Various – Now That's What I Call Music! 50

Now 50 was released in November 2001, 2 months after 9/11.

Compact Disc 1

1. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head: Great song.
2. Westlife - Uptown Girl: Great cover, though it should have been on Now 48, as it was a hit in March for Comic Relief.
3. DJ Otzi - Hey Baby: Great party track.
4. Bob the Builder - Mambo No 5: Great version with new words about building. This was also number one during 9/11, and I remember it being banned from the radio shortly afterwards.
5. Steps - Chain Reaction: Great cover.
6. Five - Let's Dance: Great song, should have been the previous track ;).
7. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home: Great cover of Cher.
8. Wyclef Jean - Perfect Gentleman: Great song.
9. City High - What Would You Do: Great track.
10. Blue - If You Come Back: Great song.
11. Nelly Furtado - Turn Off the Light: Great track.
12. OPM - Heaven Is a Halfpipe: Great song, though should have been on Now 49 as it was a hit in July.
13. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You: Great glam rock track.
14. Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal: Great cover.
15. Sum 41 - Fat Lip: Great track.
16. Wheatus - A Little Respect: Great cover, though it should have been on Now 49 as it was a hit in July.
17. Travis - Sing: Great song, though it should have been on Now 49 as it was a hit in June.
18. Jennifer Lopez - Ain't It Funny: Great track.
19. Emma Bunton - Take My Breath Away: Not a cover of Berlin, but a great song.
20. Gabrielle - Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile): Great track.
21. Lighthouse Family - (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One: Great medley.
22. Kate Winslet - What If: Pretty song.

Compact Disc 2

1. iio - Rapture: Great dance track.
2. Supermen Lovers - Starlight: Great song.
3. Jamiroquai - Little L: Great track.
4. Destiny's Child - Bootylicious: Great song, sampling the riff of Stevie Nicks's 'Edge of Seventeen'.
5. D12 - Purple Hills: Great rap track, though it should have been on Now 49 as it was a hit in July.
6. Eve feat. Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind: Great track.
7. Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U: Great song.
8. Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand: Great strings.
9. Mary J Blige - Family Affair: Great track.
10. Samantha Mumba - Baby Come on Over: Great song.
11. Liberty - Thinking It Over: Great track.
12. Victoria Beckham - Not Such an Innocent Girl: Great song.
13. Louise - Stuck In the Middle With You: Great cover.
14. Geri Halliwell - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster: Great track.
15. Allstars - Things That Go Bump In the Night: Great Halloween track.
16. N-Trance - Set You Free: Great remix.
17. The Ones - Flawless: Great track.
18. Daft Punk - Digital Punk: Great song, though it should have been on Now 49 as it was a hit in June.
19. Groove Armada - Superstylin': Great reggae inspired track.
20. Jean-Jacques Smoothie - 2 People: Great dance track.
21. So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds: Great track.
22. Afroman - Because I Got High: Hilarious song about smoking weed.

Another great album, though there are still some tracks that missed out

Blue - Too Close
Westlife - Queen of My Heart
Robbie Williams - The Road to Mandalay
Michael Jackson - You Rock My World
Stereophonics - Step On My Old Size Nines
Darude - Out of Control
O-Town - All or Nothing
Sugababes - Soul Sound
Artful Dodger feat. Melanie Blatt - TwentyFourSeven
Faithless - Muhammad Ali
Travis - Side
Barthezz - On the Move
Usher - U Got It Bad
Alicia Keys - Fallin'
Shaggy - Luv Me Luv Me
Elton John - I Want Love
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Kosheen - Hide U
Radiohead - Knives Out
New Order - Crystal
Tweenies - Do the Lollipop
Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris - One Minute Man
Anastacia - Made For Lovin' You
Right Said Fred - You're My Mate
Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire
Honeyz - I Don't Know
Tall Paul vs INXS - Precious Heart

Just an update:-
Afroman - Because I Got High; isn't quite "censored", where the one or two of the profanity words are still there but you can hear them faintly...

CD 1; Track 4: Bob the Builder - Mambo No. 5; that song is an edited version. Because the album version is about 20 or 30 seconds longer. (If not mistaken)

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's "Take Me Home" is probably a special version for this compilation. I can't find any other place this 3:13 version appears – and you can hear a really bad edit at 2:39.

i have this and i must say it is one of my favorite compilation albums i have in my collection! too bad that nowadays music taste has changed a lot ... i miss the 90's decade and millenium releases! back then music was totally different than it is now tbh!

What is the version of "21 Seconds" they've used? It's 2:43, and the Radio Edit on the single was 3:54, which was also used on the Promo CD. I wonder if the Now! compilers edited it down specially?