Various Artists - NOW Yearbook 1980

NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the 'Yearbook' series: 'NOW - Yearbook 1980'. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980.

Kicking off with Queen's anthem 'Another One Bites The Dust', Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam & The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA. Disc Two begins with John Lennon's '(Just Like) Starting Over' and is followed by huge trans-Atlantic hits for Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel. Rock legends had a huge year in 1980 - including here, Status Quo, Rainbow, Judas Priest and Motorhead. Disc Two is also home to some of the year's biggest dance tracks from Donna Summer, Change, The Whispers, The Gap Band, Jermaine Jackson and the #1 'Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me, Girl' from The (Detroit) Spinners. In January 1980 the iconic 'London Calling' from The Clash reached its chart peak - and opens Disc 3 which features an incredible line-up of New Wave, Post Punk and Ska classics that helped make 1980 a fantastically diverse year in the singles charts: #1s from The Jam (again!) and The Specials (as The Special AKA) alongside Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Joy Division, Ramones, Hazel O'Connor, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Martha And The Muffins, UB40, and The Selecter. The final disc features six of the year's #1s and is all about 1980s pure pop, beginning with one of ABBA's most successful and popular tracks 'The Winner Takes It All', and the beautiful 'Waterfalls' from Paul McCartney. Olivia Newton-John, Blondie, and Sheena Easton follow and lead into party classics from Kelly Marie, The Nolans, Liquid Gold, Odyssey, and Kool & The Gang. A few easy-pop gems from Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb, Rupert Holmes, Captain & Tennille, plus the 1980 Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, the #1 theme from 'MASH' 'Suicide Is Painless' and bringing this collection to a close.

Disc 1:
1) Another One Bites the Dust - Queen ()
2) Atomic - Blondie ()
3) Dog Eat Dog - Adam & The Ants ()
4) Babooshka - Kate Bush ()
5) Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police ()
6) Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners ()
7) Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders ()
8) Start! - The Jam ()
9) Baggy Trousers - Madness ()
10) Super Trouper - ABBA ()
11) Spacer - Sheila & B. Devotion ()
12) Upside Down - Diana Ross ()
13) Funkytown - Lipps, Inc ()
14) Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ()
15) To Cut a Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet ()
16) Sleepwalk - Ultravox ()
17) I Die: You Die - Gary Numan ()
18) Oh Yeah! - Roxy Music ()
19) Please Don't Go - KC And Sunshine Band vs DJ Kama ()
20) One Day I'll Fly Away - Randy Crawford ()
21) With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta ()

Disc 2:
1) (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon ()
2) It's Still Rock and Roll to Me - Billy Joel ()
3) Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones ()
4) Coming Up - Paul McCartney ()
5) Runaway Boys - Stray Cats ()
6) What You're Proposing - Status Quo ()
7) All Night Long - Rainbow ()
8) Breaking the Law - Judas Priest ()
9) Ace of Spades - Motörhead ()
10) Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading ()
11) All Out of Love - Air Supply ()
12) Lady - Kenny Rogers ()
13) On the Radio - Donna Summer ()
14) Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills ()
15) Medley: Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl - The Spinners ()
16) Searching - Change ()
17) And the Beat Goes On - The Whispers ()
18) You Gave Me Love - Crown Heights Affair ()
19) I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head) - The Gap Band ()
20) Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson ()
21) Behind the Groove - Teena Marie ()
22) Funkin' for Jamaica - Tom Browne ()

Disc 3:
1) London Calling - The Clash ()
2) Going Underground - The Jam ()
3) Talk of the Town - The Pretenders ()
4) Baby, I Love You - Ramones ()
5) I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down - Elvis Costello & The Attractions ()
6) Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor ()
7) Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees ()
8) Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division ()
9) Echo Beach - Martha and The Muffins ()
10) Over You - Roxy Music ()
11) Living By Numbers - New Musik ()
12) So Good to Be Back Home Again - The Tourists ()
13) Turning Japanese - The Vapors ()
14) 7 Teen - The Regents ()
15) It's Different for Girls - Joe Jackson ()
16) Banana Republic - The Boomtown Rats ()
17) Food for Thought - UB40 ()
18) Special Brew - Bad Manners ()
19) Missing Words - The Selecter ()
20) Too Much Too Young - The Special AKA ()
21) My Girl - Madness ()

Disc 4:
1) The Winner Takes It All - ABBA ()
2) Waterfalls - Paul McCartney ()
3) Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime - The Korgis ()
4) No Doubt About It - Hot Chocolate ()
5) Magic - Olivia Newton-John ()
6) My Old Piano - Diana Ross ()
7) The Tide Is High - Blondie ()
8) 9 to 5 (Morning Train) - Sheena Easton ()
9) I'm in the Mood for Dancing - The Nolans ()
10) Feels Like I'm in Love - Kelly Marie ()
11) Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold ()
12) Use It Up and Wear It Out - Odyssey ()
13) Celebration - Kool & the Gang ()
14) Jump to the Beat - Stacy Lattisaw ()
15) I Wanna Hold Your Hand - Dollar ()
16) Take That Look Off Your Face - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb ()
17) Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes ()
18) Do That to Me One More Time - Captain & Tennille ()
19) What's Another Year - Johnny Logan ()
20) Suicide Is Painless - The MASH ()
21) Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie ()