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Now That's What I Call 1984! Vol. 1

Featuring LPs, 7 inch singles, 12 inch remixes and forgotten gems from 1984. Two hours of classic cuts from one of the best ever years for pop music.

Featuring LPs, 7 inch singles, 12 inch remixes and forgotten gems from 1984. Grant counts down the UK's best-selling singles of the year and celebrates the very first MTV Video Music Awards. There's an Into The Groove which was tearing up the dancefloors and a Magnificent 7 inch from a Scottish band making their chart debut. Two hours of classic cuts, all played from vinyl, from one of the best ever years for pop music, including Bronski Beat, Talking Heads, Nena and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

2 hours

On radio

Friday 18:00

Music Played

  • Eurythmics

    Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

  • Bronski Beat

    Why?(12鈥 Ext Mix)

  • Talking Heads

    Slippery People (Long Live Version)

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music (Special 1984 Nile Rodgers Remix)

  • James Ingram & Michael McDonald

    Yah Mo Be There (Jellybean Club Mix)

  • The Stranglers

    Skin Deep 12鈥 (Ext V.)

  • George Michael

    Careless Whisper (12鈥 Ext. Mix)

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It鈥檚 Christmas? (12鈥 remix)

  • Nena

    99 Luftballons (German language)

  • Friends Again

    Lullaby No. 2, Love On Board

  • The Psychedelic Furs

    Heaven (12鈥 Full Length Version)

  • Madonna

    Like A Virgin 12鈥 (US Dance Remix)

  • The Cars

    You Might Think (LP Version)

  • The Bluebells

    I鈥檓 Falling 12鈥

  • Kool & the Gang

    Fresh 12鈥 (US Remix)

  • The Kane Gang

    Closest Thing To Heaven (12鈥 Full version)

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection (12鈥 Long Version)

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes 12鈥 (Annihilation Mix)

  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

    Perfect Skin

  • Spandau Ballet

    Only When You Leave (12鈥 Ext. Mix)

  • Paul McCartney

    No More Lonely Nights (Playout Version)

  • 搁别鈥怓濒别虫

    The Politics of Dancing 12鈥 (Ext Mix)

  • Nick Heyward

    Warning Sign 12" (Ext. version)

  • Captain Sensible

    Glad It鈥檚 All Over

Broadcasts

  • Fri 31 May 2024 18:00
  • Fri 31 May 2024 19:00
  • Friday 18:00
  • Friday 19:00