Sunday, March 9, 2008

NOW That's What I Call the 80's! CD

NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- "Now That's What I Call Music!" and VH1 Classic are pleased to announce a new partnership in which they will co- promote the release of "NOW That's What I Call The '80s!" compilation CD, in stores on March 11. The release is the first genre-specific compilation from the world's best selling multi-artist album series, "NOW That's What I Call Music!"
In conjunction with the release of the CD, VH1 Classic will premiere a one-hour special "VH1 Classic Presents: Now '80s" on Friday, March 7 at 11:00 am ET/PT with videos from the artists featured on the album including Billy Joel, Wham!, Men At Work, Tears For Fears and more. The show will be hosted by one of the original VJ's, Mark Goodman, with a special guest appearance by '80s heartthrob Rick Springfield, who will reminisce about his musical experiences from the decade. Springfield will also delight viewers with a performance of his '80s hit "Jessie's Girl."
Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that present videos, concerts and music specials all day long, featuring the best of rock, soul and pop artists from the '60s, '70s, '80s and the early '90s including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more. Learn more at http://www.vh1classic.com/.
The "NOW That's What I Call Music!" series debuted in the United States in 1998 after the NOW brand had been an enormous, multi-platinum international success for nearly 20 years. To date, the NOW series has generated sales of over 200 million albums worldwide, and has sold over 67 million copies in the United States since its debut. Every album in the NOW series has reached the Billboard Top 10, and it is the only non-soundtrack, multi-artist collection to reach #1 Billboard status on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart.
"NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE '80s!" TRACK LISTING 1. Michael Jackson Billie Jean 2. Billy Joel Uptown Girl 3. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 4. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 5. Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf 6. Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me 7. The Fixx One Thing Leads To Another 8. Steve Miller Abracadabra 9. Bob Seger Shakedown 10. The Police Every Breath You Take 11. Whitesnake Here I Go Again 12. Survivor Eye Of The Tiger 13. Herbie Hancock Rockit 14. David Bowie Let's Dance 15. Men At Work Who Can It Be Now? 16. Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World 17. Rick Springfield Jessie's Girl 18. Bryan Adams Heaven 19. Heart What About Love? 20. Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse Of The Heart
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