Released December 10th, 1984....it is the best 80's Christmas song ever. It captures the timelessness of that era at the same time it encapsulates a moment in time that can never be repeated. Wham! was at the top of its game. Only a year and a half later, the band would break up (a mutual decision that no one understands) and the chart dominance of George Michael would begin.
But this song was unleashed upon the world that Christmas season and reached #2 in the UK. It holds the record as the highest selling song to NOT reach #1 in the UK as the song that held the top spot that holiday season was none other than the hugely famous Do They Know Its Christmas? by Band Aid.
To this day this song consistently charts during the month of December in England, reaching as high as #26 back in 2011.
The video captures another moment in time....and that would be the big hair era of the 80's. The hairspray budget on this video must have been astronomical. But what's up with George's ex-girlfriend in the video giving Andrew Ridgeley the broach pin that George gave her just the Christmas before?? That seems kinda cold, don'tcha think?
The video was shot in the small village of Saas-Fee, Switzerland. And if you look that village up, you may come across a blog post written by someone that lives there and is very upset that they don't properly show the correct layout of the village (he would go crazy if he lived in Los Angeles and saw how messed up TV and Movies portray that city).
In the mean time, please enjoy Last Christmas by Wham!
http://youtu.be/E8gmARGvPlI (<-------mobile user click here to see video)
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