- Now That's What I Call 25 Years
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Now That's What I Call 25 Years is a special edition 2008 compilation album in the Now That's What I Call Music series. It was released to celebrate Now's 25th Anniversary. The track listing of the 3 CD box set contains 60 popular songs spanning the years 1983–2008.
The album cover features the "Now" pig, previously featured on the covers of Now 3, 4 and 5, and the back covers of Now 1 and Now Decades.
Now That's What I Call 25 Years Compilation album by Various artists Released 27 October 2008 Recorded Various times (1983-2008) Genre Pop Label EMI / Virgin / Universal Contents
Track listing
Disc 1
- Queen - "I Want to Break Free"
- Wham! - "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"
- Eurythmics - "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"
- The Police - "Every Breath You Take"
- U2 - "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
- Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
- RUN-DMC feat. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
- Cameo - "Word Up"
- Ray Parker Jr. - "Ghostbusters"
- Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
- Diana Ross - "Chain Reaction"
- Phil Collins - "You Can't Hurry Love"
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Two Tribes"
- Pet Shop Boys - "It's a Sin"
- Duran Duran - "The Reflex"
- Feargal Sharkey - "A Good Heart"
- David Bowie - "Modern Love"
- Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon"
- UB40 - "Red Red Wine"
Disc 2
- R.E.M. - "Everybody Hurts"
- Robbie Williams - "Angels"
- Boyzone - "No Matter What"
- The Beautiful South - "A Little Time"
- Oasis - "Wonderwall"
- Natalie Imbruglia - "Torn"
- Wet Wet Wet - "Love Is All Around"
- Tina Turner - "The Best"
- Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
- The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
- James - "Sit Down"
- New Radicals - "You Get What You Give"
- Shania Twain - "That Don't Impress Me Much"
- Cher - "Believe"
- Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
- Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"
- Backstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"
- Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love"
- Sinéad O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Disc 3
- James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
- Take That - "Patience"
- Duffy - "Mercy"
- Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - "Valerie"
- OutKast - "Hey Ya!"
- Nelly Furtado - "Maneater"
- Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
- Mika - "Grace Kelly"
- Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"
- The Killers - "Somebody Told Me"
- Sugababes - "Push the Button"
- Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"
- Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
- Tony Christie - "Is This the Way to Amarillo"
- Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - "Umbrella"
- The Black Eyed Peas - "My Humps"
- Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize"
- Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me a River"
- Coldplay - "Fix You"
- Paolo Nutini - "Last Request"
- Will Young - "Leave Right Now"
- Westlife - "You Raise Me Up"
Provisional track listing
The following songs were on the provisional track listing but did not make it to the final track listing [1]:
- Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - "Crazy In Love"
- Billy Joel - "Uptown Girl"
- The Black Eyed Peas feat. Justin Timberlake - "Where Is the Love?"
- Crowded House - "Weather With You"
- Elton John - "Are You Ready For Love"
- Fatboy Slim - "Praise You"
- Girls Aloud - "Biology"
- Jermaine Stewart - "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
- Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
- No Doubt - "Don't Speak"
- Phil Collins & Philip Bailey - "Easy Lover"
- Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up"
- S Club 7 - "Reach"
- Shaggy feat. Ricardo 'RikRok' Ducent - "It Wasn't Me"
- Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Murder on the Dancefloor"
- The Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
- The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony"
- Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again" (87 Remix)
- Britney Spears - "Toxic
Several of these songs previously appeared on previous "retrospective" Now albums such as Now Decades or Now Years.
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See also
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