Now That’s What I Call Music 3 or Now 3 was released in 1984. The album is the 3rd edition of the (UK) Now! series. It was the third consecutive album of the series to reach #1 in the UK, staying there for 8 weeks, the longest run at number 1 out of any Now albums on the UK Albums Chart until the Compilations Chart was created in 1989. It was also the 300th album to reach number 1 in the chart’s history.

Track listing

Side one

1. Duran Duran : “The Reflex”
2. Nik Kershaw : “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”
3. Sister Sledge : “Thinking of You”
4. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark : “Locomotion”
5. Ultravox : “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes”
6. Howard Jones : “Pearl in the Shell”
7. Blancmange : “Don’t Tell Me”
8. Phil Collins : “Against All Odds”
9. Frankie Goes to Hollywood : “Two Tribes”
10. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel : “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)”
11. The Special A.K.A : “Nelson Mandela”
12. Womack & Womack : “Love Wars”
13. The Style Council : “You’re The Best Thing”
14. Bob Marley & The Wailers : “One Love”
15. Bronski Beat : “Smalltown Boy”

Side two

1. Queen : “I Want to Break Free”
2. Cyndi Lauper : “Time after Time”
3. Alison Moyet : “Love Resurrection”
4. The Bluebells : “Young at Heart”
5. Bananarama : “Robert DeNiro’s Waiting”
6. Propaganda : “Dr. Mabuse”
7. Tina Turner : “What’s Love Got to Do with It”
8. The Flying Pickets : “When You’re Young and in Love”
9. Wham! : “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
10. The Thompson Twins : “You Take Me Up”
11. The Weather Girls : “It’s Raining Men”
12. Gary Glitter : “Dance Me Up”
13. The Art Company : “Suzanna”
14. Madness : “One Better Day”
15. David Sylvian : “Red Guitar”