)

The Course - Ready Or Not (#5)

Daft Punk - Around The World (#5)

PF Project - Choose Life (#6)

Further miss outs

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (#2), Drugs Don't Work (#1)

All Saints - Never Ever (#1)

Will Smith - Men In Black (#1)

Blur - Beetlebum (#1), Song 2 (#2)

No Doubt - Don't Speak (#1)

V.A. - Perfect Day (#1)

Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (#1)

Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You (#1)

U2 - Discotheque (#1)

Placebo - Nancy Boy (#4)

22 minutes ago, DaTilt said:

Just received the 1976 yearbook yesterday. I find the selected tracks quite decent reflecting the charts quite well. A pity that ABBA is missing, but their songs seem not to be reachable.

I also took a deeper look on the 97 yearbook and they omit quite a lot of dance songs - normally I would have expected that at least one CD would be rammed purely with dance songs. Particularly these should have been added:

Gala - Freed From Desire (peak #2)

Sash! - Ecuador (#2)

Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close (#4)

DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima (#4)

Todd Terry - Something's Going On (#5)

B.B.E. - Flash (#5)

The Course - Ready Or Not (#5)

Daft Punk - Around The World (#5)

PF Project - Choose Life (#6)

Further miss outs

The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (#2), Drugs Don't Work (#1)

All Saints - Never Ever (#1)

Will Smith - Men In Black (#1)

Blur - Beetlebum (#1), Song 2 (#2)

No Doubt - Don't Speak (#1)

V.A. - Perfect Day (#1)

Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (#1)

Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You (#1)

U2 - Discotheque (#1)

Placebo - Nancy Boy (#4)

Closer Than Close is disc 1 track 5 on extra 1997 and Never Ever is on 1998. I agree about the miss outs and you forgot to include Tubthumping on the list of miss outs. I also hope that today’s announcement is vault 1982 but it will most likely be 12" 1985 part 2

Edited September 11Sep 11 by Hadji

Now 12" 1985 part 2 due for release on 17th October. I hope next weeks announcement is vault 1982 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPVKPHJ6

Edited September 11Sep 11 by Hadji

Hi there everyone and anyone - I wonder if the hivemind can help. I'm pretty sure a while back I saw that someone had created an excel file of every track featured on the Now albums to download. I may be imagining it, but if anyone here knows of one - could they point me in the right direction? Much appreciated!!

On 05/09/2025 at 18:27, CRAZY CHRIS said:

Chris Hill used the actual excerpts from tracks so maybe there's an issue with some of those. Heard that's the reason anyway.

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An early prediction for Now 122;

Disc 1

1. HUNTR/X EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, Kpop Demon Hunters Cast – Golden

2. Disco Lines & Tinashe – No Broke Boys

3. MK feat. Chrystal – Dior

4. Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez – Ocean

5. Doja Cat – Jealous Type

6. Justin Biever – DAISIES

7. Olivia Dean – Man I Need

8. Alex Warren – Eternity

9. Lewis Capaldi – Survive

10. Chappell Roan – The Subway

11. sombr – 12 to 12

12. Lady Gaga – The Dead Dance

13. Confidence Man x JADE – gossip

14. Demi Lovato – Fast

15. PinkPantheress – Illegal

16. Denon Reed & Cru2 – Let Him Go

17. Nathan Dawe & Shayan – Over You

18. Sonny Fodera & Jazzy – All This Time

19. Jonas Blue & Malive – Edge Of Desire

20. Joel Corry feat. Abi Flynn – Phases

21. MOLIY & Silent Addy – Shake It To The Max (FLY)

22. Leigh-Anne – Been A Minute

23. Tate McRae – Revolving Door

24. Tyla – IS IT

25. Tame Impala – End Of Summer

Disc 2

1. Ed Sheeran – Sapphire

2. Sabrina Carpenter – Tears

3. Anne-Marie – DEPRESSED

4. Sam Fender with Olivia Dean – Rein Me In

5. Skye Newman – Family Matters

6. Lola Young – d£aler

7. BLACKPINK – JUMP

8. Rossi. feat. Jazzy – High On Me

9. Addison Rae – Fame is a Gun

10. Sugababes – Shook

11. Olly Murs – Save Me

12. Perrie – If He Wanted To He Would

13. Diana Vickers – Ice Cream

14. RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

15. Blue – One Last Time

16. sombr – we never dated

17. Gary Barlow & Becky Hill – Don't Look Down

18. Florence + The Machine – Everybody Scream

19. Richard Ashcroft – Lovin' You

20. Robbie Williams – Spies

21. Biffy Clyro – Hunting Season

22. Hayley Williams – Parachute

23. Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae – What I Want

24. Lewis Capaldi – Something In The Heavens

Would be happy with some extra "Radio 2" artists this time to bulk out the discs as some of those are quality songs.

They should follow other countries and use pop, dance and r&b as filler rather than radio 2 artists even though I reckon they prioritise the radio 2 artists and use the chart songs as filler and they’re also taking their time to announce vault 1982

I thought I’d make a list of songs which I hope and expect to appear on Now 122

HUNTR/X - Golden

MK featuring CHRYSTAL - Dior

Sabrina Carpenter - Tears

Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

Olivia Dean - Man I Need, Lady Lady or both

Justin Bieber - Daisies

Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

Lewis Capaldi - Survive

Chappell Roan - The Subway

Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys

Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez - Ocean

Alex Warren - Eternity

Coldplay - Sparks

Oasis - Acquiesce or Slide Away

Sombr - 12 To 12

Rossi & Jazzy - High On Me

Doja Cat - Jealous Type

Lola Young - D£aler

Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would

Billie Eilish - Chihiro

Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want

Tate McRae - Revolving Door, Just Keep Watching or Tit For Tat

Morgan Seatree & Florence + The Machine - Say My Name

Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance

Rudimental & Jess Glynne - Back To Me

Skye Newman - Family Matters

Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun

Tom Grennan - Somewhere Only We Go

Wolf Alice - White Horses

Confidence Man & JADE - Gossip

JADE - Unconditional

The Last Dinner Party - Why Is She Still Here?

PinkPantheress - Illegal

Anne-Marie - Depressed

RAYE - Where Is My Husband!

Doja Cat - Jealous Type

KATSEYE - Gabriela

Edited September 27Sep 27 by Hadji

Looks like 1991 is gonna be the next yearbook and it’s due for release on 31st October. Big mistake they made is by including Should I Stay Or Should I Go when it already appeared on extra 1982. I hope 1995 is the second yearbook we get next year

Edited October 2Oct 2 by Hadji

The Clash again doesn't really bother me, it was a No.1 in 1991 so fits this album.

I do wonder if the 85-89 Final Chapter will be released next year to drag the 80s love-in even further on.

No Bryan Adams, but I didn't expect that, or Queen (George Michael takes priority!).

Just now, gooddelta said:

The Clash again doesn't really bother me, it was a No.1 in 1991 so fits this album.

I do wonder if the 85-89 Final Chapter will be released next year to drag the 80s love-in even further on.

No Bryan Adams, but I didn't expect that, or Queen (George Michael takes priority!).

1991 was about Freddie and not George so they should’ve prioritised Freddie. They need to stop prioritising George. The mistake they made with the Clash is the same mistake they made with A Flock Of Seagulls on extra 1980-1984 and vault 1984, the Bluebells on 10th anniversary 1984 and 1993 and Blur on millennium series 1995 and 1996. With the Clash, they should’ve put it on either 1982 or 1991 more preferably the latter, not both. I just hope they don’t include Bohemian Rhapsody on extra. With 1985-1989, they could release it in place of the pointless spin-offs we usually get after the autumn Now like they did in 2022 with 1980-1984

Edited October 2Oct 2 by Hadji

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19 minutes ago, Hadji said:

1991 was about Freddie and not George so they should’ve prioritised Freddie. They need to stop prioritising George. The mistake they made with the Clash is the same mistake they made with A Flock Of Seagulls on extra 1980-1984 and vault 1984, the Bluebells on 10th anniversary 1984 and 1993 and Blur on millennium series 1995 and 1996. With the Clash, they should’ve put it on either 1982 or 1991 more preferably the latter, not both. I just hope they don’t include Bohemian Rhapsody on extra. With 1985-1989, they could release it in place of the pointless spin-offs we usually get after the autumn Now like they did in 2022 with 1980-1984

Is it a mistake though, if a song was a hit in two different years? I'd say it was deliberate.

Your example with A Flock Of Seagulls clearly was a mistake, and very shoddy of them, but a different situation.

7 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Is it a mistake though, if a song was a hit in two different years? I'd say it was deliberate.

Your example with A Flock Of Seagulls clearly was a mistake, and very shoddy of them, but a different situation.

If a song is a hit in two different years, they’ll normally include it on the year it peaked rather than the year it was released, not both so in my eyes, it was a mistake. Saying that, when they do the 1999 yearbook, I wouldn’t mind them making a mistake by including Steal My Sunshine which is also on Now Millennium 2000-2001

2 minutes ago, Hadji said:

If a song is a hit in two different years, they’ll normally include it on the year it peaked rather than the year it was released, not both so in my eyes, it was a mistake. Saying that, when they do the 1999 yearbook, I wouldn’t mind them making a mistake by including Steal My Sunshine which is also on Now Millennium 2000-2001

I think that is when a song straddles two different consecutive years though over the Christmas period, surely, like Never Ever and Angels?

Not when a song is a hit in two completely different and far apart years like Should I Stay Or Should I Go or Young At Heart. I think it's fair game to include them on both as they were completely different time periods and hits for different reasons (often to do with adverts).

Edited October 2Oct 2 by gooddelta

4 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

I think that is when a song straddles two different consecutive years though over the Christmas period, surely, like Never Ever and Angels?

Not when a song is a hit in two completely different and far apart years like Should I Stay Or Should I Go or Young At Heart. I think it's fair game to include them on both as they were completely different time periods and hits for different reasons (often to do with adverts).

And if a song peaks on the border, they’ll include it on the following year. Cry Wolf for instance. It peaked on the border between 1986 and 1987 and it got included on 1987. I just hope that Bohemian Rhapsody isn’t the Queen song we get on extra 1991. I hope they go with either Innuendo or These Are The Days Of Our Lives

Edited October 2Oct 2 by Hadji