NOW Yearbook ’85‐’89: The Final Chapter

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

In series: Now Yearbook ('85-'89)

A 4-CD compilation released in a 4-panel digifile.

The title is listed differently on the front and the spine of the digifile, and on the CDs:
* Front of digifile: THE FINAL CHAPTER NOW YEARBOOK '85-'89
* Spine of digifile: NOW YEARBOOK 1985-1989: THE FINAL CHAPTER
* CDs: NOW YEARBOOK '85 '89

Additional info:
1-1: Remastered 2011
1-6: 2022 Remaster
2-2: Remastered 2011
3-4: 2022 Remaster

Track durations are not printed on the release; timings are from CDs in computer

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC48653
Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
Other (CD1 Catalogue No.): 0602478859038
Other (CD2 Catalogue No.): 0602478859045
Other (CD3 Catalogue No.): 0602478859052
Other (CD4 Catalogue No.): 0602478859069
Matrix / Runout (CD1): [Universal logo x 4] 58665481/00602478859038 23
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LB47
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 0705
Matrix / Runout (CD2): [Universal logo x 4] 58665478/00602478859045 22
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LB 45
Matrix / Runout (CD3): [Universal logo x 4] 58665455/00602478859052 21
Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI LB47
Matrix / Runout (CD4): [Universal logo x 4] 58665452/00602478859069 23
Mastering SID Code (CD4): IFPI LB47

Annotation last modified on 2026-04-17 16:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Who Wants to Live Forever
Queen4:56
2West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys4:47
3It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)
Eurythmics3:47
4King for a Day
Thompson Twins4:10
5Train of Thought
a‐ha4:15
6Call Me
Go West4:12
7I Can’t Help It
Bananarama3:32
8Prove Your Love
Taylor Dayne3:27
9Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
Gloria Estefan3:56
10I’m Every Woman (remix edit)
Chaka Khan3:32
11I Want You Back (PWL remix)
Jackson 54:05
12Lovely Day (7” Sunshine mix)
producer:
Clarence McDonald
remixer:
Ben Liebrand
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1988) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1988)
remix of:
Lovely Day by Bill Withers
recording of:
Lovely Day
writer:
Skip Scarborough and Bill Withers
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Golden Withers Music, Plaid Flowers Music, Sweet Cookie Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Bill Withers3.54:08
13Every Little Step
Bobby Brown4:00
14Me Myself and I
De La Soul3:42
15Find the Time
Five Star4:29
16Dance Little Sister
Sananda Maitreya3:56
17To Be With You Again
Level 423:56
18The Right Stuff
Bryan Ferry4:23
19Is It a Crime
Sade6:14
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Great Pretender
engineer:
Richard Dodd (mastering engineer, producer and engineer) and David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer)
producer:
Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran (keyboardist, songwriter, film and TV composer, producer) and David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer)
bass:
Alan Jones (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Harold Fisher
keyboard and piano:
Mike Moran (keyboardist, songwriter, film and TV composer, producer)
background vocals:
Peter Straker (Jamaican born singer) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Songs Ltd. (copyright holders, publishing company of Freddie Mercury) (in 1987, from 1999 until 2000)
recorded at:
Ripe Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
The Great Pretender
lyricist and composer:
Buck Ram
publisher:
Panther Music Corp, Peermusic (UK) Ltd., Southern Music (publisher), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
Freddie Mercury3.53:27
2Alone
Heart3:37
3You’re the Inspiration
Chicago3:50
4I Will Be With You
T’Pau4:06
5I Can’t Stand the Rain
Tina Turner3:43
6I Don’t Want a Lover
Texas4:21
7All Day and All of the Night
The Stranglers2:31
8Wages Day
Deacon Blue3:12
9Look Away
recording of:
Look Away
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Adamson
publisher:
Big Country Music Ltd. and Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1986)
Big Country4:25
10Ghostdancing
Simple Minds4:45
11Stand
R.E.M.3:11
12Catch
The Cure2:44
13State of the Nation
New Order3:31
14Dominion
producer:
Larry Alexander (producer/engineer), Andrew Eldritch and Jim Steinman
recording of:
Dominion
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Eldritch
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
The Sisters of Mercy45:08
15In Too Deep
Dead or Alive3:49
16King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)
China Crisis4:30
17Alone Without You
recording of:
Alone Without You
lyricist and composer:
Paul King (British-Irish singer/musician/VJ)
King3:35
18International Rescue
engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
recording of:
International Rescue
writer:
Joanne Dunne, Margaret Dunne (Fuzzbox), Tina O'Neill and Liam Sternberg
Fuzzbox3:30
19Excitable
Amazulu3:20
20Give a Little Love
Aswad3:51
21Don’t Break My Heart
music videos:
Don’t Break My Heart by UB40
recording of:
Don’t Break My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Deborah Banks, Jim Brown (UB40 drummer), Ali Campbell (UB40’s former vocalist), Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Michael Virtue and Terence Wilson (aka Astro of UB40)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and DEP International (UB40)
UB4033:52
3▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dancing in the Dark
Bruce Springsteen4:01
2Born to Be My Baby
Bon Jovi4:39
3Out in the Fields
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott4:17
4Spies Like Us
Paul McCartney4:45
5Silent Running
Mike + the Mechanics6:13
6World Without You
Belinda Carlisle3:58
7Walking Down Your Street
producer:
David Kahne
mixer:
David Leonard (US producer and engineer)
bass guitar:
Michael Steele (American bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer)
drums (drum set):
Debbi Peterson (drummer for The Bangles)
guitar:
Susanna Hoffs and Vicki Peterson
lead vocals:
Susanna Hoffs
recording of:
Walking Down Your Street
lyricist:
Susanna Hoffs
composer:
Louis Gutierrez, Susanna Hoffs and David Kahne
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, CBS Songs Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
The Bangles43:16
8I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
The Proclaimers3:36
9Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)
Status Quo4:20
10Kiss
The Art of Noise & Tom Jones3:31
11We Call It Acieed
producer and mixer:
Dancin’ Danny D (British DJ, producer, remixer and A&R)
additional guest performer:
Gary Haisman
arranger:
Dancin’ Danny D (British DJ, producer, remixer and A&R)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
FFRR Records Ltd. (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1988)
recording of:
We Call It Acieed
lyricist and composer:
Danny Poku (British DJ, producer, remixer and A&R)
D-Mob feat. Gary Haisman3:15
12Don’t Make Me Wait
Bomb the Bass3:46
13Back and Forth
Cameo3:51
14Midas Touch
Midnight Star3:55
15Round and Around
Jaki Graham4:19
16Ideal World
The Christians4:00
17If You Were Here Tonight
Alexander O’Neal3:43
18Miss You Like Crazy
Natalie Cole3:54
19Didn’t We Almost Have It All
Whitney Houston4:34
4▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1It’s a Sin
Pet Shop Boys5:01
2So Cold the Night
The Communards4:40
3Hit That Perfect Beat
Bronski Beat3:39
4Living on Video
Trans‐X3:47
5I’d Rather Jack
The Reynolds Girls3:33
6I Only Wanna Be With You
Samantha Fox2:44
7Cross My Broken Heart
Sinitta3:45
8Can’t Forget You
Sonia3:25
9Cross My Heart
Eighth Wonder3:26
10Angel Eyes (Home and Away)
Wet Wet Wet4:32
11Turn Back the Cock
Johnny Hates Jazz4:31
12Twilight World
Swing Out Sister4:04
13What’s the Colour of Money
Hollywood Beyond3:26
14Blow the House Down
Living in a Box4:18
15I Quit
Bros3:34
16Radio Romance
Tiffany4:05
17Foolish Beat
Debbie Gibson4:23
18Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Jimmy Nail3:57
19When I Fall in Love
Rick Astley3:02
20Living Doll
Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin & the Young Ones4:17

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