Ridgeley returned to the Swiss mountains where they filmed the 1984 music video for new documentary 'Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped' Daily Record/Mirrorpix/Getty Stepping back into the world of “Last ...
One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...
In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...
Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley and singers Pepsi and Shirlie have said they felt George Michael's presence and that trees started falling down when they returned to the place they filmed the Last Christmas ...
With every passing holiday season, “Last Christmas” solidifies its legacy as a Christmas classic. However, Wham’s George Michael always had mixed feelings about the song and its lasting appeal.
Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...
“Last Christmas” by Wham! has made pop history, topping the Christmas chart for the first time since it was released almost four decades ago. The popular song, written by George Michael when he was a ...
George Michael wanted to be remembered as one of pop’s best songwriters, but Wham!'s late singer did not intend “Last Christmas” to be the song most people — for better or for worse — associate him ...
Andrew Ridgeley finds “Last Christmas” as inescapable as you do at the holidays. The Wham! star is calling via video from Central London, where “the pedicabs are playing it, so it’s a constant ...
Stepping back into the world of "Last Christmas" has been a bittersweet experience for Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley. "We had a wonderful time and recreating those scenes felt like yesterday," Ridgeley told ...