NOW - Millennium 2002 – 2003

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing Millennium series - NOW - Millennium 2002 - 2003. 30 tracks across 2 LPs pressed in vibrant blue and white vinyl - with LP 1 representing 2002 and LP 2 showcasing the best of 2003. 

George Michael takes us back to the year 2002 with his Top 10 hit ‘Freeek!’ (which includes samples from Aaliyah’s No.5 hit ‘Try Again’ and Q-Tips’ ‘Breathe And Stop’), followed by the JXL remixed Elvis Presley track ‘A Little Less Conversation’, which reached #1 in 13 countries! Girls Aloud made their debut and had the Christmas #1… Neighbours star Holly Valance’s #1 debut single ‘Kiss Kiss’ appears alongside floor-filler ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ and Avril Lavigne with her Grammy-nominated track ‘Complicated’. Flipping to side B with Top 10 hits from Robbie Williams and Coldplay, followed by the certified platinum single from Oasis ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’. Nelly & Kelly Rowland and Mary J. Blige give us massive R&B hits before Céline Dion’s powerhouse vocals finalise 2002 for us with the stellar track ‘A New Day Has Come’. But we don’t stop there…

Heading into 2003 on LP 2 with #1s from Elton John, Will Young and Christina Aguilera, plus Kylie Minogue with her 7^th UK #1 single ‘Slow’. Huge hits from the US by The Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake follow along with the years’ floor-filling favourite from Junior Senior. The diversity of genres in the charts of the early noughties is highlighted by Evanescence who took their debut single ‘Bring Me To Life’ to #1, Unforgettable hits from Electric Six with ‘Danger! High Voltage and t.A.T.u’s #1 smash ‘All The Things She Said’ feature along with alt-rock classics from R.E.M. with ‘Bad Day’ and Radiohead’s ‘There, There’ before closing the collection with Pop excellence from Dido and her Brit Award-winning single ‘White Flag’, and Katie Melua’s debut ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’.

LP 1 Side A                          

 1.     George Michael - Freeek! (Radio Edit) 

2.     Elvis Presley vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix)

3.     Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground

4.     Britney Spears - Overprotected (Radio Edit)

5.     Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss

6.     Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor (Album Version)

7.     P!NK - Just Like A Pill

8.     Avril Lavigne - Complicated

 LP 1 Side B

 1.     Robbie Williams - Feel

2.     Coldplay - In My Place       

3.     Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

4.     X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne – Lazy

5.     Nelly & Kelly Rowland - Dilemma

6.     Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (Radio Edit)

7.     Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come (Radio Remix)

 LP 2 Side A

 1.     Elton John - Are You Ready For Love ('79 Version Radio Edit)

2.     Kylie Minogue - Slow  

3.     Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

4.     The Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up (Radio Edit)

5.     50 Cent - In Da Club (Single Version)

6.     Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

7.     Christina Aguilera - Beautiful

8.     Will Young - Leave Right Now

 LP 2 Side B

 1.     Evanescence - Bring Me To Life

2.     t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said

3.     Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage

4.     Radiohead - There, There

5.     R.E.M. - Bad Day

6.     Dido - White Flag

7.     Katie Melua - The Closest Thing To Crazy