At face value, Wham!’s No. 1 hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” is a straightforward love song. You put the boom-boom into my ...

By Gary Trust Wham!’s “Last Christmas” sleigh-rides ... who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley hits a new high on the survey, surpassing its prior No. 4 peak. The chestnut, written and ...

Wham! hit Last Christmas has topped a poll that asked British people what was their favourite festive song to kick off the season. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO)’s poll asked 2,000 ...

When Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley first heard George Michael give up his heart on “Last Christmas,” he knew the beloved yule tune was something special. The magic moment happened when the holiday ...

Question: George wanted “Last Christmas” to be Wham!'s fourth No. 1 hit in 1984 ... that it would make a brilliant Christmas song. As our success grew through 1984, he wanted the icing ...

Surely the most widely-covered Christmas song of all time, Wham!’s Last Christmas has more than 1,200 different versions and new ones are being added at a rate of around 100 per year.

“Last Christmas” you heard the inescapable Wham! hit a few zillion times. Much to Emma Thompson’s chagrin. “I’m not mad about that song,” the actress confesses, though the lyrics didn ...