TITLE | TIME | |
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Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
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6:41 | |
Young Guns (Go for It!)
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5:10 | |
Bad Boys
|
3:19 | |
Club Tropicana
|
4:28 | |
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
|
3:50 | |
Careless Whisper
George Michael
|
5:02 | |
Freedom
|
5:19 | |
Last Christmas (Pudding Mix)
|
6:44 | |
Everything She Wants (Remix)
|
6:29 | |
I'm Your Man
|
4:03 | |
A Different Corner
George Michael
|
3:57 | |
Battlestations
|
5:30 | |
Where Did Your Heart Go?
|
5:42 | |
The Edge of Heaven
|
4:34 | |
Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)
|
3:29 | |
Young Guns (Go for It!)
|
3:42 | |
Bad Boys
|
3:22 | |
Club Tropicana
|
4:30 | |
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
|
3:50 | |
Careless Whisper
George Michael
|
5:01 | |
Freedom
|
6:33 | |
Last Christmas
|
4:37 | |
Everything She Wants
|
6:36 | |
I'm Your Man
|
5:35 | |
A Different Corner
George Michael
|
4:32 | |
Where Did Your Heart Go?
|
5:15 | |
The Edge of Heaven
|
4:49 |
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27 Songs, 2 Hours, 12 Minutes
℗ 2011 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
About Wham!
Wham! sparked something of a pop revival in the mid-'80s and could arguably be held responsible for sparking off the boy band trend of the '90s. They were unashamedly pop, to the point of padding the front of their trousers for television appearances. At the heart, however, was a string of catchy singalong singles written by George Michael (born Georgios Kyrriacos Panayiotou in London to a Greek restauranting family).
Michael met Wham!'s other half, Andrew Ridgeley, at school in the London suburb of Bushey, and in 1979 they started performing together as part of the ska-based band the Executive. When that group dissolved, they wrote songs, made demos, and rushed into a recording contract with the equally eager independent label Innervision, scoring an instant hit with "Wham Rap!" (they thought that "wham" was the sound they made when Michael and Ridgeley performed together). In order to move to a recording contract with Sony label Epic, Wham! was forced to walk away from most of the royalties from their debut album, Fantastic. None of that mattered when their 1984 single, "Wake Me up Before You Go Go," became a worldwide hit, accompanied by a video of the pair cavorting in their sportswear. Almost immediately, George Michael started thinking of a solo career, and released "Careless Whisper," issued in the U.S. as George Michael of Wham! The duo embarked on a much-publicized trip to China and enjoyed considerable success in America.
Wham!'s end came rather suddenly, in 1985, reputedly when the group's manager, Simon Napier-Bell (later to manage Take That), decided to sell a share of his management to a South African entertainment conglomerate. Supposedly, as part of a stand against South African politics, George Michael immediately announced Wham!'s breakup. They gave their farewell performance before a sold-out audience of 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium.
George Michael comfortably stepped straight into his own highly successful solo performing and recording career. Andrew Ridgeley's post Wham! album, Son of Albert, produced the Top 60 U.K. hit, "Shake." ~ Ed Nimmervoll
Michael met Wham!'s other half, Andrew Ridgeley, at school in the London suburb of Bushey, and in 1979 they started performing together as part of the ska-based band the Executive. When that group dissolved, they wrote songs, made demos, and rushed into a recording contract with the equally eager independent label Innervision, scoring an instant hit with "Wham Rap!" (they thought that "wham" was the sound they made when Michael and Ridgeley performed together). In order to move to a recording contract with Sony label Epic, Wham! was forced to walk away from most of the royalties from their debut album, Fantastic. None of that mattered when their 1984 single, "Wake Me up Before You Go Go," became a worldwide hit, accompanied by a video of the pair cavorting in their sportswear. Almost immediately, George Michael started thinking of a solo career, and released "Careless Whisper," issued in the U.S. as George Michael of Wham! The duo embarked on a much-publicized trip to China and enjoyed considerable success in America.
Wham!'s end came rather suddenly, in 1985, reputedly when the group's manager, Simon Napier-Bell (later to manage Take That), decided to sell a share of his management to a South African entertainment conglomerate. Supposedly, as part of a stand against South African politics, George Michael immediately announced Wham!'s breakup. They gave their farewell performance before a sold-out audience of 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium.
George Michael comfortably stepped straight into his own highly successful solo performing and recording career. Andrew Ridgeley's post Wham! album, Son of Albert, produced the Top 60 U.K. hit, "Shake." ~ Ed Nimmervoll
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- ORIGIN
- London, England
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- GENRE
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Pop
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- FORMED
- 1981
Songs
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Last Christmas (Single Version)
Last Christmas - Single
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
100 Hits of the '80s
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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Make It Big
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Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
The Definitive 80's
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I'm Your Man
The Final
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The Edge of Heaven
The Final
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Freedom
The Final
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Everything She Wants
Make It Big
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Last Christmas (Pudding Mix)
Last Christmas - Single