You Sexy Thing was remixed by Ben Liebrand and primarily used to promote The Very Best of Hot Chocolate. backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie had struck out on their own by January; Heartache is a pop classic.

Ben E King‘s ‘Stand By Me’ and and Jackie Wilson‘s ‘Reet Petite’ reminds us of the British public’s penchant for putting old songs at the top of the charts ( Boris Gardener‘s ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ was on Now 8) and the power of TV/advertising. Boy George replicated Ken Boothe’s success by taking Everything I Own to the summit just as the compilation was released. It’s enjoyable blue-eyed pop that sits uneasily beside the eastern-mystery of The Communards’ and their window-watching So Cold The Night. No direct Hits competition meant that the labels behind A-ha (Warners) and Simply Red (WEA) – both part of same group – were happy to licence them out and make some money.Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. Would it maybe be the case that the team behind “Hits” had first dibs on these tracks but the labels involved were happy to licence tracks to EMI/Virgin for inclusion on “Now” as long as there was no Hits albums around at the same time?

A Video Selection was also released featuring selected tracks from the main album release, and one which didn't appear on any NOW album.However this method contains some madness as three of the seven number ones are not on board [Caravan Of Love, Jack Your Body and The Final Countdown]. I’m not a huge Five Star fan, and I find this one pretty dull, though some of the instrumental hooks are quite interesting.