Now That's What I Call Music 7 (UK series)

This article describes the 7th album in the UK Now! series. It should not be confused with identically-numbered albums from other Now! series. For more information, see Now That's What I Call Music! 7 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Now That's What I Call Music Volume 7
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	23 August 1986
Recorded	Various Times
Genre	Pop
Length	2:10
Label	Virgin / EMI
Series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 6 (1985) Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 7 (UK series) (1986) Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 8 (1985)

Now That's What I Call Music 7 or Now 7 was released in 1986. The album is the 7th edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was only released on vinyl & audio cassette. It was #1 on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks.

Track listing

Side one

1. Peter Gabriel : "Sledgehammer"
2. UB40 : "Sing Our Own Song"
3. Sly Fox : "Let's Go All the Way"
4. Level 42 : "Lessons in Love"
5. Pet Shop Boys : "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
6. Pete Wylie : "Sinful!"
7. Stan Ridgway : "Camouflage"
8. Art of Noise with Max Headroom : "Paranoimia"

Side two

1. Chris De Burgh : "The Lady in Red"
2. David Bowie : "Absolute Beginners"
3. Genesis : "Invisible Touch"
4. Simple Minds : "All the Things She Said"
5. The Housemartins : "Happy Hour"
6. Big Country : "Look Away"
7. Furniture : "Brilliant Mind"
8. Midge Ure : "Call of the Wild"

Side three

1. Wham! : "The Edge of Heaven"
2. Owen Paul : "My Favourite Waste of Time"
3. Amazulu : "Too Good to Be Forgotten"
4. Doctor and the Medics : "Spirit in the Sky"
5. Bananarama : "Venus"
6. Bucks Fizz : " New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) "
7. A-Ha : "Hunting High And Low"
8. Simply Red : "Holding Back the Years"
9. Queen : "A Kind of Magic" (bonus track on select copies)

Side four

1. Billy Ocean : "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"
2. Jaki Graham : "Set Me Free"
3. Nu Shooz : "I Can't Wait"
4. The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee : "(Bang Zoom) Lets Go Go"
5. Lovebug Starski : "Amityville (The House on the Hill)"
6. Midnight Star : "Headlines"
7. Aurra : "You and Me Tonight"
8. Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald : "On My Own"

Video selection

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album, some tracks that later featured on the Now 8 album and some which did not appear on any Now album.

1. Queen : "A Kind of Magic"
2. UB40 : "Sing Our Own Song"
3. Sly Fox : "Let's Go All the Way"
4. Level 42 : "Lessons in Love"
5. Pet Shop Boys : "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
6. Pete Wylie : "Sinful!"
7. Stan Ridgway : "Camouflage"
8. Art of Noise with Max Headroom : "Paranoimia"
9. Jermaine Stewart : "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off"
10. Culture Club : "Move Away"
11. Simple Minds : "All the Things She Said"
12. The Housemartins : "Happy Hour"
13. Big Country : "Look Away"
14. Midge Ure : "Call of the Wild"
15. Sigue Sigue Sputnik : "Love Missile F1-11"
16. Doctor and the Medics : "Spirit in the Sky"
17. Jaki Graham : "Set Me Free"
18. Samantha Fox : "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)"
19. Genesis : "Invisible Touch"
20. It Bites : "Calling All The Heroes"

See also

• Now That's What I Call Music
• List of Now That's What I Call Music! albums
• Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (U.S. series)

External links

• Now That's What I Call Music 7 front- and backcover

Preceded by True Blue by Madonna

UK number one album 23 August 1986 – 26 September 1986

Succeeded by Silk and Steel by Five Star