George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's duo gave us dancefloor anthems and holiday staples.
For the pure pop rush, 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' is it. But 'Last Christmas' is the one that still shows up every December without fail.
You can't talk about 80s pop without 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' or 'Last Christmas'. Their sound was bright and danceable, but George Michael's voice always had that soulful weight underneath. Even a track like 'Club Tropicana' from their top songs list feels like a perfect capsule of that era's energy.
They started as teenagers in London with early chart hits like 'Wham Rap!'. By 1984 they were releasing international smashes and a holiday song that would outlast them. The duo was done by 1986, with George Michael moving on solo.
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