Now That's What I Call Music 6 (UK series)

This article describes the sixth 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! 6 and Now That's What I Call Music! discography.
Now That's What I Call Music 6
Compilation album
Released 25 November 1985
Genre Pop
Length 1:58
Label Virgin / EMI
Now! UK series chronology
Now That's What I Call Music 5
(1985)
Now That's What I Call Music 6
(1985)
Now That's What I Call Music 7
(1986)

Now That's What I Call Music 6 or Now 6 was released in 1985 on vinyl and audio cassette. The album is the sixth edition of the Now! series in the United Kingdom. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Now 6 features four songs which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart: "A Good Heart", "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", "I Got You Babe" and "If I Was".

Track listing

Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)

No.TitleArtistLength
1."One Vision"  Queen4:02
2."When a Heart Beats"  Nik Kershaw4:26
3."A Good Heart"  Feargal Sharkey4:28
4."There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"  Eurythmics4:31
5."Alive and Kicking"  Simple Minds4:33
6."It's Only Love"  Bryan Adams & Tina Turner3:17
7."Empty Rooms"  Gary Moore4:13
8."Lavender"  Marillion3:41

Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Nikita"  Elton John4:49
2."Running Up That Hill"  Kate Bush4:59
3."Something About You"  Level 423:39
4."We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"  Tina Turner4:14
5."Don't Break My Heart"  UB403:49
6."Separate Lives"  Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin4:09
7."She's So Beautiful"  Cliff Richard4:12

Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Election Day"  Arcadia4:27
2."I Got You Babe"  UB40 & Chrissie Hynde3:09
3."Blue"  Fine Young Cannibals3:29
4."If I Was"  Midge Ure4:40
5."Cities in Dust"  Siouxsie and the Banshees4:01
6."Uncle Sam"  Madness3:06
7."Lost Weekend"  Lloyd Cole and the Commotions3:15
8."You Are My World"  The Communards4:31

Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Just For Money"  Paul Hardcastle4:08
2."Miami Vice Theme"  Jan Hammer2:28
3."Body Rock"  Maria Vidal3:40
4."Tarzan Boy"  Baltimora3:43
5."Body and Soul"  Mai Tai3:30
6."Single Life"  Cameo3:54
7."Mated"  Jaki Graham & David Grant3:49

Video selection

A video selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album and five which did not appear on any Now album.

  1. Queen : "One Vision"
  2. Fergal Sharkey : "A Good Heart"
  3. Kate Bush : "Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God)"
  4. UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde : "I Got You Babe"
  5. Madness : "Uncle Sam"
  6. Marillion : "Lavender"
  7. Bryan Adams & Tina Turner : "It's Only Love"
  8. Pet Shop Boys : "West End Girls"
  9. Thompson Twins : "King for a Day"
  10. Simple Minds : "Alive and Kicking"
  11. Depeche Mode : "It's Called A Heart"
  12. David Grant And Jaki Graham : "Mated"
  13. Gary Moore : "Empty Rooms"
  14. The Cult : "Revolution"
  15. Baltimora : "Tarzan Boy"
  16. Ian Dury : "Profoundly In Love With Pandora"
  17. Cliff Richard : "She's So Beautiful"
  18. UB40 : "Don't Break My Heart"
  19. Arcadia : "Election Day"

† Never appeared on any NOW album

Charts

Chart (1985-1986) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[1] 1

References

Preceded by
The Greatest Hits of 1985 by Various artists
Now - The Christmas Album by Various artists
UK number-one album
1 December 1985 – 14 December 1985
29 December 1985 – 11 January 1986
Succeeded by
Now - The Christmas Album by Various artists
Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
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