It’s worth noting that Jim’s album at the time was called Double Crossed. There’s a move into more romantic territory with Jim Diamond’s hoary #1 I Should Have Known Better, Phil Collins’ epic tearjerker Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) and Cyndi Lauper’s magnificently maudlin Time After Time. 1985 would prove to be a very big year for them. Tears For Fears unleashed the powerful Shout in December ’84. It’s followed by the transatlantic introspection of John Waite’s Missing You. The curveball of Arthur Baker’s Special Dance Mix. A remixed version of Paul McCartney’s No More Lonely Nights appeared on Now That’s What I Call Music 4. What’s Love Got To Do With It became the second mega hit of Tina Turner’s comeback and also the title of her book / film about her life. George Michael’s Careless Whisper was the track that finally broke Two Tribes’ nine week sequence at the top of the charts. Now That’s What I Call Music 3 gave us I Want To Break Free, the second single from The Works which was promoted by a most amusing video. It had to be Queen who featured on the three Nows of 1984. There’s no surprises with the opening track. Now That’s What I Call Music 1984 includes tracks from all of these along with others that were not anthologised at the time. And don’t forget K-Tel’s 30 killer cuts: Hungry For Hits. There were three volumes of Now in 1984 while CBS and WEA’s also got involved by releasing The Hits Album. The second volume in Now That’s What I Call Music’s 10th Anniversary series does a decent job of capturing the musical highlights with a thoughtful selection of exquisitely sequenced tracks.

Like 1983, 1984 was also a vintage year for pop.

Nik kershaw 15 minutes rar