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If it were up to me, I’d be forcing Madge to pop a single on every NOW! I love that you added the re-release of Holiday on one of the 90s NOWs! Can I recommend “Watching You” by Rogue Traders for NOW 66? It’s a banger of tune! And maybe add “I Want Candy” my Mel C as well.

That first 5 tracks on disc 1! What a line up! And love the Disney double bill at the end. Starlight is (still) my favourite Muse track. It’s wild how jam picked NOW 65 was, and yet so many of the songs in your edition were bigger to me and my iPod shuffle!

Sorry you felt that way @nowmusic1993 . If I was any part of making you feel down than I am so sorry! And to anyone else criticising these; you make them! Catching up on the 60s editions - and the track listings may be “lacking hits”, but they’re bringing back strong memories for me! Especially your 64! It was around this time I got the iPod shuffle and I remember adding NOW 64, Confessions on A Dance Floor, and a lot of tunes from download sites - with a lot of them missing the official NOW 64, but popping up on your edition. Plus that artwork feels so much like a real NOW cover - a mix of 94 & 112. Re: 63, you’ve done a better job than the NOW Team did! So good. And I was excited to see 62, and was hoping Hung Up would kick it off! I was right! Diva-licious! @Harrison FB the dance editions are so good! I love that your edition of 113 kicks off with Kim Petra’s cover of “Running Up…”. Plus all the diva representation?! GAY RIGHTS! And the Steps representation is fabulous! @DaTilt I LOVED the 2000s playlist - I gave it a search on Mixcloud and gave it a play whilst I was getting ready for work. Pure nostalgia goodness! We are being truly spoiled with these track listings! Thank you to everyone contributing to this thread - it’s so much fun!

This is an instant win for including “One In A Million”. Such a banger of a tune!!

Ooooh! I was right with the artwork. So many great songs and some forgotten gems as well. Starting off with Lee Ryan is wild, but I love it. Sings, I Bruise Easily, Next Best Superstar, and In the Morning are classics on disc 1. And I totally forgot about Ben Adam’s solo track, that’s gonna be fun re-listening to. Disc 2 is probably my favourite though. So many mp3 jams! Girl, 1, 2 Step, One Word, Lose Control, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Poison, Why, Heavy on My Heart, and He Wasn’t all remind me of the music channels we had on Sky. 1 fave from each Disc: Disc 1: Next Best Superstar (justice for Mel C’s independent solo releases) Disc 2: One Word (great glitchy moody pop moment. Great sample. Great video concept. Just all around great) The only thing missing for me is “Long Hot Summer” by Girls Aloud. But maybe that was released after NOW 61’s date. Either way it’s another banger of an album!

I don’t know why, but it’s making me think Theme Park.

Yay! So happy to see you carry on to the 60s. I remember being disappointed that “Get Right” wasn’t on NOW 60, so it’s nice to see it on your volume. I also owned “Red Hot Hits”. Some great choices on there. I forgot how much of a bop “Object Of My Desire” is.

I’m getting my life to these Dance Editions! They remind me of a mix of the NOW Dance series, Ministry of Sound, Clubland, and Absolute Dance. If you can, I’d love to see these go back further. I bet the 2010s and 2000s ones would be filled with classics.

These have been such a fabulous thing to read! The time and effort put in all the volumes is just fabulous. Love the artworks for 23 the most I think. But all the others are such fun covers as well. I get the same amount of excitement for yours as I do the official NOW announcements. Again good job, @nowmusic1993 ! I’m picking my fave tracks and making a playlist called “NOT NOW”. I’m so excited that you’ll be doing NOW 60 (and hopefully more).

Anytime. They are great track listings. So many great dance pop bangers that should’ve been on the actual NOWs.

Disc 3 of Vault 85 is so camp. I love it! I know a lot of the artists thanks to RuPaul’s Drag Race. I’m also loving the fan made NOWs @nowmusic1993 and @Harrison FB are doing.

One of my fave Madonna songs of all time being Disc 1 / Track 1? Iconic! When it’s right, it’s right.

It’s like you completely ignored everything I had to say. It’s wild that I was told this by someone in the music industry and you’re just like “no” who probably has no experience in the field whatsoever. Stop saying the same things over and over again. We know there’s space on this disc, but it’s not always as simple as that. Warner perhaps pulled Jason last minute because the label thought they could get more mileage out of it.

Labels will probably want to prioritise their own studio album releases before licensing things out. So that’s probably why RAYE isn’t on 123. When I studied in music management we discussed why certain songs don’t appear on things right away. Album releases, whether a song is still getting a lot of radio play, if a song is still getting sales of its own course, and also just waiting for labels to say yes. Granted this was in 2012, but I think a lot of these reasons stay the same. My teacher worked for Universal Records, and she was in charge of Young Money distribution in the UK (and Big Machine - Taylor’s old label), and she denied Starships on NOW 81 because the song was still getting big radio and streaming numbers - and a physical appearance on something other than her album might’ve diluted things.

Me going from all those ballads to Aretha’s “Pride”: What fabulous albums @nowmusic1993 it’s such a blast to see what hits were out there and not on a NOW. These are amazing little nostalgia packets, just like the real NOWs. Fingers crossed for you do give us NOW 60 onwards as well.

Love this cover. Giving Scary Spice-Realness. Also these albums make me realise how badly Janet is represented on these albums. Noting between NOW 8 through to 26, and then odd bits in between. Then nothing past NOW 49. Tragic!

Perhaps they’re scared to announce it because of your scathing iTunes reviews.

I'd buy a copy of that for sure! Anything that features First Aid Kit, Agnes, Natasha Hamilton, Slayyter, and A*Teens is an instant winner in my book!

I do wonder how NOW are gonna fill two discs with songs. The hits are sparse, and so are the releases in general. Then throw in a larger selection of artists now saying “No” to compilations, and we’re slim on the ground. It could give a chance for more under appreciated tracks and artists to fill the space. Melanie C, Jessie Ware, MEEK, Robyn, Blue, and Hilary Duff would be fabulous inclusions.

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

Love this! I’d like to imagine if HITS still kept the Numbers and this was Volume 35 they’d still be around today. Also, props to you finding a way to add Madonna’s Evita single without it sticking out like a saw thumb. Regarding NOW 123 - I would LOVE Zara to appear with Midnight Sun and also with Stateside. All her singles deserve an appearance really

I’ve been obsessed with “Fabulous” by Meek since she played a snippet on TikToK last year. Didn’t think it was ever gonna arrive, and here it is! What a tune! Hope this is a big hit for her.

I would be very happy if you went past 60! No need to worry about filler, that’s part of the NOW DNA. These have been such fun to look at, I can’t tell you how excited I get when I see the thread has new posts! You’ve made this thread such fun to be in @nowmusic1993 ! Keep doing what you’re doing!

Wow wow wow! This is brilliant, I also love the artwork. Is it a nod to Gabrielle’s Rise which starts off the real NOW 45 or is it just coincidence?

Wow @nowmusic1993 these albums are bringing back such nostalgic memories of my mixtapes I used to make. These track listings are just so good. (I would replace “This Groove” on 57 with “Let Your Head Go” though). It’s also amazing that you did a better job rounding up the rest of the chart hits, when the compilation big wigs at “Hits” struggled so badly. I hope we get to see more!