| Now That's What I Call Music 5 | 
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| Compilation album by various artists | 
| Released | 1986 | 
| Length | 1:01:15 (LP) 13:45 (12", 45 RPM)
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| Label | Virgin EMI | 
| Series chronology | 
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Now That's What I Call Music 5 is the fifth album of the Now South Africa series. It was released in 1986.
Track listing[edit]
Vinyl LP
| No. | Artist | Title | Length | 
| Side 1 | 
| 1 | Queen | Friends Will be Friends | 3:18 | 
| 2 | Tina Turner | Typical Male | 4:14 | 
| 3 | Chris de Burgh | The Lady in Red | 3:51 | 
| 4 | Joe Cocker | You Can Leave Your Hat On | 3:58 | 
| 5 | Talking Heads | Wild, Wild Life | 3:39 | 
| 6 | Janet Jackson | What Have You Done for Me Lately? | 4:51 | 
| 7 | Boys Don't Cry | I Wanna be a Cowboy | 3:50 | 
| 8 | Erasure | Oh L'Amour | 3:05 | 
| Side 2 | 
| 9 | Genesis | Invisible Touch | 3:26 | 
| 10 | Sandra | Innocent Love | 3:48 | 
| 11 | Depeche Mode | A Question of Time | 4:04 | 
| 12 | Sigue Sigue Sputnik | Sex Bomb Boogie | 4:34 | 
| 13 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | (Forever) Live and Die | 3:32 | 
| 14 | Joe Jackson | Home Town | 3:10 | 
| 15 | Joan Armatrading | Reach Out | 4:14 | 
| 16 | Modern Talking | Brother Louie | 3:41 | 
Vinyl 45 RPM
| No. | Artist | Title | Length | 
| Side 1 | 
| 1 | David Bowie | Underground | 7:51 | 
| Side 2 | 
| 2 | Jermaine Stewart | We Don't Have to... | 5:54 |