On 29th November 1983, some 41 years ago, ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ was launched in the UK with a mission to anthologise the biggest chart hits of the day. The first track on the first album was the Motown cover “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Phil Collins and also contained hits like “Karma Chameleon” (Culture Club), “Red Red Wine” (UB40) and “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” (Bonnie Tyler). The series took its name from a 1930s advertising poster for Danish bacon, featuring a pig saying. “Now, That’s What I Call Music” as it listened to a chicken singing. The most successful volume to date is 1999’s Now That’s What I Call Music 44, released in 1999, which sold 2.3 million copies and is the biggest-selling compilation album ever. The latest volume was released earlier this month, ‘Now 119’!!! That is an average of nearly three per year!
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