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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Wham! UK |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Synthpop, New Romantic, Funk |
| Years active | 1981–1986 |
| Label(s) | Innervision Records Epic Records |
| Associated acts | The Executive |
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| George Michael Andrew Ridgeley |
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Wham! (often written WHAM!) were a pop band formed in 1981 by George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, and briefly, Stephen Gaffney. Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) is an English pop Singer, Guitarist and environmentalist. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning Make It Big is the second album from British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument New Romantic was a short- lived Fashion and music movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland during the very early 1980s Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Innervision Records was an independent record label distributed by CBS Records. Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) is an English pop Singer, Guitarist and environmentalist. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning Andrew John Ridgeley (born 26 January 1963) is an English pop Singer, Guitarist and environmentalist. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with another band. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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Beginnings
Michael and Ridgeley met at Bushey Meads School in Watford, England, UK. Bushey Meads School (also commonly known as BMS by staff and students is a foundation Secondary Watford (ˈwɒtfəd) is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, situated 19 miles (30 km northwest of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located At first, they performed in a short-lived rock and roll band called The Executive. They then changed their name and signed with Innervision Records. Innervision Records was an independent record label distributed by CBS Records. Soon after a legal victory over Innervision, the duo was signed to CBS, Columbia Records in the United States and Canada and Epic Records for the rest of the world. An artist development deal is usually the first of a Recording artist 's contracts with a major Record label. Sony Music Entertainment is a major global Record label controlled by the Sony Corporation of America, being one of the "big four" record companies Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment.
Michael took on the majority of roles and responsibilities within the band— composer, singer, producer, and occasional instrumentalist— but the contribution of Ridgeley as the group's image specialist and spokesman was crucial to the band's initial success. Ridgeley convinced a reluctant George that Wham! needed to change their image and sound frequently, from the leather-clad moody singers of "Bad Boys" and "Young Guns (Go For It!)" to the more fashionable pop superstars of "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. "
Still teenagers, they promoted themselves as hedonistic youngsters, proud to live a carefree life without work or commitment. Hedonism is the Philosophy that Pleasure is of ultimate importance, the most important pursuit This was reflected in their earliest singles. Such works as "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)" have been seen as sarcasm advocating the other point of view. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records.
The first record to be released by the band was "Wham Rap!". It was a double-A side with a Social Mix and Anti-social Mix. The record was banned for general release in the UK due to the profanity in the Anti-social Mix. In October 1982, their song "Young Guns (Go For It!)" was issued. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) " Young Guns (Go For It! " was a song by British pop duo Wham! which was released in 1982 on Innervision Records. The song was an appeal from one youthful lad to his friend to not throw his life away so early on marriage. It stalled outside the UK Top 40 but then Wham! got lucky when Top of the Pops scheduled them. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast An important weekly BBC chart show on television, it had to look outside the Top 40 to fill a gap created by an act which had pulled out of recording. Nearest to the 40 mark and still climbing, Wham! was summoned, and a phenomenon immediately began.
Increasing success
The impact of Wham! on the public, especially teenage girls, was felt from the moment they finished their debut performance of "Young Guns (Go For It!)" on Top of the Pops. Michael wore espadrilles, a suede jacket slit open, and rolled-up denim jeans. Espadrilles are casual flat or high-heel fashion sandals originating from the Pyrenees. Suede is a type of Leather with a napped finish However it can also refer to a similar napped or brushed finish on many kinds of fabrics Denim is a rugged Cotton Twill Textile, in which the Weft passes under two ( twi- "double" or more warp fibers Jeans are Trousers made from Denim. Mainly designed for work, they became popular among Teenagers starting in the 1950s. Ridgeley stood behind him, flanked by backing dancers D.C. Lee and Shirlie Holliman. Dee C Lee (born Diane Catherine Sealey, 6 June 1961, Balham, South London) is an English Singer.
The performance was as much one of acting as it was of singing, with Michael playing the part of the pleading goodtime lad, and Ridgeley the guy who had been drawn into commitment. Afterwards, the song shot into the Top 40 at #24 and peaked at #3 in December. The following year (1983), D. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) C. Lee began her work with Paul Weller of The Style Council, and was replaced by Pepsi DeMacque. Paul Weller (born John William Weller 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater near Woking, Surrey) is an English Singer-songwriter. The Style Council were an English musical group formed in 1983 by ex- The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. Holliman and DeMacque would later record music as Pepsi and Shirlie. Pepsi & Shirlie were a British pop duo who released two Albums All Right Now, in 1987 and Changes in 1991
Wham! followed up "Young Guns (Go For It!)" with the reissue "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)", a song about the joys of a leisurely life (the full version of which clocked in at almost seven minutes long); "Bad Boys", about a strained relationship between a rebellious teenage lad and his worried parents; and "Club Tropicana", a satire of the Club 18-30 scene. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records. Bad Boys was a song by British pop duo Wham! which was a hit in 1983. Club Tropicana is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Each song came with a memorable music video. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics
By the end of 1983, Wham! was rivaling Duran Duran and Culture Club as Britain's biggest pop act. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two Culture Club were a Grammy Award -winning British pop group that formed in the early 1980s Notoriety and column inches were duly achieved with their antics of placing a shuttlecock down their shorts, and their first album Fantastic reached #1. A shuttlecock' is a high- drag Projectile used in the sport of Badminton. Fantastic was the debut Album by British pop duo Wham!. Released on July 9, 1983, it reached #1 in the United Kingdom of Great
Around this time, Ridgeley become conscious of legal problems with their initial contract at Innervision. He mounted a legal challenge against the record company and its founder Mark Dean, who had initially signed them to the label, and George publicly stated they were financially mistreated. While the legal battle raged (perhaps to raise much-needed funds for the fight), Innervision released a medley of non-single album tracks from Fantastic, entitled Club Fantastic Megamix. Fantastic was the debut Album by British pop duo Wham!. Released on July 9, 1983, it reached #1 in the United Kingdom of Great Club Fantastic Megamix was a single released by Wham! in 1983 and was the last single release for the duo on Innervision Records. Wham! publicly denounced the move, and urged fans not to buy it. After all the legal wrangling, Innervision admitted there were royalty discrepancies with Wham!'s contract, leading to the bankruptcy and dissolution of Innervision.
Driven by Ridgeley, the duo changed their image, and Wham! returned in May 1984 with an updated, cutting-edge pop image quickly copied by other pop bands. Ridgeley changed the band's look from "moody in leather jackets" to smiles and fashionable clothing, with an aim to promote themselves more as sex symbols rather than spokespeople for a disaffected generation. A sex symbol is a famous person of either gender typically an Actor, Musician, model, Teen idol, or Sports star
Fittingly enough, these changes propelled the next single (a pop standard) to the top of the charts around the world. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, a song Michael wrote from a note left to him in his hotel room one night by Ridgeley. The note was mistakenly written by Ridgeley as "don't forget to wake me up up before you go go, George". Since he accidentally wrote the word "up" twice, Ridgeley decided to compound the error and write "go" twice. It became their first UK #1 and rose to the top in the USA), capped by a memorable video of the duo, plus the ubiquitous Pepsi and Shirlie, wearing Katharine Hamnett T-shirts with the slogans CHOOSE LIFE and GO GO. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Katharine E Hamnett (born August 16 1947, in Gravesend, Kent) is an English Fashion designer best known for her A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of
These t-shirts became popular fashion items as Hamnett wrote herself into the pop culture lexicon, having simultaneously designed the FRANKIE SAY t-shirts for Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Frankie Goes to Hollywood ( FGTH) was a UK dance-pop band that were extremely popular in the mid 1980s
Although some critics felt that Wham! represented bubblegum pop, many people started to appreciate Michael's proven ability as a songwriter and capable vocalist. Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, or simply bubblegum) is a genre of Pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 (The following year, he would win the Ivor Novello Award for songwriting. ) However, at the same time they bemoaned the status of Ridgeley, who had started to "play" a guitar during live shows (never on any recordings) but whose overall contribution was deemed to be lightweight. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles
With some bizarre contradiction, the next single "Careless Whisper" was issued as a George Michael solo piece, yet unlike any Wham! single since "Wham Rap!," it was co-written by Ridgeley. " Careless Whisper " is a 1984 single by Wham!, released by Epic Records in the UK Japan and other countries and by Columbia Records in The song quickly reached #1. In the autumn of 1984, Wham! came back as a duo with "Freedom", another chart-topper. Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer " Freedom " was a song by British pop duo Wham! in 1984, becoming the group's second UK #1 hit In November, they released their second album, Make It Big, which coasted to #1 on the album charts. Make It Big is the second album from British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984 The band set off on another arena tour at the end of 1984, and Ridgeley told Smash Hits magazine at the time that he had written a song called "Stephen. " The song had been composed for a friend who was struggling to cope with bereavement. While this song is still unreleased, those that were at the recording sessions describe it as a heartfelt story of the loss of a loved one.
George contributed to the Band Aid project, with Michael providing vocals as the song usurped their own Christmas release, "Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants", the former of which featured a video set in a ski resort. Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money " Last Christmas " is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1984 on a double A-side with " Everything She " Everything She Wants " was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984 on Epic Records on a double A-side with " Last Christmas A ski is a long flat device worn on the feet designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow
The single became the highest-selling single ever to peak at #2 in the UK charts. As such, Wham! donated all their royalties to the Ethiopian famine appeal to coincide with the fundraising intentions of Band Aid, the song which beat them to the top spot. Royalties (sometimes running royalties) are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee" to another (the "licensor" for ongoing use of an NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any Faunal species which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional Malnutrition, Starvation Band Aid's success meant that Michael had been at #1 within three different entities in 1984—as a solo artist, half of a duo, and part of a charity ensemble.
China and Live Aid
In April 1985, Wham! took a break from recording to embark on an enormous world tour including a groundbreaking 10-day visit to China, the second (after Spyz, a New Zealand band who toured in 1982) by a Western pop group. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National [1] The China excursion was a masterful publicity scheme devised by Simon Napier-Bell (one of their two managers). Simon Napier-Bell (born April 22 1939, Ealing Common, London, England) has undertaken many jobs in the Music industry, It culminated in a concert at the Worker's Gymnasium in Beijing in front of 10,000 people. Director Lindsay Anderson documented the tour in his film Foreign Skies. Lindsay Gordon Anderson ( April 17 1923 — August 30 1994) was an Indian born English Feature film, Theatre
Sporting a beard, Michael appeared with Ridgeley onstage at Live Aid (although they didn't perform as Wham!). Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia Michael sang "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with Elton John while Ridgeley joined Kiki Dee in the row of backup singers. "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" is the first single from British musician Elton John 's 1974 album Caribou; it was Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews, 6 March 1947, Little Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England In the In November, Wham! released "I'm Your Man" which went straight to #1 in the UK charts. "I'm Your Man" was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1985.
Michael began a relationship with model/makeup artist Kathy Yeung and Ridgeley with Keren Woodward of Bananarama. Keren Jane Woodward (born 2 April 1961 Bristol, England) is an English pop Singer and Songwriter from the girl Bananarama are an English Girl group who have had success on the Ridgeley also took up the hobby of rally driving, famously crashing one car before the end of 1985. Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars "Last Christmas" was re-issued for the festive season and again made the UK Top 10, peaking at #6, while Michael took up offers he was starting to receive to add his voice to other artists' songs. He performed backing vocals for David Cassidy, and for Elton John on his successful singles "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up," on which he sang co-lead (most notably with Elton John: "Nikita" (a UK #3) and "Wrap Her Up" (a UK #12) in 1985)
Demise
Michael desired to create music targeted to a more sophisticated audience than the duo's primarily teenage fanbase. David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American prolific character actor of stage Singer and Guitarist. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Therefore, Michael and Ridgeley announced the breakup of Wham! in the spring of 1986, destined to take place after a farewell single and album, along with a historic grand finale concert at Wembley Stadium on June 28, 1986, called The Final. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the British pop group Five Star declined George's invitation to be the supporting act, saying they needed to concentrate on their own career at the time. Five Star, (also known as 5 Star) were a British pop / R&B group from Romford, Essex, formed in 1983
The farewell single was "The Edge of Heaven" which reached #1 in June 1986. The Edge of Heaven was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1986. "Where Did Your Heart Go?" was the group's final single in the United States. The song, originally recorded by art-rock ensemble Was (Not Was), was a downbeat and somber affair that telegraphed the intentions of George Michael for the next decade's work and would fit musically on any of his solo albums. Was (Not Was is an eccentric pop group founded by David Weiss (a The duo's last album was a double-LP collection of all the singles to date, mostly the extended versions, and was also called The Final (released in North America as the severely pared-down Music from the Edge of Heaven with alternate tracks). Wham! then said goodbye to their audience (73,000 of whom attended the eight-hour event) and each other with an emotional embrace at the end of the show. The band had been together five years, selling close to 20 million albums and 10 to 15 million singles. Foreign Skies, the film of their tour of China, received its world premiere as part of the festivities, making it the most highly-attended film premiere in history.
Post-Wham!
As CBS Records preferred the pop sound of Wham!, Ridgeley's solo-guitar and drum-driven career (i. e. , Son of Albert) was over almost as soon as it began. Son of Albert is the debut solo album of Andrew Ridgeley. Originally released in May 1990 Ridgeley's effort was a sharp turn away from his former pop image After varying careers as a rally driver and actor in LA, Ridgeley retired to Cornwall, where he became an environmental activist with Surfers Against Sewage. Surfers Against Sewage (SAS is an environmental and health pressure group based in St Agnes Cornwall, UK. He lives with his wife Keren Woodward. Keren Jane Woodward (born 2 April 1961 Bristol, England) is an English pop Singer and Songwriter from the girl
He later became a partner in a firm which manufactures surfing goods. Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders He has largely stayed out of the public eye and remains in Cornwall in his meticulously restored 15th-century house.
Michael, who had enjoyed his second solo #1 earlier in the year with "A Different Corner," began a permanent solo career which immediately endeared him to the adult audience he desired to reach.
"Last Christmas" was given its third consecutive festive release in December 1986, although that time it stalled outside the Top 40. No other Wham! single has ever been re-issued to the UK charts since then, and it took until 1995 before a Wham! song was given a mainstream cover version treatment, when Danish singer Whigfield did her own version of "Last Christmas" (which was later covered by Billie Piper as the b-side to her 1998 single "She Wants You," and released as the A-side in several territories). Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Sannie Charlotte Carlson (born April 11, 1970 in Skælskør, Denmark) is best known as Whigfield and also Naan. Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Paul Piper on 22 September 1982 is an English actress and pop Singer. The same year, Lisa Moorish, girlfriend at the time to Oasis' Liam Gallagher, recorded "I'm Your Man" for release into the charts. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher (born September 21, 1972 in Burnage, Manchester) is the lead singer of the British rock band
According to newspaper rumours, Lisa apparently shared the studio with George Michael, who at the time was putting the finishing touches to the Older album. At the time of release, Michael legally could not be associated with the song, but he is rumoured to have provided the male vocal section in the chorus. Since then, Shane Richie has covered "I'm Your Man" as a fundraising song for the BBC charity telethon Children in Need. Shane Richie (born Shane Patrick Roche, 11 March 1964 Early life Born in Harlesden to Irish Catholic parents A telethon is a Fundraising event broadcast on Television that lasts many hours or even days the purpose of which is to raise Money for a charitable political BBC Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC.
For several years after he became a solo artist, George Michael was publicly negative about his time in Wham!, largely because of the intense negativity of media coverage on business partner Ridgeley. George complained of the constant pressure he felt, and he claimed that the duo had been mistreated financially. He also spoke disparagingly about the Wham! repertoire, especially the songs from the first album.
However, his perspective on the era has softened in recent times. He still performs "Everything She Wants", one of the more critically acclaimed songs from the Wham! era, at his solo concerts.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Release Date |
Peak chart positions | ||
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| Fantastic | 1983 | 1 | 5 | 83 |
| Make It Big | 1984 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Music From The Edge of Heaven | 1986 | - | - | 10 |
| The Final | 1986 | 2 | 5 | - |
| 12" Mixes (Compilation) | 1987 | - | - | - |
| If You Were There (The Best of Wham) (Compilation) | 1997 | 4 | - | - |
Singles
| Title | Release Date | Album | Chart Positions | |||||
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| UK Singles Chart | Irish Singles Chart | AUS Singles Chart | US Hot 100 | US AC | ||||
| "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" | 1982 | Jun | Fantastic | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| "Young Guns (Go For It!)" | Sep | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||
| "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" (re-issue) | 1983 | Jan | 8 | 13 | 9 | - | - | |
| "Bad Boys" [A] | May | 2 | 3 | 9 | 60 | - | ||
| "Club Tropicana" | Jul | 4 | 4 | 60 | - | - | ||
| "Club Fantastic Megamix" | Dec | - | 15 | 16 | - | - | - | |
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | 1984 | May | Make It Big | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| "Careless Whisper" [B] | Jul | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Freedom" | Aug | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| "Everything She Wants" [C] | Dec | - | - | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| "Last Christmas" [C] [D] | Dec | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| "I'm Your Man" | 1985 | Nov | Music from the Edge of Heaven / The Final |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| "A Different Corner" [B] | 1986 | Apr | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 6 | |
| "The Edge of Heaven" [E] | Jun | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 22 | ||
| "Where Did Your Heart Go?" | Oct | - | - | 54 | 50 | - | ||
- Notes
- A ^ credited in the U. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard Fantastic was the debut Album by British pop duo Wham!. Released on July 9, 1983, it reached #1 in the United Kingdom of Great Make It Big is the second album from British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984 Music from the Edge of Heaven is the third studio album from the British pop duo Wham!, in 1986 The Final was a UK -released compilation released in 1986 to summarize the career of British pop duo Wham!. If You Were ThereThe Best Of Wham! was the second UK -released compilation released in 1997 to summarize the career of British pop duo Wham!. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles, Easy Listening, and only Adult Contemporary) lists the most popular Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records. See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 " Young Guns (Go For It! " was a song by British pop duo Wham! which was released in 1982 on Innervision Records. Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released Bad Boys was a song by British pop duo Wham! which was a hit in 1983. Club Tropicana is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records. Club Fantastic Megamix was a single released by Wham! in 1983 and was the last single release for the duo on Innervision Records. See also Events January 21 - " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart it " Careless Whisper " is a 1984 single by Wham!, released by Epic Records in the UK Japan and other countries and by Columbia Records in " Freedom " was a song by British pop duo Wham! in 1984, becoming the group's second UK #1 hit " Everything She Wants " was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984 on Epic Records on a double A-side with " Last Christmas " Last Christmas " is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1984 on a double A-side with " Everything She "I'm Your Man" was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1985. Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles " A Different Corner " was a song written and performed by George Michael which was released on Epic Records in 1986 See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January The Edge of Heaven was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1986. Where Did Your Heart Go? is a song written by David Was and Don Was and performed by Was (Not Was. S. as Wham!-UK.
- B ^ A George Michael solo effort, "Careless Whisper" was credited to "Wham! featuring George Michael" in North America.
- C ^ "Everything She Wants" / "Last Christmas" released as a double A-side in the UK.
- D ^ "Last Christmas" was reissued as a single numerous times. In 1985 it peaked at #6 in the UK, #45 in 1986. A release in 1997 charted at #58 in the US on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and at #22 on the Adult Contemporary that same year. The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. In 2007 the song once more charted in the UK, reaching #14.
- E ^ "The Edge of Heaven" / "Where Did Your Heart Go?" released as a double A-side in the UK.
References
External links
- Official website of George Michael
- The Unofficial George Michael & Wham Fan / Collectors Site
- GeorgeMichael.org
- George Michael: The Box of Fame
- Wham! at Rolling Stone
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