80's Hits

These three discs include songs that topped chart on both sides of the Atlantic for sensational acts like Duran Duran (The Reflex), Culture Club (Karma Chameleon), Blondie (Call Me), Foreigner (I Want to Know What Love Is) and The Human League (Don't You Want Me). There further 16 UK #1 hits from homegrown greats like Wham! (The Edge of Heaven), Adam & The Ants (Stand and Deliver), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Two Tribes), Simple Minds (Don't You (Forget About Me)), and Soft Cell (Tainted Love). And if that wasn't enough, we have the heavyweight hitmakers that millions of music fans in America took to the top like Lionel Richie and Diana Ross (Endless Love), Daryl Hall, John Oates (I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)!

NOW Music are excited to present a brand-new series - ‘NOW 12” 80s’. The first instalment – 1980 – is released on July 14th 2023. The 12” single was a dynamic and increasingly essential part of the release schedule as the decade progressed. Incorporating extended (sometimes the full album) versions, remixes, and re-inventions – they not only gave the dance-floor a longer version, and the listener an alternative take, but also highlighted the artistry of the producer – bringing together all kinds of elements to create new soundscapes woven together with the original track, either vocal or instrumental, to present another reason to be excited on release date.

80’s music remains as popular as ever and this 3CD, 60 track collection highlights some of the greatest hits of all time, including 24 UK Chart No. 1 singles!Disc 1 kicks off with three of the biggest tracks of the decade - all sounding as fresh today as they did then - from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive and The Human League.Synth pop is well represented from Soft Cell, Visage, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Japan as is timeless pop from Tears For Fears, Nik Kershaw, ABC, Paul Young, Haircut 100 and Culture Club.Steve Winwood’s ‘Higher Love’ (recently a hit again by Kygo & Whitney Houston), Malcolm McLaren’s ground-breaking ‘Double Dutch’ and Roxy Music’s exquisite ‘Avalon’ all feature alongside Number 1’s from Men At Work, Billy Ocean and Whitney Houston’s first chart-topper ’Saving All My Love For You’.

2008 compilation from the Metal giants featuring the most essential tracks pulled from their first seven studio albums and live set, released between 1980-89. Iron Maiden have prevailed over the world of Heavy Metal for almost thirty years, and this release celebrates the first decade of the band and their magical Metal attack. 15 tracks including "Aces High", "The Trooper", "The Number Of The Beast", "Run To The Hills" and many others. Legacy.

Edwin Starr was born Charles Hatcher in Nashville, TN, on January 21, 1942 (his cousin was deep soul singer and songwriter Roger Hatcher). He grew up in Cleveland and formed a doo wop quintet called the FutureTones while still in high school. They won numerous local talent competitions and even recorded a single for a small label, but Starr was drafted into the military in 1960, stalling the group's momentum. When he returned in 1962, he tried to get things going again, but to no avail; instead, he wound up joining Bill Doggett's group as a featured vocalist in 1963. Two years later, Starr wrote what he felt was a surefire hit in the spy-themed "Agent Double-O-Soul," and left Doggett's band to sign with Ric Tic Records and settle in Detroit. "Agent Double-O-Soul" hit the R&B Top Ten later in 1965, and just missed the pop Top 20.

100 pop classics from the decade of excess that includes Number 1s from Dead Or Alive, Men At Work & Adam & The Ants alongside 80s favourites from Landscape, Jo Boxers, Furniture, The Bangles and Mental As Anything.

Greatest Hits is a 1983 greatest hits album by Australian soft rock group Air Supply. The Jim Steinman produced track "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was released as a single and became Air Supply's last top 10 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album sold over 7 million copies in the United States. Arista's compilation here captures nine of their greatest, including 'Lost in Love', 'Every Woman in the World', 'Here I Am' & more.