Now 12" 80s - 1981 (UK 2023)

Release Date	October 20, 2023
Country	UK
Album Series	Now 12" 80s

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Now 12" 80s - 1981 (CD)
(Fri Oct 20 2023)

Version	Release Date	Format	Number of Tracks
Now 12" 80s - 1981 (UK 2023 CD)	20 October 2023	CD	46

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This is a full list of tracks (in alphabetical order) that appear on at least one format of this album. For further breakdown of each format version, please see links above.

(46 Tracks)

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	Artist(s)	First UK Chart Appearance	Highest UK Chart Position	First US Billboard Chart Appearance	Highest US Billboard Chart Position	UK Now Appearances
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough	ABC	31 October 1981	19			3
Altered Images - Happy Birthday	Altered Images	26 September 1981	2			3
Altered Images - I Could Be Happy	Altered Images	12 December 1981	7			4
Bananarama - Aie a Mwana	Bananarama					1
Blondie - Rapture	Blondie	24 January 1981	5	31 January 1981	1	6
Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua	Bow Wow Wow	7 November 1981	51			2
Champaign - How 'Bout Us	Champaign	3 May 1981	5	14 February 1981	12	3
Debbie Harry - Backfired	Debbie Harry	1 August 1981	32	15 August 1981	43	2
Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White	Dollar	15 August 1981	19			4
Duran Duran - Girls On Film	Duran Duran	25 July 1981	5			4
Duran Duran - Planet Earth	Duran Duran	21 February 1981	12			5
Earth, Wind and Fire - Let's Groove	Earth, Wind and Fire	7 November 1981	3	3 October 1981	3	6
Freeez - Southern Freeez	Freeez	7 February 1981	8			4
Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper	Grace Jones	20 June 1981	12			5
Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)	Haircut 100	24 October 1981	4			5
Heaven 17 - Play To Win	Heaven 17	5 September 1981	46			4
Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know	Hi-Gloss	2 August 1981	12			3
The Human League - Don't You Want Me	The Human League	5 December 1981	1	6 March 1982	1	20
The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd	The Human League	2 May 1981	12			5
Japan - The Art Of Parties	Japan	9 May 1981	48			2
Japan - Quiet Life	Japan	19 September 1981	19			4
The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt	The Jones Girls					1
Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics	Louis Clark The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	25 July 1981	2			3
Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa	Modern Romance	15 August 1981	12			2
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots	Odyssey	30 May 1981	4			3
Olivia Newton-John - Physical	Olivia Newton-John	10 October 1981	7	3 October 1981	1	5
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	29 August 1981	3			4
Ottawan - Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)	Ottawan	23 August 1981	3			2
Shalamar - Make That Move	Shalamar	28 March 1981	30	25 April 1981	60	2
Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It	Sharon Redd	28 February 1981	31			4
Simple Minds - The American	Simple Minds	23 May 1981	59			3
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound	Siouxsie and the Banshees	30 May 1981	22			3
Soft Cell - Bedsitter	Soft Cell	14 November 1981	4			4
Soft Cell - Tainted Love	Soft Cell	1 August 1981	1	16 January 1982	8	27
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze	Spandau Ballet	24 January 1981	17			3
Spandau Ballet - Glow	Spandau Ballet	4 April 1981	10			4
The Specials - Ghost Town	The Specials	20 June 1981	1			6
Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 Volume 2 / More Stars	Stars On 45					1
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood	Tom Tom Club	14 June 1981	7			3
UB40 - Don't Slow Down	UB40	23 May 1981	16			2
Ultravox - All Stood Still	Ultravox	6 June 1981	8			1
Visage - Fade to Grey	Visage	20 December 1980	8			7
Visage - Mind Of A Toy	Visage	8 March 1981	13			3
Visage - Visage	Visage	5 July 1981	21			3
The Whispers - It's A Love Thing	The Whispers	8 March 1981	9	14 February 1981	28	2
Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop The Music	Yarbrough and Peoples					4