Strangely, we have twice posted Wham! on here, but never George Michael solo work.
And yes, when I posted this last year, I very clearly called it more of a George Michael solo song, but it wasn't in name. THIS was.
This was Michael's second solo single, but also, probably his most iconic single. It held the top of the Billboard charts for four weeks in 1988, becoming the biggest single of the year by ANY artist. The song was never intended to be a single - until it was and THAT is when the songwriter - not coincidentally, George Michael - added the famous guitar solo.
The pipe organ at the beginning is actually a nod to a Wham! song, "Freedom".
And c'mon, the song is just fun.
25 years later, he performed the song live and it still sounded great.
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