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About This Track
“Last Christmas” is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released on Epic Records in 1984, on a double A-side with “Everything She Wants”. It was written by George Michael, one half of the duo. The song has been covered by many artists throughout the years.
Original version
Chart performances
Wham! had been a dominant force in the UK Singles Chart in 1984 and news that they were planning a Christmas single meant that a battle for the coveted Christmas #1 spot in the UK seemed set to be between Wham! and the year’s other big act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who had achieved a third #1 in early December with “The Power of Love”. However, the Band Aid project, helmed by Bob Geldof, produced the #1 single. Wham!’s offering peaked at #2 for much of the period, although George’s involvement in Band Aid meant that Wham! still had an input. Wham! subsequently topped the monies raised by Band Aid by donating all of their “Last Christmas/Everything She Wants” royalties to the Ethiopian famine appeal.
“Last Christmas” did make #1 in various other countries.
The single sold well over a million copies and became the biggest selling single in UK chart history not to reach #1. A year later, it was re-issued for Christmas again (this time without a billed flip-side) and got to #6. A second re-issue at Christmas 1986 - by which time Wham! had split - stalled outside the top 40.
The song gradually sold in Japan, and finally became the best-selling single that did not reach that country’s top-10 chart, selling more than 600,000 copies and peaking on the chart at #12 in 1992.
Since 1997, the song enters the German Singlecharts every year and peaked at #4 in 2007. In the airplay charts the songs enters every year the Top 5.
Original version
Chart performances
Wham! had been a dominant force in the UK Singles Chart in 1984 and news that they were planning a Christmas single meant that a battle for the coveted Christmas #1 spot in the UK seemed set to be between Wham! and the year’s other big act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who had achieved a third #1 in early December with “The Power of Love”. However, the Band Aid project, helmed by Bob Geldof, produced the #1 single. Wham!’s offering peaked at #2 for much of the period, although George’s involvement in Band Aid meant that Wham! still had an input. Wham! subsequently topped the monies raised by Band Aid by donating all of their “Last Christmas/Everything She Wants” royalties to the Ethiopian famine appeal.
“Last Christmas” did make #1 in various other countries.
The single sold well over a million copies and became the biggest selling single in UK chart history not to reach #1. A year later, it was re-issued for Christmas again (this time without a billed flip-side) and got to #6. A second re-issue at Christmas 1986 - by which time Wham! had split - stalled outside the top 40.
The song gradually sold in Japan, and finally became the best-selling single that did not reach that country’s top-10 chart, selling more than 600,000 copies and peaking on the chart at #12 in 1992.
Since 1997, the song enters the German Singlecharts every year and peaked at #4 in 2007. In the airplay charts the songs enters every year the Top 5.
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ksekthor wrote:
the best performance GM
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risico001 wrote:
Really Last.fm...this is the second time today with Last Christmas...holy Wham!
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VerveAreRising wrote:
God, I miss her :((
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kenet87 wrote:
the ONLY Christmas song i NEVER get sick of! I hate all the re-makes of this song. this is the original and the best. George Michael is awesome.
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Xylvanya wrote:
If you like ambitious and relaxing music, maybe it´s possible you like XYLVANYA: „Anxious“; „Beach II“ „SA RIERA part I“, "Imperial Crown" „Climbing“ or „Ex-Mannequin“ or „Horizont (III) or "Gewitter-Regen" or "Erinnerungen an meinen Vater" or "Trust (Piano-Version)" or "Norwegen" or "Retrospective view" and many many more.....(all in all 6 hours of music, all songs free download) . Thank you for listening, support or feedback! Peace, Xylvanya
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simaa1 wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [28]
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Annieworld wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [27]
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BlasterM wrote:
See you next year!
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rick_chisholm wrote:
Merry Xmas everybody!
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greenvillepa wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [26]
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greenvillepa wrote:
Merry Christmas !!!!
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Nemoflow wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [25]
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herman78 wrote:
I used to hate this song, but since it's inevitable at Chrismas i've set myself over it and learnt to love it.
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Incorrect- wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [24]
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Metalowa09 wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [23]
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fangirling wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [22]
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MiiStar wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [21]
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Pxz_zxP wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [20]
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innerspeaker wrote:
Best. Xmas. Song. Ever. His recent Xmas song (December Song) is fantastic as well. More people should check that out.
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rick_chisholm wrote:
Christmas isn't Christmas without this song [19]
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