Now That's What I Call Music 3 (UK series)

This article describes the third album in the UK Now! series. It should not be confused with identically-numbered albums from other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 3 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Music 3
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	11 August 1984
Recorded	1983, 1984
Genre	Pop
Length	61:58
Label	Virgin / EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music II (1984) Now That's What I Call Music 3 (1984) Now That's What I Call Music 4 (1984)

Now That's What I Call Music 3 or Now 3 was released in 1984 in the United Kingdom on vinyl record and audio cassette. The album is the third edition of the Now! series in the UK. Like the first two volumes, it reached number one in the UK Albums Chart, staying there for eight weeks, the longest run for any Now album on the chart until the Compilations Chart was created in 1989. It was the 300th album to reach number one in the chart's history.

The album features three number-one hits: "The Reflex" by Duran Duran, "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!.

Track listing

Side one

1. Duran Duran : "The Reflex"
2. Nik Kershaw : "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
3. Sister Sledge : "Thinking of You"
4. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : "Locomotion"
5. Ultravox : "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
6. Howard Jones : "Pearl in the Shell"
7. Blancmange : "Don't Tell Me"
8. Phil Collins : "Against All Odds"

Side two

1. Frankie Goes to Hollywood : "Two Tribes"
2. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel : "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)"
3. The Special A.K.A : "Nelson Mandela"
4. Womack & Womack : "Love Wars"
5. The Style Council : "You're The Best Thing"
6. Bob Marley & The Wailers : "One Love"
7. Bronski Beat : "Smalltown Boy"

Side three

1. Queen : "I Want to Break Free"
2. Cyndi Lauper : "Time After Time"
3. Alison Moyet : "Love Resurrection"
4. The Bluebells : "Young at Heart"
5. Bananarama : "Robert DeNiro's Waiting"
6. Propaganda : "Dr. Mabuse"
7. Tina Turner : "What's Love Got to Do with It"
8. The Flying Pickets : "When You're Young and in Love"

Side four

1. Wham! : "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
2. The Thompson Twins : "You Take Me Up"
3. The Weather Girls : "It's Raining Men"
4. Gary Glitter : "Dance Me Up"
5. The Art Company : "Suzanna"
6. Madness : "One Better Day"
7. David Sylvian : "Red Guitar"

Video selection

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album and some which did not appear on any Now album.

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : "Locomotion"
2. Simple Minds : "Up On the Catwalk"
3. Thompson Twins : "You Take Me Up"
4. Madness : "One Better Day"
5. Farmers Boys : "In the Country"
6. Helen Terry : "Love Lies Lost"
7. Loose Ends : "Emergency (Dial 999)"
8. Working Week : "Venceremos"
9. Tina Turner : "What's Love Got to Do With It"
10. Phil Collins : "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)"
11. Talk Talk : "Dum Dum Girl"
12. Kajagoogoo : "Turn Your Back on Me"
13. Gary Glitter : "Dance Me Up"
14. The Mighty Wah : "Come Back"
15. I-Level : "Our Song"
16. Limahl : "Too Much Trouble"
17. The Flying Pickets : "When You're Young and In Love"
18. Thomas Dolby : "I Scare Myself"
19. Blue Nile : "Tinseltown In The Rain"
20. David Sylvian : "Red Guitar

Preceded by Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers

UK number-one album 11 August 1984 – 5 October 1984

Succeeded by Tonight by David Bowie