It’s easy to see why, since it’s far superior to the standard version which a whole extra verse at the end. In fact it wasn’t until 2006 that the standard 7″ mix appeared on a Wham! /George Michael CD (his Twenty Five greatest hits album).Īnother remix which replaced the standard 7″ mix on all the compilations. The 12″ “Pudding Mix” was for years the de facto standard version of the song, appearing on The Best of Wham! in 1997 as well as The Final. Only kept off the UK no.1 spot by the Band Aid, Do They Know It’s Christmas? charity single, it sold over a million copies and is apparently the highest selling single in UK history not to get to the number one spot. There was a “Long Mix” 12″ version but the on The Final it is the standard mix albeit with a unique ‘outro’ when a trumpet comes in.Ī double A-side with Everything She Wants, Last Christmas topped a ludicrously successful 1984 for Wham!, and George Michael in particular. The Wexler version was given an official release, briefly, on the flipside of a limited edition UK 12″ but has never been released on CD (see video below for this rarely heard version).Ī third number one in a row from Make It Big, Freedom was Wham! at the peak of their powers. Jerry Wexler originally produced this track before George decided to remake it himself.
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A transatlantic no.1, the version on The Final is actually the full length version, which also appears on Make It Big. George Michael’s first solo single was on the Wham! album Make It Big, but released in the US as Wham! featuring George Michael. There was no 12″ remix and the b-side was an instrumental. The band’s first number one and the first single from the second album, the appropriately titled Make It Big. Blue (Live In China), a significantly reworked live rendition, did appear on the US Music From The Edge of Heaven. This is a shame because it has only ever been issued on CD on a rather obscure Japanese CD single of Club Tropicana. This was recognised by it’s inclusion on the cassette and LP version of The Final, although it was not on the original CD and nor does it appear on the 25th anniversary re-release. The b-side Blue (Armed With Love) was a rare example of George Michael putting a high quality new track on the flip-side of a single. The fourth and final single from the Fantastic album, reaching no.4 in the charts, in the summer of 1983. The 12″ version is on the original vinyl of The Final but the CD is the standard version. It’s the only Wham! single not on the 1997 The Best Of Wham! album, however it was present and correct on The Final back in 1986 which is not surprising since it was the biggest hit from their debut album, reaching no.2 in May 1983. George Michael is on record as early as 1984 saying he “hates” this song. It’s also on the American compilation Music From The Edge of Heaven (a cut down version of The Final). An ’86 remix was included as part of the 7″ double-pack and the 12″ of the last single Edge of Heaven. In fact the 7″ version has never appeared on a Wham! CD since the 12″ version was on the first album Fantastic.
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It’s the 12″ version on The Final even though it’s only labelled as such on the vinyl version. If you don’t enjoy what you do just stop “Cos the benefit gang are going to pay”. The message was clear, working is for jerks. Wham Rap! was rather political in a very simplistic way. Not a hit in June 1982 when first released, but was subsequently re-released in January 1983 (after Young Guns (Go For It!)) when it reached no.8 in the charts. Nothing on the album is exactly obscure, but for your enjoyment we present a lively walkthrough of the tracks on the record, with the odd bit of trivia thrown in for good measure! Nice! Inside: A t-shirt, two gold vinyl LPs and more In addition to the standard 14-track CD, the forthcoming deluxe edition will include a DVD with 13 fully restored videos (one short of the audio selection, since the track Battlestations didn’t have a video).īack in 1986 Wham! were unwittingly early pioneers of the Super Deluxe Edition, since The Final came out as a limited edition (25,000!) box set, which included double gold LP, a calendar, a t-shirt, and a pencil and Wham! pad.
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The Final contains six UK no.1 hits including both George Michael solo singles ( Careless Whisper and A Different Corner). The pop duo of George Michael and Andrew Ridgely went out on a high 25 years ago, with this exceptional record that documents a short, but amazingly successful, career in pop. Wham! are back on 28 November with a 2-disc anniversary edition of The Final, their farewell compilation album, from 1986.