Now Presents... 12" 80s Volume Three : 1985-1986 (UK 2026)

Release Date July 17, 2026
Country UK
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Now Presents... 12" 80s Volume Three : 1985-1986 (UK 2026 Vinyl)17 July 202642

Track Info

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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.

(42 Tracks)

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Arcadia - Election Day

  • Title: Election Day
  • Artist: Arcadia
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  • UK First Charted: 20 October 1985
  • UK Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 27 October 1985)

  • US First Charted: 26 October 1985
  • US Peak: #6 (Peak Date: 14 December 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 6


Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?

  • Title: Who's Zoomin' Who?
  • Artist: Aretha Franklin
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  • UK First Charted: 17 November 1985
  • UK Peak: #11 (Peak Date: 12 January 1986)

  • US First Charted: 28 September 1985
  • US Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 30 November 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 7


Ashford & Simpson - Solid
Bananarama - Venus
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero

  • Title: Holding Out for a Hero
  • Artist: Bonnie Tyler
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  • UK First Charted: 29 April 1984
  • UK Peak: #2 (Peak Date: 8 September 1985)

  • US First Charted: 25 February 1984
  • US Peak: #34 (Peak Date: 14 April 1984)

  • UK Now Appearances: 4


Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat
Bryan Ferry - Slave to Love
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Duran Duran - Notorious

  • Title: Notorious
  • Artist: Duran Duran
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  • UK First Charted: 26 October 1986
  • UK Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 2 November 1986)

  • US First Charted: 1 November 1986
  • US Peak: #2 (Peak Date: 10 January 1987)

  • UK Now Appearances: 6


Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart)

  • Title: There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
  • Artist: Eurythmics
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  • UK First Charted: 30 June 1985
  • UK Peak: #1 (Peak Date: 21 July 1985)

  • US First Charted: 3 August 1985
  • US Peak: #22 (Peak Date: 21 September 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 14


Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute

  • Title: Can't Wait Another Minute
  • Artist: Five Star
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  • UK First Charted: 6 April 1986
  • UK Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 27 April 1986)

  • US First Charted: 13 September 1986
  • US Peak: #41 (Peak Date: 1 November 1986)

  • UK Now Appearances: 8


Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Go West - We Close Our Eyes

  • Title: We Close Our Eyes
  • Artist: Go West
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  • UK First Charted: 17 February 1985
  • UK Peak: #5 (Peak Date: 7 April 1985)

  • US First Charted: 23 February 1985
  • US Peak: #41 (Peak Date: 27 April 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 5


Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' on but the Rent
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
The Human League - Human
Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme

  • Title: Miami Vice Theme
  • Artist: Jan Hammer
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  • UK First Charted: 6 October 1985
  • UK Peak: #5 (Peak Date: 20 October 1985)

  • US First Charted: 7 September 1985
  • US Peak: #1 (Peak Date: 9 November 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 7


Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk

  • Title: Sidewalk Talk
  • Artist: Jellybean
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  • UK First Charted: 1 February 1986
  • UK Peak: #47

  • US First Charted: 16 November 1985
  • US Peak: #18 (Peak Date: 1 February 1986)

  • UK Now Appearances: 5


Level 42 - Lessons in Love

  • Title: Lessons In Love
  • Artist: Level 42
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  • UK First Charted: 20 April 1986
  • UK Peak: #3 (Peak Date: 4 May 1986)

  • US First Charted: 4 April 1987
  • US Peak: #12 (Peak Date: 27 June 1987)

  • UK Now Appearances: 10


Loose Ends - Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)

  • Title: Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)
  • Artist: Loose Ends
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  • UK First Charted: 17 February 1985
  • UK Peak: #13 (Peak Date: 24 March 1985)

  • US First Charted: 20 July 1985
  • US Peak: #43 (Peak Date: 24 August 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 9


Maria Vidal - Body Rock

  • Title: Body Rock
  • Artist: Maria Vidal
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  • UK First Charted: 18 August 1985
  • UK Peak: #11 (Peak Date: 22 September 1985)

  • US First Charted: 8 September 1984
  • US Peak: #48 (Peak Date: 20 October 1984)

  • UK Now Appearances: 7


Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)

  • Title: Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
  • Artist: Mel and Kim
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  • UK First Charted: 14 September 1986
  • UK Peak: #3 (Peak Date: 16 November 1986)

  • US First Charted: 21 February 1987
  • US Peak: #78

  • UK Now Appearances: 8


New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

  • Title: Bizarre Love Triangle
  • Artist: New Order
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  • UK First Charted: 9 November 1986
  • UK Peak: #56 (Peak Date: 9 November 1986)

  • US First Charted: 22 July 1995
  • US Peak: #98 (Peak Date: 22 July 1995)

  • UK Now Appearances: 3


Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart
Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield

  • Title: Love Is a Battlefield
  • Artist: Pat Benatar
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  • UK First Charted: 8 January 1984
  • UK Peak: #17 (Peak Date: 14 April 1985)

  • US First Charted: 24 September 1983
  • US Peak: #5 (Peak Date: 10 December 1983)

  • UK Now Appearances: 7


Paul Hardcastle - 19
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
Propaganda - Duel
Queen - One Vision

  • Title: One Vision
  • Artist: Queen
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  • UK First Charted: 10 November 1985
  • UK Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 17 November 1985)

  • US First Charted: 7 December 1985
  • US Peak: #61 (Peak Date: 11 January 1986)

  • UK Now Appearances: 5


Red Box - For America
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

  • Title: Don't You (Forget About Me)
  • Artist: Simple Minds
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  • UK First Charted: 14 April 1985
  • UK Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 28 April 1985)

  • US First Charted: 23 February 1985
  • US Peak: #1 (Peak Date: 18 May 1985)

  • UK Now Appearances: 19

  • USA Now Appearances: 1
    (Data for USA Now releases is still being completed)

Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way

  • Title: Let's Go All The Way
  • Artist: Sly Fox
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  • UK First Charted: 18 May 1986
  • UK Peak: #3 (Peak Date: 13 July 1986)

  • US First Charted: 28 December 1985
  • US Peak: #7 (Peak Date: 12 April 1986)

  • UK Now Appearances: 9


Spandau Ballet - Through the Barricades
Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy - Kiss Me
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It

  • Title: Life's What You Make It
  • Artist: Talk Talk
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  • UK First Charted: 12 January 1986
  • UK Peak: #16 (Peak Date: 2 February 1986)

  • US First Charted: 1 February 1986
  • US Peak: #90 (Peak Date: 15 February 1986)

  • UK Now Appearances: 5


Tears for Fears - Shout
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

  • Title: How Will I Know
  • Artist: Whitney Houston
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  • UK First Charted: 19 January 1986
  • UK Peak: #5 (Peak Date: 16 February 1986)

  • US First Charted: 7 December 1985
  • US Peak: #1 (Peak Date: 15 February 1986)

  • UK Now Appearances: 8

  • USA Now Appearances: 1
    (Data for USA Now releases is still being completed)





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