Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call USA: The 80s [3LP Coloured]

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£31.37

Format: 3 x LP, Coloured
Catalogue No.: LPNNNOW143
Barcode: 0196588180712
Release Date: 11 Aug 2023
Genre: Pop

NOW Music is proud to present NOW That’s What I Call USA: The 80s – 3LPs packed with 44 massive U.S. hits – Whilst some were big hits on both sides of the Atlantic, we shine a spotlight on huge hits from America at the time, that have gone on to be as legendary in the UK as they were in the US.

Kicking off LP 1 with his first US Top 10 single is Bruce Springsteen with ‘Hungry Heart’, followed by John Mellencamp with ‘Jack & Diane’, a Top 30 UK single, which reached #1 in America in 1982, whilst in 1983 The Police enjoyed a transatlantic chart-topper with ‘Every Breath You Take’. Featuring R&B/Soul from international favourites Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin, and dancefloor classics from Lipps Inc., Company B and The S.O.S. Band lead to the classic soundtrack smash from Ray Parker Jr. ‘Ghostbusters’.

Duran Duran’s epic floor-filler ‘The Reflex’ reached #1 on both sides of the Atlantic, and Nena - whilst having a UK #1 with ’99 Red Balloons’ - reached #2 in the US with the German language version ‘99 Luftballons’, which is here on LP 2. Kenny Loggins features with his US #2 ‘Danger Zone’, and Foreigner’s huge ballad ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’ reached Top 10 in both the UK and the US.

Blondie’s ‘American Gigolo’ theme ‘Call Me’ which reached #1 in both territories opens LP 3, plus Belinda Carlisle’s solo debut, alongside US single ‘Show Me’ from The Pretenders. The massive transatlantic hit ‘Say Say Say’ from Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, reaching #1 and #2 in the US and UK is followed by Pure Pop from Olivia Newton-John with her 10-weeks at US #1 ‘Physical’. In 1984, Tina Turner saw the career-defining ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’ hit the Top 3 in the UK and become her first #1 in the US, and in 1985 Whitney Houston’s debut single ‘You Give Good Love’ hit the US Top 3. Drawing the collection to a close is the aptly titled ‘America’, which gave Neil Diamond his third Top 10 single in the US from the soundtrack of his film ‘The Jazz Singer’.

NOW That's What I Call USA: The 80s – Celebrating huge hits from the charts of eighties America!

LP1 – Side A
1. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 
2. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane 
3. The Police - Every Breath You Take
4. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield 
5. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 
6. Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True) 
7. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl 
8. REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You

LP1 – Side B
1. Diana Ross - Upside Down
2. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
3. Company B - Fascinated
4. Michael Sembello - Maniac
5. Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love
6. The S.O.S Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)
7. Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters

LP2 – Side A
1. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
2. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
3. Duran Duran - The Reflex
4. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
5. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
6. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)       
7.  Nena - 99 Luftballons

LP2 – Side B
1. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (From "Top Gun" Original Soundtrack)
2. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind
3. The J. Geils Band – Centerfold
4. Night Ranger - Sister Christian
5. Journey - Open Arms
6. Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
7.  Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You

LP3 – Side A
1. Blondie - Call Me (Theme From "American Gigolo") 
2. R.E.M. – Stand
3. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
4. Pretenders - Show Me
5. Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
6. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
7. Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
8. Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat

LP3 – Side B
1. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson - Say Say Say
2. Olivia Newton-John - Physical
3. Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It
4. Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning
5. Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love
6. Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
7. Neil Diamond - America (From "The Jazz Singer" Soundtrack)