Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Christmas [4CD]

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: CDNNNOW132
Barcode: 0196587512125
Release Date: 28 Oct 2022
Genre: Christmas

NOW That’s What I Call Christmas is back! A huge selection of 85 festive favourites across 4 CDs to soundtrack your celebrations.

A great gift to yourself, this blockbuster collection is also the perfect gift for your friends and family – featuring all the well-loved classics, leading off with the perennially popular ‘Last Christmas’ from Wham!, and further #1s from Slade with ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, Boney M. with ‘Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord’, 2021’s collaboration between Ed Sheeran and Elton John ‘Merry Christmas’, Shakin’ Stevens’ ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ and the record breaking ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ from Band Aid.

Evergreen favourites from Paul McCartney with ‘Wonderful Christmastime’, Chris Rea with ‘Driving Home For Christmas’, Pretenders’ ‘2000 Miles’, John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’, are all present alongside the timeless ‘Step Into Christmas’ from Elton John, ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ from Wizzard – and The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl with ‘Fairytale Of New York’.

Huge contemporary hits from Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson, George Ezra, Coldplay and Ellie Goulding, are featured, along with Mariah Carey’s fabulous version of ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’, and the beautiful ‘Home For Christmas’ from Kate Bush.

There are 70s & 80s crackers from Jona Lewie, Mud, The Wombles, Greg Lake and Cliff Richard – plus Bruce Springsteen’s take on ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’, The Carpenters’ ‘Merry Christmas Darling’, The Waitresses’ ‘Christmas Wrapping’ and the celebrated collaboration ‘Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy’ between Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

NOW That’s What I Call Christmas presents an incredible line up of classics from legendary artists including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, and ‘White Christmas’ from Bing Crosby – and joyous sing-a-long anthems from Darlene Love with ‘Marshmallow World’, Brenda Lee ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’, Jackson 5’s ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’, The Crystals’ ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’ and ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ from Bobby Helms.

With our final disc, we celebrate songs that may not all be about Christmas, but were all huge tracks across the festive season… Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘The Power Of Love’, ‘Stay Another Day’ from East 17, Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus with ‘We All Stand Together’, ‘When You Come Back To Me’ from Jason Donovan, and ‘Let It Go’ from Idina Menzel – alongside #1s from The Flying Pickets, The Housemartins, and The Human League… and to close the collection, the 12” version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ from Band Aid.

The perfect playlist whether you’re decorating the tree, singing along making (or eating!) the mince pies – or enjoying the company of friends and family.

Forecast: Week 1: 2,500 rising throughout November, forecasting 50,000 before Christmas.

TRACK LIST
CD 1
1. Wham! - Last Christmas
2. Elton John - Step Into Christmas
3. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
4. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
5. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
6. Boney M. - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
7. Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
8. Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
9. Darlene Love - Marshmallow World
10. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
11. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
12. The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
13. Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
14. Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
15. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree
16. Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
17. Perry Como And The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
18. Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
19. Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
20. The Carpenters - Merry Christmas Darling
21. Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
22. Bing Crosby - White Christmas

CD 2
1. John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
3. Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas
4. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
5. Bing Crosby, David Bowie - Peace On Earth / The Little Drummer Boy
6. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
7. The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)
8. Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
9. Mel & Kim - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
10. The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
11. Roy Orbison - Pretty Paper
12. Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
13. Mud - Lonely This Christmas
14. The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas
15. Dana - It's Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Christmas
16. Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
17. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
18. Jethro Tull - Ring Out, Solstice Bells
19. Mike Oldfield - In Dulce Jubilo
20. Steeleye Span - Gaudete
21. David Essex - A Winter's Tale
22. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine

CD 3
1. The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
2. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
3. Pretenders - 2000 Miles
4. The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
5. Coldplay - Christmas Lights
6. George Ezra - Come On Home For Christmas
7. Kate Bush - Home For Christmas
8. Ellie Goulding - River (It’s Coming On Christmas)
9. Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day
10. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
11. The Ronettes - Frosty The Snowman
12. The Crystals - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
13. Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus
14. Ray Conniff & The Ray Conniff Singers - Ring Christmas Bells
15. Doris Day - I'll Be Home For Christmas
16. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
17. Jamie Cullum - It's Christmas
18. Cliff Richard - Saviours Day
19. Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
20. Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear?
21. Céline Dion - O Holy Night
22. Aled Jones & John Altman - Walking In The Air

CD 4
1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
2. Idina Menzel - Let It Go (From "Frozen")
3. Robbie Williams - Angels
4. Spice Girls - 2 Become 1
5. Westlife - I Have A Dream
6. Boyzone - Father And Son
7. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
8. Steps - Tragedy
9. Jason Donovan - When You Come Back To Me
10. Rick Astley - When I Fall In Love
11. Donna Summer - Winter Melody
12. Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah
13. The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
14. The Flying Pickets - Only You
15. Paul Young - Love Of The Common People
16. Münchener Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive
17. Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus - We All Stand Together
18. East 17 - Stay Another Day 
19. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (12" Mix)