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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The late George Michael (L) and Andrew Ridgeley will be seen in a new special celebrating their classic holiday song, "Last ...

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,” ...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time, WHAM!, George Michael Entertainment and Sony Music will release the Last Christmas 40th Anniversary EP. The EP ...

George Michael (left) and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham! performing together live on stage during the pop duo's 1985 world tour, January 1985. 'The Big Tour' took in the UK, Japan, Australia, China and the ...

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 ...

On the first day of Whamageddon, my true love gave to me... Noise-cancelling headphones? A ticket to Antarctica — or some other place with no reception? Something, anyway, to lessen the chances of ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...

“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 ...