#george michael

[kingworm]

rest in peace george michael you would’ve done numbers on here

[vjola]

[twixnmix]

George Michael during Wham!'s farewell concert at Wembley Stadium in London on June 28, 1986.

Photos by Duncan Raban

[ssavaart]

I kinda miss doing “Music Mondays” where I would just open up my sketchbook and doodle for an hour with a dark purple colored pencil and a white colored pencil.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Wham! - Everything She Wants 1984

Wham! were a British pop duo formed in 1981, consisting of singer-songwriter George Michael and instrumentalist Andrew Ridgeley. They were one of the most successful pop acts during the 1980s, selling more than 30 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986, and some of their most famous hits are "Last Christmas", "Careless Whisper" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". George Michael was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in November 2023, with Andrew Ridgeley as the induction presenter.

"Everything She Wants" was originally released as a single in 1984 on a double A-side with "Last Christmas". Upon release, "Last Christmas" took the majority of the attention and airplay as it was appropriate in early December as Christmas approached. However, the presence of an equally-billed flip side meant that radio stations had something else to play once "Last Christmas" had lost its seasonal topicality.

The presence of the Band Aid project meant that the double A-side peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart, although in the process it became the biggest-selling record not to get to number one. However, in the USA, the song did reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and became the third number-one song in a row from 1984's Make It Big album. Wham! had two more number-one hits in the UK before splitting at their height in 1986.

Although George Michael bemoaned much of Wham!'s material as he began his solo career, "Everything She Wants" remained a song of which he was proud, and he continued to perform it in his shows. Furthermore, he remarked in an interview (to promote 25 Live tour) that "Everything She Wants" was his favourite Wham! song.

In 1997, the song was remixed and re-released as "Everything She Wants '97" for the greatest hits album The Best of Wham!: If You Were There….

"Everything She Wants" was featured on the official soundtrack album to the 2019 film Last Christmas, and was also featured in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V on the in-game radio station Non-Stop Pop FM.

"Everything She Wants" received a total of 61,1% yes votes! George Michael has previously been featured on the poll with the Stevie Wonder cover "As" at #62, together with Mary J. Blige.

[thoughtkick]

Please be stronger than your past. The future may still give you a chance.

George Michael

[resqectable]

Please be stronger than your past. The future may still give you a chance.

George Michael

[tubesock86]

WHAM! BAM! I AM! I MAN!

[nowadayz]

Last Christmas - Wham! 1984, dir. Andy Morahan

[90s-music-tourney]

[nostalgiatvdaily]

WHAM! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1984)

[themedievaldead]

Can all my make it big fans stand up please for make it big monday. My favorite album i really dont care be whooo youu arrrreeeee for your priiiide

[twixnmix]

Wham! with their background singers Shirlie Holliman and Dee C. Lee during the filming of the music video for "Club Tropicana" in Ibiza, 1983.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was sent to a kindergarten class for a senior project and my partner just laid down and played Careless Whisper on the saxophone for an hour.

[ssavaart]

Happy Wednesday All!

Day 17 of the hair journal includes the Gay Flag for a background and music notes (my friend Anne-Marie got me the notes to George Michael’s “Freedom 90” )

I thought it would be cute to have the two listening to the same music. But when I finished, I realized there was nowhere the music would be coming from. They’re just sitting there with headphones in one ear. 😅

Still. I liked how it came out.

Sending big hugs from the Hobbit Hole ❤️

Scott

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

George Michael - Freedom! '90 1990

"Freedom! '90" (also known simply as "Freedom!") is a song written, produced, and performed by English singer-songwriter George Michael. The "'90" added to the end of the title is to prevent confusion with a hit by Michael's former band Wham!, also entitled "Freedom". The song's backing beat is a sample from James Brown's song "Funky Drummer". It was the third single taken from his second solo album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990). The song was a major hit and peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It refers to Michael's past success with Wham!, yet also shows a new side of himself as a new man, who is more cynical about the music business than he had been before.

Michael refused to appear in the music video for the song, directed by David Fincher, and cast a group of supermodels to appear instead; Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, John Pearson, Peter Formby, and Rafael Edholm, and fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti, and featured the destruction by fire and explosion of several icons from Michael's recent Faith period. It went into heavy rotation on MTV and was remastered for the 2017 documentary, George Michael: Freedom. Michael performed this song, alongside his 2012 single "White Light", during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.

"Freedom!" received a total of 76,4% yes votes! Previous George Michael/Wham! polls: #62 "As", #108 "Everything She Wants".