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Wham! Often Written WHAM! Was A Pop Band Formed In 1981 From Bushey England. They Were Briefly Known In The United States As Wham! UK Due To A Naming Conflict With Another Band. George Michael And Andrew Ridgeley Met At Bushey Meads School In Watford England. At First They Performed In A Short-Lived Rock And Roll Band Called The Executive. They Then Changed Their Name And Signed With Innervision Records. Soon After A Legal Victory Over Innervision The Duo Was Signed To CBS Columbia Records In The United States And Canada And Epic Records For The Rest Of The World. Further Information Artist Development Deal Michael Took On The Majority Of Roles And Responsibilities Within The Band— Composer Singer Producer And Occasional Instrumentalist— But The Contribution Of Ridgeley As The Group's Image Specialist And Spokesman Was Crucial To The Band's Initial Success. Ridgeley Convinced A Reluctant George That Wham! Needed To Change Their Image And Sound Frequently From The Leather-Clad Moody Singers Of "Bad Boys" And "Young Guns Go For It! " To The More Fashionable Pop Superstars Of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Still Teenagers They Promoted Themselves As Hedonistic Youngsters Proud To Live A Carefree Life Without Work Or Commitment. This Was Reflected In Their Earliest Singles. Such Works As "Wham Rap! Enjoy What You Do? " Have Been Seen As Sarcasm Advocating The Other Point Of View. The First Record To Be Released By The Band Was "Wham Rap!". It Was A Double-A Side With A Social Mix And Anti-Social Mix. The Record Was Banned For General Release In The UK Due To The Profanity In The Anti-Social Mix. In October 1982 Their Song "Young Guns Go For It! " Was Issued. The Song Was An Appeal From One Youthful Lad To His Friend To Not Throw His Life Away So Early On Marriage. It Stalled Outside The UK Top 40 But Then Wham! Got Lucky When Top Of The Pops Scheduled Them. An Important Weekly BBC Chart Show On Television It Had To Look Outside The Top 40 To Fill A Gap Created By An Act Which Had Pulled Out Of Recording. Nearest To The 40 Mark And Still Climbing Wham! Was Summoned And A Phenomenon Immediately Began. The Impact Of Wham! On The Public Especially Teenage Girls Was Felt From The Moment They Finished Their Debut Performance Of "Young Guns Go For It! " On Top Of The Pops. Michael's Appearance May Have Helped. He Wore Espadrilles A Suede Jacket Slit Open And Rolled-Up Denim Jeans. Ridgeley Stood Behind Him Flanked By Backing Dancers D.C. Lee And Shirlie Holliman. The Performance Was As Much One Of Acting As It Was Of Singing With Michael Playing The Part Of The Pleading Goodtime Lad And Ridgeley The Guy Who Had Been Drawn Into Commitment. Afterwards The Song Shot Into The Top 40 At #24 And Peaked At #3 In December. The Following Year 1983 D.C. Lee Began Her Work With Paul Weller Of The Style Council And Was Replaced By Pepsi DeMacque. Holliman And DeMacque Would Later Record Music As Pepsi And Shirlie. Wham! Followed Up "Young Guns Go For It! " With The Reissue "Wham Rap! Enjoy What You Do " A Song About The Joys Of A Leisurely Life The Full Version Of Which Clocked In At Almost Seven Minutes Long "Bad Boys" About A Strained Relationship Between A Rebellious Teenage Lad And His Worried Parents And "Club Tropicana" A Satire Of The Club 18-30 Scene. Each Song Came With A Memorable Music Video. By The End Of 1983 Wham! Was Rivaling Duran Duran And Culture Club As Britain's Biggest Pop Act. Notoriety And Column Inches Were Duly Achieved With Their Antics Of Placing A Shuttlecock Down Their Shorts And Their First Album Fantastic Reached #1. Around This Time Ridgeley Become Conscious Of Legal Problems With Their Initial Contract At Innervision. He Mounted A Legal Challenge Against The Record Company And Its Founder Mark Dean Who Had Initially Signed Them To The Label And George Publicly Stated They Were Financially Mistreated Citation Needed . While The Legal Battle Raged Perhaps To Raise Much-Needed Funds For The Fight Innervision Released A Medley Of Non-Single Album Tracks From Fantastic Entitled Club Fantastic Megamix. Wham! Publicly Denounced The Move And Urged Fans Not To Buy It. After All The Legal Wrangling Innervision Admitted There Were Royalty Discrepancies With Wham!'s Contract Leading To The Bankruptcy And Dissolution Of Innervision. Driven By Ridgeley The Duo Changed Their Image And Wham! Returned In May 1984 With An Updated Cutting-Edge Pop Image Quickly Copied By Other Pop Bands. Andrew Changed The Band's Look From "moody In Leather Jackets" To Smiles And Fashionable Clothing With An Aim To Promote Themselves More As Sex Symbols Rather Than Spokespeople For A Disaffected Generation. Fittingly Enough These Changes Propelled The Next Single A Pop Standard To The Top Of The Charts Around The World. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go A Song Michael Wrote From A Note Left To Him In His Hotel Room One Night By Ridgeley. The Note Was Mistakenly Written By Ridgeley As "don't Forget To Wake Me Up Up Before You Go Go George". Since He Accidentally Wrote The Word "up" Twice Ridgeley Decided To Compound The Error And Write "go" Twice. It Became Their First UK #1 And Rose To The Top In The USA Capped By A Memorable Video Of The Duo Plus The Ubiquitous Pepsi And Shirlie Wearing Katharine Hamnett T-Shirts With The Slogans CHOOSE LIFE And GO GO. These T-Shirts Became Essential Fashion Items As Hamnett Wrote Herself Into The Pop Culture Lexicon Having Simultaneously Designed The FRANKIE SAY T-Shirts For Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Although Some Critics Felt That Wham! Represented Bubblegum Pop Citation Needed Many Were Starting To Appreciate Michael's Proven Ability As A Songwriter And Capable Vocalist. The Following Year He Would Win The Ivor Novello Award For Songwriting. However At The Same Time They Bemoaned The Status Of Ridgeley Who Had Started To "play" A Guitar During Live Shows Never On Any Recordings But Whose Overall Contribution Was Deemed To Be Lightweight Citation Needed . With Some Bizarre Contradiction The Next Single "Careless Whisper" Was Issued As A George Michael Solo Piece Yet Unlike Any Wham! Single Since "Wham Rap! " It Was Co-Written By Ridgeley. The Song Quickly Reached #1. In The Autumn Of 1984 Wham! Came Back As A Duo With "Freedom" Another Chart-Topper. In November They Released Their Second Album Make It Big Which Coasted To #1 On The Album Charts. The Band Set Off On Another Arena Tour At The End Of '84 And George Told Smash Hits Magazine At The Time That He Had Written A Song Called "Stephen." The Song Had Been Composed For A Friend Who Was Struggling To Cope With Bereavment. While This Song Is Still Unreleased Those That Were At The Recording Sessions Decsribe It As A Heartfelt Story Of The Loss Of A Loved One Citation Needed . George Contributed To The Band Aid Project With Michael Providing Vocals As The Song Usurped Their Own Christmas Release "Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants" The Former Of Which Featured A Video Set In A Ski Resort. The Single Became The Highest-Selling Single Ever To Peak At #2 In The UK Charts. As Such Wham! Donated All Their Royalties To The Ethiopian Famine Appeal To Coincide With The Fundraising Intentions Of Band Aid The Song Which Beat Them To The Top Spot. Band Aid's Success Meant That Michael Had Been At #1 Within Three Different Entities In 1984—as A Solo Artist Half Of A Duo And Part Of A Charity Ensemble. Michael Desired To Create Music Targeted To A More Sophisticated Audience Than The Duo's Primarily Teenage Fanbase. Therefore Michael And Ridgeley Announced The Breakup Of Wham! In The Spring Of 1986 Destined To Take Place After A Farewell Single And Album Along With A Historic Grand Finale Concert At Wembley Stadium On June 28 1986 Called The Final. British Pop Group Five Star Declined George's Invitation To Be The Supporting Act Saying They Needed To Concentrate On Their Own Career At The Time.
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"Careless Whisper" Is A 1984 Single By George Michael Credited To Wham! Featuring George Michael In The USA Released By Epic Records In The UK Japan And Other Countries And By Columbia Records In North America. The Song Was George Michael's First Solo Single Although He Was Still Performing In Wham! At The Time The Song Is Included On Wham!'s Album Make It Big . The Song Features A Saxophone Riff And Has Been Covered By A Number Of Artists Since Its First Release. It Was Released As A Single And Became A Huge Commercial Success On Both Sides Of The Atlantic. It Reached Number One In Nearly 25 Countries Selling About Six Million Copies Worldwide. Unlike All The Wham! Singles Except "Wham Rap!" It Was Co-Written By Andrew Ridgeley The Other Member Of The Duo. The Two Had Written It Together As Unknowns Three Years Earlier When Michael Was Working As A Cinema Usher In Watford England. In A June 2006 Interview On London Radio Station Magic 105.4 Michael Said That He Wrote It "in His Head" During Work And That He Recalls Coming Up With The Saxophone Riff Whilst Boarding A Number 32 Bus On The Way Home. Originally The Riff Had Words But Michael Declined To State Them Saying That They Were Very Poor Lyrics. The Song Went Through At Least Two Rounds Of Production. The First Was During A Trip Michael Made To Muscle Shoals Alabama Where He Went To Work With The Legendary Producer Jerry Wexler At The Venerable Muscle Shoals Studio. Michael Was Unhappy With The Version That Was Originally Produced And Decided To Re-Record And Produce The Song Himself This Time Coming Up With The Version That Was Finally Released. The Version Wexler Produced Did However See The Light Of Day But Only Later On As A 4 41 B-Side "Special Version" On 12" Released In England. A Mid-Tempo Ballad With A Soulful Production Standard And A Remarkable Saxophone Solo Played By Steve Gregory The Single Was Issued In August 1984 Entering The UK Singles Chart At Number Twelve. Within Two Weeks It Was At Number One Ending A Nine-Week Run At The Top For "Two Tribes" By Frankie Goes To Hollywood. It Stayed At Number One For Three Weeks Later Going To The Top Of The Charts In Seventeen Other Countries Including The USA's Billboard Hot 100 In February 1985 Although In The United States It Was Credited As "Wham! Featuring George Michael". It Went On To Become The 5th Best-Selling Single Of 1984 In The UK Being Outsold Only By The Two Frankie Goes To Hollywood Tracks "Two Tribes" And "Relax" Stevie Wonder With "I Just Called To Say I Love You" And Band Aid With "Do They Know It's Christmas". In A 2006 Poll For A Programme Britain's Favourite Break-Up Songs "Careless Whisper" Was Voted Sixth. The Music Video Shows The Guilt Felt By A Man Over An Affair And His Acknowledgement That His Partner Was Always Going To Find Out. It Was Taped On Location In Miami During June 1984 And Features Such Locales As Coconut Grove And Watson Island. However It Does Not Give Credit To The Young Women Who Also Starred In The Video. "Careless Whisper" Was Generally The Closing Act For Concerts On The 25 Live Tour And Less Often In The Faith Tour Concerts Usually Performed Live In Many Concerts Tours Like The Cover To Cover Tour And The Rock In Rio Tour. George Michael Would Often Perform "Careless Whisper" With An Extended Version Of The Ending Which Is Apparently His Preferred Version. Recorded * A Hi-NRG/eurodance Cover Of The Song By Sarah Washington Was Released Through Almighty Records In 1993. * A Cover Version Of "Careless Whisper" By Tamia Appears On Her Debut Self-Titled Album Tamia. A Second Recording By Tamia Appeared On The Soundtrack Album To The 1998 Movie A Night At The Roxbury. * Israeli Singer David D'Or Covered The Song In A January 2005 Clubby English Electronic House Vinyl 12" Single On The 3 Lanka And Hed Arzi Labels Produced And Mixed By DJ Amiad With Remixes By Future Funk And Michi Lange. The Track Attracted International Interest. * A Version By Willy Mason Appears On The 2007 Compilation Album The Saturday Sessions The Dermot O'Leary Show. * Gossip Covered The Song In 2007 For The Album Radio 1 Established 1967 A Collection Of Covers Recorded For The 40th Year Anniversary Of BBC Radio 1. * Quebec City Acoustic Cover Band The Lost Fingers Recorded A Cover Of The Song For Their 2008 Album Lost In The 80s. * Irish Singer Edward J. Valentine Released A Version That Reached Number 47 For 1 Week In The Irish Music Charts In 2008. Mike Mulvihill Of "The Power Hour" Hailed It As "a Song That Defines This Generation" And That This Cover Was "unrivalled". * American Crunk Pop Band 3OH!3 Covered This Song With Alex Gaskarth Of All Time Low And Juliet Simms Of Automatic Loveletter. * Seether Covered The Song In 2009. It Was Released As A Single On February 9 2009. Their Version Has Reached #63 On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 And The Top Five On Mainstream And Modern Rock Charts And The Combined Rock Songs Chart. In His Review For Billboard Bram Teitelman Said "the Song Is A Mostly Faithful Take On The Original With Guitars Subbing For The Saxophone Intro Before Greeting A Staind-Meets-Nickelback Grunge Dynamic. Younger Rock Fans Who Don't Know George Michael From Boy George Will Love The Song".
* In Mexico Pedro Fernández Also Has A Spanish Cover Version Called "Absurda Confidencia." The Song Has Been Covered By Many Other Artists Including 2Play 2005 Bananarama 2001 On Exotica Album Brian McKnight 2007 Kenny G Featuring McKnight 2004 For Kenny's At Last...The Duets Album Boston Pops Orchestra Composed By John Williams Columbia Ballroom Orchestra 1994 Dave Koz Featuring R&B Artist Montell Jordan Taking The Vocal Lead 1999 On The Album The Dance David & The High Spirit 2003 Del 2004 Delight 2001 DJ Irene 2003 Farhad Besharati 2006 George Michael 1998 Gloria Gaynor Harlemm Lee 2003 Hit Crew 2006 James Douglas 2003 Julio Iglesias 2006 Jordan Knight 2006 Katelyn Tarver 2006 Kenny G 2004 Kymeria 2005 Paul Mauriat Richard Clayderman 2004 In An Instrumental Version Richard Clayderman And James Last Roger Williams Roxy Pain 2007 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1998 Sarah Washington The Sax Brothers 2003 Simion Luca 1998 Skip Martin 2006 Slinkee Minx 2004 Side A On "Closer" Single The Shadows 2006 And Barry Manilow 2008 . * The Song Was Covered By Shayne Ward In British Talent Show The X Factor In 2005 And By Danyl Johnson In 2009. * In The First Season Of Singapore Idol The Song Was Sung By Patrick Khoo Who Literally Whispered It. He Did Not Pass The Audition. * In The Fourth Season Of Canadian Idol The Song Was Sung By Runner Up Craig Sharpe Of Upper Island Cove Newfoundland And Labrador. Zach Werner One Of The Canadian Idol Judges Has Noted Craig's Vocal Similarity To George Michael On Numerous Occasions. * The Song Has Been Performed Twice On American Idol By Jamar In Season 1 And Paul Kim In Season 6. * In The Australian TV Show Rockwiz It Was Done As A Duet Between Kate Miller Heidke And Paul Dempsey. * The Song Was Later Covered By Ben Folds And Rufus Wainwright In Several 2004 Live Performances. * The Gossip Recently Performed A Cover Of "Careless Whisper" On The UK's Radio 1 Live Lounge Which They Began With A Verse From Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" * It Has Also Been Covered Live By The Japanese Rock Singer Hyde From L'Arc-En-Ciel Fame And The Taiwanese Performer Teresa Teng. * Barenaked Ladies Performed And Recorded The Song While On Their 2007 "Ships And Dip" Musical Cruise. * In An Acoustic Concert In Shanghai March 13 2008 Incubus Covered The Song. Brandon Boyd Sang A Portion Of The Song Accompanied By Temporary Bassist Mike Einziger Mike Played Bass For Several Songs Not All . Ben Kenney Was Absent From The Show As He Was Recuperating From An Upset Stomach. * Singer Drew Stevyns Performed Seether's Cover Of This Song On The Fourth Season Of America's Got Talent. * The X Factor Contestant Danyl Johnson Covered This Song Getting Positive Reviews From The Judges. * In The Episode "The Great Eekscape" Of Eek The Cat Bill Clinton Played A Sample Of The Song With His Saxophone When Sharky Went To The White House. * The Song Is Featured On The Video Games Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 And Singstar. * Degrassi The Next Generation Which Is Known For Naming Its Episodes After Songs From The 1980s Has An Episode Named After This Song. In It A Character Is Beginning To Question His Heterosexuality. * Jesse In An Episode Jesse Comments On Diego's Dancing With "I Guess Guilty Feet Really Ain't Got No Rhythm" Referring To A Line From This Song. * The Song Is Featured In The 2000 Miss Universe Evening Gown Competition. * In The Seventh Season Of Friends Chandler's Ex-Girlfriend Janice Has Invited Herself To The Wedding Of Chandler And Monica Unaware That She Is An Unwanted Guest. Janice Asks The Couple What Song They Would Like Her To Sing At The Wedding Lady In Red Or Careless Whisper. * In The Philippines This Song Gained Notoriety After A Home-Made Video Showing Celebrities Dr. Hayden Kho And Katrina Halili Singing This Song And Dancing Scantily Clad Was Uploaded To Youtube. * Aside From This Scandal Kris Lawrence Performs The New Version. * Tatum O'Neal And Nick Kosovich Danced A Rumba In Season 2 Of Dancing With The Stars
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Wham! Often Written WHAM! Was A Pop Band Formed In 1981 From Bushey England. They Were Briefly Known In The United States As Wham! UK Due To A Naming Conflict With Another Band. George Michael And Andrew Ridgeley Met At Bushey Meads School In Watford England. At First They Performed In A Short-Lived Rock And Roll Band Called The Executive. They Then Changed Their Name And Signed With Innervision Records. Soon After A Legal Victory Over Innervision The Duo Was Signed To CBS Columbia Records In The United States And Canada And Epic Records For The Rest Of The World. Further Information Artist Development Deal Michael Took On The Majority Of Roles And Responsibilities Within The Band— Composer Singer Producer And Occasional Instrumentalist— But The Contribution Of Ridgeley As The Group's Image Specialist And Spokesman Was Crucial To The Band's Initial Success. Ridgeley Convinced A Reluctant George That Wham! Needed To Change Their Image And Sound Frequently From The Leather-Clad Moody Singers Of "Bad Boys" And "Young Guns Go For It! " To The More Fashionable Pop Superstars Of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Still Teenagers They Promoted Themselves As Hedonistic Youngsters Proud To Live A Carefree Life Without Work Or Commitment. This Was Reflected In Their Earliest Singles. Such Works As "Wham Rap! Enjoy What You Do? " Have Been Seen As Sarcasm Advocating The Other Point Of View. The First Record To Be Released By The Band Was "Wham Rap!". It Was A Double-A Side With A Social Mix And Anti-Social Mix. The Record Was Banned For General Release In The UK Due To The Profanity In The Anti-Social Mix. In October 1982 Their Song "Young Guns Go For It! " Was Issued. The Song Was An Appeal From One Youthful Lad To His Friend To Not Throw His Life Away So Early On Marriage. It Stalled Outside The UK Top 40 But Then Wham! Got Lucky When Top Of The Pops Scheduled Them. An Important Weekly BBC Chart Show On Television It Had To Look Outside The Top 40 To Fill A Gap Created By An Act Which Had Pulled Out Of Recording. Nearest To The 40 Mark And Still Climbing Wham! Was Summoned And A Phenomenon Immediately Began. The Impact Of Wham! On The Public Especially Teenage Girls Was Felt From The Moment They Finished Their Debut Performance Of "Young Guns Go For It! " On Top Of The Pops. Michael's Appearance May Have Helped. He Wore Espadrilles A Suede Jacket Slit Open And Rolled-Up Denim Jeans. Ridgeley Stood Behind Him Flanked By Backing Dancers D.C. Lee And Shirlie Holliman. The Performance Was As Much One Of Acting As It Was Of Singing With Michael Playing The Part Of The Pleading Goodtime Lad And Ridgeley The Guy Who Had Been Drawn Into Commitment. Afterwards The Song Shot Into The Top 40 At #24 And Peaked At #3 In December. The Following Year 1983 D.C. Lee Began Her Work With Paul Weller Of The Style Council And Was Replaced By Pepsi DeMacque. Holliman And DeMacque Would Later Record Music As Pepsi And Shirlie. Wham! Followed Up "Young Guns Go For It! " With The Reissue "Wham Rap! Enjoy What You Do " A Song About The Joys Of A Leisurely Life The Full Version Of Which Clocked In At Almost Seven Minutes Long "Bad Boys" About A Strained Relationship Between A Rebellious Teenage Lad And His Worried Parents And "Club Tropicana" A Satire Of The Club 18-30 Scene. Each Song Came With A Memorable Music Video. By The End Of 1983 Wham! Was Rivaling Duran Duran And Culture Club As Britain's Biggest Pop Act. Notoriety And Column Inches Were Duly Achieved With Their Antics Of Placing A Shuttlecock Down Their Shorts And Their First Album Fantastic Reached #1. Around This Time Ridgeley Become Conscious Of Legal Problems With Their Initial Contract At Innervision. He Mounted A Legal Challenge Against The Record Company And Its Founder Mark Dean Who Had Initially Signed Them To The Label And George Publicly Stated They Were Financially Mistreated Citation Needed . While The Legal Battle Raged Perhaps To Raise Much-Needed Funds For The Fight Innervision Released A Medley Of Non-Single Album Tracks From Fantastic Entitled Club Fantastic Megamix. Wham! Publicly Denounced The Move And Urged Fans Not To Buy It. After All The Legal Wrangling Innervision Admitted There Were Royalty Discrepancies With Wham!'s Contract Leading To The Bankruptcy And Dissolution Of Innervision. Driven By Ridgeley The Duo Changed Their Image And Wham! Returned In May 1984 With An Updated Cutting-Edge Pop Image Quickly Copied By Other Pop Bands. Andrew Changed The Band's Look From "moody In Leather Jackets" To Smiles And Fashionable Clothing With An Aim To Promote Themselves More As Sex Symbols Rather Than Spokespeople For A Disaffected Generation. Fittingly Enough These Changes Propelled The Next Single A Pop Standard To The Top Of The Charts Around The World. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go A Song Michael Wrote From A Note Left To Him In His Hotel Room One Night By Ridgeley. The Note Was Mistakenly Written By Ridgeley As "don't Forget To Wake Me Up Up Before You Go Go George". Since He Accidentally Wrote The Word "up" Twice Ridgeley Decided To Compound The Error And Write "go" Twice. It Became Their First UK #1 And Rose To The Top In The USA Capped By A Memorable Video Of The Duo Plus The Ubiquitous Pepsi And Shirlie Wearing Katharine Hamnett T-Shirts With The Slogans CHOOSE LIFE And GO GO. These T-Shirts Became Essential Fashion Items As Hamnett Wrote Herself Into The Pop Culture Lexicon Having Simultaneously Designed The FRANKIE SAY T-Shirts For Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Although Some Critics Felt That Wham! Represented Bubblegum Pop Citation Needed Many Were Starting To Appreciate Michael's Proven Ability As A Songwriter And Capable Vocalist. The Following Year He Would Win The Ivor Novello Award For Songwriting. However At The Same Time They Bemoaned The Status Of Ridgeley Who Had Started To "play" A Guitar During Live Shows Never On Any Recordings But Whose Overall Contribution Was Deemed To Be Lightweight Citation Needed . With Some Bizarre Contradiction The Next Single "Careless Whisper" Was Issued As A George Michael Solo Piece Yet Unlike Any Wham! Single Since "Wham Rap! " It Was Co-Written By Ridgeley. The Song Quickly Reached #1. In The Autumn Of 1984 Wham! Came Back As A Duo With "Freedom" Another Chart-Topper. In November They Released Their Second Album Make It Big Which Coasted To #1 On The Album Charts. The Band Set Off On Another Arena Tour At The End Of '84 And George Told Smash Hits Magazine At The Time That He Had Written A Song Called "Stephen." The Song Had Been Composed For A Friend Who Was Struggling To Cope With Bereavment. While This Song Is Still Unreleased Those That Were At The Recording Sessions Decsribe It As A Heartfelt Story Of The Loss Of A Loved One Citation Needed . George Contributed To The Band Aid Project With Michael Providing Vocals As The Song Usurped Their Own Christmas Release "Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants" The Former Of Which Featured A Video Set In A Ski Resort. The Single Became The Highest-Selling Single Ever To Peak At #2 In The UK Charts. As Such Wham! Donated All Their Royalties To The Ethiopian Famine Appeal To Coincide With The Fundraising Intentions Of Band Aid The Song Which Beat Them To The Top Spot. Band Aid's Success Meant That Michael Had Been At #1 Within Three Different Entities In 1984—as A Solo Artist Half Of A Duo And Part Of A Charity Ensemble. Michael Desired To Create Music Targeted To A More Sophisticated Audience Than The Duo's Primarily Teenage Fanbase. Therefore Michael And Ridgeley Announced The Breakup Of Wham! In The Spring Of 1986 Destined To Take Place After A Farewell Single And Album Along With A Historic Grand Finale Concert At Wembley Stadium On June 28 1986 Called The Final. British Pop Group Five Star Declined George's Invitation To Be The Supporting Act Saying They Needed To Concentrate On Their Own Career At The Time.
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"Careless Whisper" is a 1984 single by George Michael (credited to Wham! featuring George Michael in the USA), released by Epic Records in the UK, Japan, and other countries; and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael's first solo single although he was still performing in Wham! at the time (the song is included on Wham!'s album Make it Big). The song features a saxophone riff, and has been covered by a number of artists since its first release. It was released as a single and became a huge commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached number one in nearly 25 countries, selling about six million copies worldwide.
Unlike all the Wham! singles (except "Wham Rap!"), it was co-written by Andrew Ridgeley, the other member of the duo. The two had written it together as unknowns three years earlier, when Michael was working as a cinema usher in Watford, England. In a June 2006 interview on London radio station Magic 105.4, Michael said that he wrote it "in his head" during work and that he recalls coming up with the saxophone riff whilst boarding a number 32 bus on the way home. Originally the riff had words, but Michael declined to state them, saying that they were very poor lyrics.
The song went through at least two rounds of production. The first was during a trip Michael made to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he went to work with the legendary producer Jerry Wexler at the venerable Muscle Shoals Studio. Michael was unhappy with the version that was originally produced and decided to re-record and produce the song himself, this time coming up with the version that was finally released. The version Wexler produced did, however, see the light of day, but only later on, as a (4:41) B-side "Special Version" on 12", released in England. A mid-tempo ballad with a soulful production standard and a remarkable saxophone solo (played by Steve Gregory), the single was issued in August 1984, entering the UK singles chart at number twelve. Within two weeks, it was at number one, ending a nine-week run at the top for "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It stayed at number one for three weeks, later going to the top of the charts in seventeen other countries, including the USA's Billboard Hot 100 in February 1985, although in the United States, it was credited as "Wham! featuring George Michael". It went on to become the 5th best-selling single of 1984 in the UK, being outsold only by the two Frankie Goes to Hollywood tracks "Two Tribes" and "Relax", Stevie Wonder with "I Just Called to Say I Love You", and Band Aid with "Do They Know It's Christmas".
In a 2006 poll for a programme Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs, "Careless Whisper" was voted sixth.
The music video shows the guilt felt by a man over an affair, and his acknowledgement that his partner was always going to find out. It was taped on location in Miami during June 1984 and features such locales as Coconut Grove and Watson Island. However, it does not give credit to the young women who also starred in the video.
"Careless Whisper" was generally the closing act for concerts on the 25 Live tour, and less often in the Faith Tour concerts, usually performed live in many concerts tours like the Cover To Cover Tour and the Rock In Rio Tour. George Michael would often perform "Careless Whisper" with an extended version of the ending, which is apparently his preferred version.
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* A hi-NRG/eurodance cover of the song by Sarah Washington was released through Almighty Records in 1993.
* A cover version of "Careless Whisper" by Tamia appears on her debut self-titled album, Tamia. A second recording by Tamia appeared on the soundtrack album to the 1998 movie A Night at the Roxbury.
* Israeli singer David D'Or covered the song in a January 2005 clubby, English electronic house vinyl 12" single on the 3 Lanka and Hed Arzi labels, produced and mixed by DJ Amiad, with remixes by Future Funk and Michi Lange. The track attracted international interest.
* A version by Willy Mason appears on the 2007 compilation album, The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show.
* Gossip covered the song in 2007 for the album Radio 1 Established 1967, a collection of covers recorded for the 40th year anniversary of BBC Radio 1.
* Quebec City acoustic cover band The Lost Fingers recorded a cover of the song for their 2008 album Lost In The 80s.
* Irish singer Edward J. Valentine released a version that reached number 47 for 1 week in the Irish music charts in 2008. Mike Mulvihill of "The Power Hour" hailed it as "a song that defines this generation" and that this cover was "unrivalled".
* American crunk pop band 3OH!3 covered this song with Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low and Juliet Simms of Automatic Loveletter.
* Seether covered the song in 2009. It was released as a single on February 9, 2009. Their version has reached #63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the top five on Mainstream and Modern Rock charts and the combined Rock Songs chart. In his review for Billboard, Bram Teitelman said, "the song is a mostly faithful take on the original, with guitars subbing for the saxophone intro before greeting a Staind-meets-Nickelback grunge dynamic. Younger rock fans who don't know George Michael from Boy George will love the song".
* In Mexico, Pedro Fernández also has a Spanish cover version called "Absurda Confidencia."
The song has been covered by many other artists, including 2Play (2005), Bananarama (2001) on Exotica album, Brian McKnight (2007), Kenny G featuring McKnight (2004) for Kenny's At Last...The Duets Album, Boston Pops Orchestra composed by John Williams, Columbia Ballroom Orchestra (1994), Dave Koz featuring R&B artist Montell Jordan taking the vocal lead (1999) on the album The Dance, David & the High Spirit (2003), Del (2004), Delight (2001), DJ Irene (2003), Farhad Besharati (2006), George Michael (1998), Gloria Gaynor, Harlemm Lee (2003), Hit Crew (2006), James Douglas (2003), Julio Iglesias (2006), Jordan Knight (2006), Katelyn Tarver (2006), Kenny G (2004), Kymeria (2005), Paul Mauriat, Richard Clayderman (2004) in an instrumental version, Richard Clayderman and James Last, Roger Williams, Roxy Pain (2007), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1998), Sarah Washington, The Sax Brothers (2003), Simion Luca (1998), Skip Martin (2006), Slinkee Minx (2004) (side A on "Closer" single), The Shadows (2006), and Barry Manilow (2008).
* The song was covered by Shayne Ward in British talent show The X Factor in 2005 and by Danyl Johnson in 2009.
* In the first season of Singapore Idol, the song was sung by Patrick Khoo, who literally whispered it. He did not pass the audition.
* In the fourth season of Canadian Idol, the song was sung by runner up Craig Sharpe of Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. Zach Werner, one of the Canadian Idol judges, has noted Craig's vocal similarity to George Michael on numerous occasions.
* The song has been performed twice on American Idol, by Jamar in Season 1 and Paul Kim in Season 6.
* In the Australian TV show Rockwiz it was done as a duet between Kate Miller Heidke and Paul Dempsey.
* The song was later covered by Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright in several 2004 live performances.
* The Gossip recently performed a cover of "Careless Whisper" on the UK's Radio 1 Live Lounge, which they began with a verse from Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone"
* It has also been covered live by the Japanese rock singer Hyde (from L'Arc-en-Ciel fame) and the Taiwanese performer Teresa Teng.
* Barenaked Ladies performed and recorded the song while on their 2007 "Ships and Dip" musical cruise.
* In an acoustic concert in Shanghai (March 13, 2008), Incubus covered the song. Brandon Boyd sang a portion of the song, accompanied by temporary bassist Mike Einziger (Mike played bass for several songs, not all). Ben Kenney was absent from the show, as he was recuperating from an upset stomach.
* Singer Drew Stevyns performed Seether's cover of this song on the fourth season of America's Got Talent.
* The X Factor contestant Danyl Johnson covered this song, getting positive reviews from the judges.
* In the episode "The Great Eekscape" of Eek The Cat, Bill Clinton played a sample of the song with his saxophone when Sharky went to the White House.
* The song is featured on the video games Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 and Singstar.
* Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming its episodes after songs from the 1980s, has an episode named after this song. In it, a character is beginning to question his heterosexuality.
* Jesse: In an episode, Jesse comments on Diego's dancing with "I guess guilty feet really ain't got no rhythm", referring to a line from this song.
* The song is featured in the 2000 Miss Universe Evening Gown Competition.
* In the seventh season of Friends, Chandler's ex-girlfriend Janice has invited herself to the wedding of Chandler and Monica, unaware that she is an unwanted guest. Janice asks the couple what song they would like her to sing at the wedding, Lady in Red or Careless Whisper.
* In the Philippines, this song gained notoriety after a home-made video, showing celebrities Dr. Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili singing this song and dancing scantily clad, was uploaded to Youtube.
* Aside From this scandal Kris Lawrence performs the new version.
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