#george michael

[lovesthe1980s]

George Michael and Brooke Shields

[kingworm]

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

[vjola]

[k-wame]

he was like the cutest thing ever bruv🥰

[sparkbirdmusic]

1981-1986. taken too soon

[80sheaven]

Wham! "Last Christmas" vinyl sleeves

[twixnmix]

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

Photos by Duncan Raban

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My mother wanted to celebrate my birthday by taking me into the woods at night to shoot at squirrels. We were briefly interrupted by a six year old named George Michael trying to steal her garbage bin. 

[01ncubus]

mi princesa

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Wham! - Last Christmas 1984

"Last Christmas" is a song by British pop duo Wham!. Written and produced by George Michael, it was released on 3 December 1984 via CBS Records internationally and as a double A-side via Epic Records with "Everything She Wants" in several European countries. Wham! donated all of their royalties to relief efforts for the Ethiopian famine.

Upon its initial release in 1984, "Last Christmas" spent five consecutive weeks at number two in the UK singles chart—it was held off the top spot at Christmas by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (poll #444), on which Michael also performed. After many chart runs in subsequent years, which included three more weeks at number two, the song finally reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on New Year's Day 2021, more than 36 years after its initial release; in doing so, it became the fifth UK number one single for the duo. Prior to it reaching number one, "Last Christmas" had for many years held the record as the highest-selling single never to top the charts by the Official Charts Company (OCC) with 1.9 million copies sold (not including streams). The song reached number one in the UK after it was streamed 9.2 million times in the last week of 2020 and sold 1,555 downloads, resulting in a total of 40,149 combined sales.

Having been the Christmas number two again in 2022, "Last Christmas" finally achieved the accolade of Christmas number one in 2023, 39 years after its initial release, and, in 2024, became the first song to be the Christmas number one in back-to-back years. Combining sales and streams, it also became the third biggest song of all time in the UK. It was certified sextuple platinum in December 2023. Outside the UK, the song topped the charts in fourteen countries and peaked within the top ten of the charts in several countries including Australia, Canada and the US. In Germany, the song is the most successful Christmas single of all time, having spent 169 weeks on the German Singles Chart and attained a peak position of number 1 on 24 December 2021. It has charted every year since 1997. It is the eighth best-selling single of all time in Japan released by a non-Japanese act. It also reached number two on the Billboard Global 200 in January 2021. On 10 December 2024, the digital single was certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), indicating US sales of 7 million digital units.

The 2019 film Last Christmas prominently features the music of George Michael, including this song.

"Last Christmas" received a total of 78,3% yes votes! Previous Wham!/George Michael polls: #62 "As", #108 "Everything She Wants", #219 "Freedom! '90".

[ratlover7]

Based off that one Wham! photoshoot cause they bring joy

[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.

[thoughtkick]

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

George Michael

[spirits-having-flown]

George Michael, 1988

[hailpacino]

older matt dillon the modern girlies dont get you but, I DO

[panda-pal]

Wham!: Last Christmas (1984) Directed by Andrew Morahan