Now That’s What I Call 12″ 80s: Remixed

Track list

Disc 1

1. Freddie Mercury - Love Kills (extended Mix)

   Studio version

2. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - There Must Be An Angel (playing With My Heart) (special Dance Mix)

   Studio version

3. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 (dance Mix)

   Studio version

4. A-ha - I've Been Losing You (extended Version)

   Studio version

5. Duran Duran - Notorious (latin Rascals Mix)

   Studio version

6. Red Box - Lean On Me (ah-li-ayo) (dogmatix)

   Studio version

7. Holly Johnson - Love Train (ride The ‘a' Train)

   Studio version

8. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (w.c.h. Mix)

   Studio version

9. Elton John - Wrap Her Up (extended Remix)

   Studio version

10. Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (jellybean 12" Dance Remix)

    Studio version

11. Womack & Womack - Love Wars (extended Vocal)

    Studio version

Disc 2

1. New Order - Blue Monday '88 (12" Version)

   Studio version

2. Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (12" Version)

   Studio version

3. Coldcut Feat. Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On (12" Version)

   Studio version

4. Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up (long Version)

   Studio version

5. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (12" Version)

   Studio version

6. Five Star - The Slightest Touch (the Pettibone Touch Remix)

   Studio version

7. Whitney Houston - Love Will Save The Day (extended Remix)

   Studio version

8. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (remix)

   Studio version

9. Exposé - Point Of No Return (extended Mix)

   Studio version

10. Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk (dance Mix)

    Studio version

11. Malcolm Mclaren - Waltz Darling (extended Version)

    Studio version

Disc 3

1. Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (original Extended Version)

   Studio version

2. Divine - Love Reaction (12" Version)

   Studio version

3. Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who (boys Are Back In Town Mix)

   Studio version

4. Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass (12" Vocal Mix)

   Studio version

5. Olivia Newton-john - The Rumour (12" Extended Mix)

   Studio version

6. Dollar - O L'amour (extra Beat Boys 12" Mix)

   Studio version

7. Desireless - Voyage Voyage (pwl Britmix)

   Studio version

8. Sandra - Maria Magdalena (extended Version)

   Studio version

9. Bucks Fizz - New Beginning (mamba Seyra) (ian Levine Club Mix)

   Studio version

10. Agnetha Fältskog - The Heat Is On (super Dance Music Mix)

    Studio version

11. Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (us 12" Remix)

    Studio version

Disc 4

1. Blondie - Call Me (theme From “american Gigolo") (12" Version)

   Studio version

2. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover (extended Dance Remix)

   Studio version

3. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (extended Version)

   Studio version

4. Billy Idol - White Wedding - Parts 1 & 2 (shot Gun Mix)

   Studio version

5. Pretenders - Kid (extended Remix)

   Studio version

6. Arcadia - Election Day (consensus Mix)

   Studio version

7. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (coming Home) (special Extended Version)

   Studio version

8. Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell (us Promo 12" Mix)

   Studio version

9. Frida - I Know There's Something Going On (full Length Version)

   Studio version

10. Chris Rea - On The Beach (summer '88) (12" Version)

    Studio version

11. Once Upon A Long Ago

    Written by Paul McCartney

    6:12 • Studio version • A4

    Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Mixing engineer, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Tambourine George Martin : Orchestration Peter Henderson : Mixing engineer Adrian Brett : Flute Tim Renwick : Electric guitar Nick Glennie-Smith : Keyboards Phil Ramone : Producer Henry Spinetti : Drums Nigel Kennedy : Violin Stan Sulzmann : Sax

    Session Recording: Mar 11, 1987 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Recording: Mar 12, 1987 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

    Session Overdubs: Jul 01, 1987 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

From Now That’s What I Call 12″ 80s: Remixed – SuperDeluxeEdition, January 20, 2022:

The NOW remix series continues next month with Now That’s What I Call 12″ 80s: Remixed, a 4CD set of extensions that includes enough new-to-CD and rare remixes from the 1980s to be worth picking up.

Hidden at the end of this 44-track collection is a remix of a Paul McCartney song that has never been issued on CD. It’s the Extended Mix of his 1987 single ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’. Paul’s last UK top 10 single, ‘Once Upon A Long Ago’ was the only new track on the All The Best compilation of that same year, and was issued as a single in the UK to promote it (the song didn’t feature on the US edition of All The Best). […]