Intense Records

NOW #1s

NOW
CDNNNOW133
Funk / Soul / Disco, Pop, Rock
5xCD

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Celebrate 70 years of the Official Singles Chart with NOW #1s 5CDs featuring 100 of the greatest #1s of all time.CD1 Kicks off in magnificent style with the peerless classic Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Huge 70s number ones from Paul McCartney & Wings, Rod Stewart and 10cc follow The Beach Boys and Roy Orbison, plus Classic Rock and Roll from Elvis Presley, Bill Haley & His Comets and The Everly Brothers. Led by Lionel Richies beautiful Hello, up next is an extraordinary run of 80s number ones including hits from The Police, The Human League and Frankie Goes To Hollywood, before New Wave number ones from Blondie and The Pretenders and drawing to a close with unforgettable film themed love songs from Cline Dion and Whitney Houston.The timeless Imagine from John Lennon opens the second disc, followed by contemporary classics from Oasis, U2 and Coldplay before heartbreak anthems from Miley Cyrus with Wrecking Ball and Olivia Rodrigo with drivers license. A fabulous run of Classic, Pop-Soul and R&B including Gnarls Barkley, The Weeknd and Lil Nas X follows before we go back to the 60s to close the disc with superb songs from the Four Tops, The Supremes and Marvin Gaye.CD3 opens with a celebration of British love songs with Ed Sheeran, James Blunt, Lewis Capaldi, Take That and Wet Wet Wet before moving into feel-good Pop classics from Spice Girls, Girls Aloud, Little Mix and One Direction. Legends Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw and Sonny And Cher keep the Pop flowing 60s-style, before rounding off the disc with Reggae standards from Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Althea & Donna and UB40.Massive Dance floor hits feature on the first half of disc 4, including the iconic Dancing Queen from ABBA and Gloria Gaynors I Will Survive, alongside noughties #1s from Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue, plus the mega selling Believe from Cher. Barry White and Boney M. lead off a run of 70s number ones including Glam-Pop from Mud, Suzi Quatro, Sweet and Slade before finishing the disc with the epic Id Do Anything For Love from Meat Loaf.The final disc opens with three massive Dance-Pop collaborations : Elton John & Dua Lipa with Cold Heart, David Guetta feat. Sia with Titanium, and Uptown Funk from Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, before celebrating with giant party anthems from Robbie Williams, George Ezra, Madness and Culture Club - and paying tribute to some classic early #1s from Jo Stafford, Frankie Laine and the first ever number one from 1952 from Al Martino with Here In My Heart. Enduring and uplifting tracks Youll Never Walk Alone and You Raise Me Up lead into our final selection with the incomparable Do They Know Its Christmas? from Band Aid.Probably the best playlist youll ever have. 100 of the greatest #1s ever spanning the past seven decades - NOW #1s.TracklistCD 11. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody2. Paul McCartney & Wings - Mull Of Kintyre3. Rod Stewart - Maggie May4. 10cc - I'm Not In Love5. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations6. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock7. Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock8. The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown9. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman10. Lionel Richie - Hello11. Spandau Ballet - True12. The Police - Every Breath You Take13. Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know14. The Human League - Don't You Want Me15. Soft Cell - Tainted Love16. Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax17. Blondie - Heart Of Glass18. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket19. Cline Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From "Titanic")20. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love YouCD 21. John Lennon Imagine2. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger3. U2 - Beautiful Day4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida5. P!NK - So What6. Katy Perry Roar7. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball8. Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license9. Gnarls Barkley Crazy10. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights11. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)12. Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song13. Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)14. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love15. All Saints - Never Ever16. Ariana Grande Positions17. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold18. The Supremes - Baby Love19. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There20. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The GrapevineCD 31. Ed Sheeran - Perfect2. James Blunt - Youre Beautiful3. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved4. Take That - Back For Good5. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (From "Four Weddings And A Funeral" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)6. Spice Girls Wannabe7. Girls Aloud - The Promise8. Little Mix - Black Magic9. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful10. Chesney Hawkes The One And Only11. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite12. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'13. Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart14. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me15. Sandie Shaw - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me16. Sonny And Cher - I Got You Babe17. Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual18. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites19. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking20. UB40 - Red Red WineCD 41. ABBA - Dancing Queen2. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive3. Irene Cara - Fame4. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance5. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head6. Cher - Believe7. Steps - Tragedy8. Aqua - Barbie Girl9. Psy - Gangnam Style ()10. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling11. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything12. Boney M. - Rivers Of Babylon13. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby14. Mud - Tiger Feet15. Suzi Quatro - Can The Can16. Sweet - Blockbuster17. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize18. The Jam - Going Underground19. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman20. Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)CD 51. Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)2. David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium3. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk4. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love5. Bobby Darin - Dream Lover6. Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This7. George Ezra - Shotgun8. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ9. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up10. Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen11. Madness - House Of Fun12. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon13. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver14. Boyzone - No Matter What15. Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me16. Al Martino - Here In My Heart17. Frankie Laine - I Believe18. Gerry & The Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone19. Westlife - You Raise Me Up20. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?