Track 8: Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart It’s the kind of whimsy that’s mostly missing from music today. I’m not keen on the sampling mishmash at the start, but I quite like the idea of an ode to skipping ropes. Track 6: KC & The Sunshine Band – Give It Upīit cheesy even for me, this one, but I do like the instrumental bits.Īnother one I didn’t know. Incidentally, if you ask Geth to DJ your wedding, you’ll inevitably hear this one. I do like the epic nature of the bridge, and the song gets better as it goes on, but I probably wouldn’t add it to my Spotify playlist.Ī favourite! I defy anyone not to chant along with the ‘ temp-tation‘ bits. I wasn’t familiar with this one, which is unusual for me with ’80s pop songs. Cheesy, but in a pleasant, head-nodding way. People just don’t write songs like this nowadays (waves stick in air).Īnother ‘I’d dance to this one at a wedding’ track.

The lyrics are great too:Īnd fiery demons all dance when you walk through that doorĭon’t say you’re easy on me, you’re about as easy as a nuclear war I love Duran Duran, and this one’s a cracker, especially the constant backing vocals. Track 2: Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know? A few ciders and I will always be up dancing to this one at weddings. ’80s-era solo Phil Collins, especially poppy, bouncy nonsense like this, is very much what I consider a ‘guilty pleasure’. Track 1: Phil Collins – You Can’t Hurry Love

Just clarifying that in case you thought this was going to be in any way musically technical!) (When I say ‘review’, I of course mean ‘burble about anything that comes to mind about these particular tracks’. To celebrate the upcoming 100th edition, I’m going to review every single Now! compilation – one per day between today and 20th July – starting, obviously, with #1, which came out on 28th November 1983. I’m surprised in some ways that the series is still going strong in the age of streaming, but it is, which is nice and nostalgic for me. I’ve got a huge soft spot for the series, largely because my parents bought the vinyl release of Now! That’s What I Call Music #10 in 1987 and it basically shaped my music taste, but also because it was such a big thing when I was growing up in the ’90s – at school and at parties, someone always had a Now! album kicking about. You might be aware that the Now! That’s What I Call Music compilation album series will be releasing its 100th edition on 20th July this year.

Songs like nuclear by mike oldfield