George Michael’s dream came true. This week, “Last Christmas,” the holiday classic from Wham! written by the British singer and songwriter, managed to position itself at number 1 on the charts in the United Kingdom in the week of Christmas.
It took him 39 years, but he finally achieved it. “Last Christmas” surpassed Christmas classics such as “You’re Christmas To Me”, by Sam Ryder, and “All I want for Christmas”, Mariah Carey, which took third place.
Although It is not the first time that the song has occupied the number 1 position on the music charts. During this time of year, it is the first time that it has achieved this around Christmas Day.
This week, fans of Wham! in the United Kingdom The song was played 13.3 million timeswhich made it the most listened to song.
“He felt that every great songwriter should be able to write a Christmas hit to order. Unfortunately, it took George too long, but he would be absolutely delighted,” Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael’s partner in the duo Wham!, told the BBC.
The song, which talks about a love breakup at Christmas, was published in 1984. Since its release, George Michael’s great dream was for the song to reach first position on the music charts during Christmas week in the United Kingdom, a milestone that he could not perform in his lifetime.
At that time, “Last Christmas” was surpassed by the single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, by Band Aid, a project to raise funds for hunger in Ethiopia in which the British composer, who died on the 25th, also participated. December 2016.
What inspired George Michael’s Christmas classic?
George Michael wrote “Last Christmas” in his childhood bedroom in February 1984 and published it in December of that year with his project Wham!, which dissolved two years later.
Ridgeley said that Michael’s inspiration for the theme came out of nowhere. He said that the composer was at his parents’ house in Hertfordshire when he wrote it.
“There was a football match on TV and suddenly he jumped up and disappeared upstairs, where he had a small studio. An hour later, she came back and said, ‘Andy Andy, you have to listen to this.’ “I rarely saw him so excited or so animated,” said George Michael’s former partner in Wham!
Who has covered “Last Christmas”?
Since its launch, The song has been covered by many artists around the world..
Jimmy Eat World, Hilary Duff, Good Charlotte, Ariana Grande, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gwen Stefani and Taylor Swift are some of the artists who have covered “Last Christmas” over the years.
Even the song has its own movie. This is the film of the same name. Last Christmasstarring Emilia Clarke and featuring music by George Michael as part of the soundtrack.
The film, directed by Paul Feig, follows the story of Kate, a woman pursued by bad luck who agrees to work at Christmas in a warehouse as Santa’s elf. It turns out that this decision will become the best of her life, since there she will meet Tom, who would change the course of her life.
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