Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Michael performs at the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas, in 2008. Wham!'s 1984 song "Last Christmas" reached No. 2 on ...

Wham!’s “Last Christmas” sleigh-rides from No. 18 to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 14), as the 1984 classic by the British duo of Michael, who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley hits a new ...

WHAM! released “Last Christmas” 40 years ago. The classic holiday song has become standard listening during the joyful season, but the meaning behind it is anything but happy. What is ‘Last Christmas’ ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Wham! scored a historic hit when they released “Last Christmas” ...

Wham!’s classic tune “Last Christmas” is the festive No 1 for the second year running. The Eighties pop duo, comprising Andrew Ridgeley and the late George Michael, released the track in 1984 but ...

One of the only 1980s songs to enter the Christmas canon was Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” A Jonas Brothers song took way too much inspiration from “Last Christmas.” On the other hand, “Last Christmas” is ...

*Decades after its release, Wham!’s 1984 holiday classic “Last Christmas” has achieved a new milestone, reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Global 200 for the first time ever. Billboard ...

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,” ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!’s “Last Christmas” a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator. The 1984 Wham! song “Last Christmas” has become a regular holiday favorite among ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

“Last Christmas” by Wham! is so simple that George Michael wrote and played it himself while learning to play keyboards. But the song is more unusual than it seems. "The verses have an improvised ...