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| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Standard artwork by Peter Saville and Trevor Key | ||||
| Single by Wham! | ||||
| from the album Make It Big | ||||
| B-side | "A Ray of Sunshine" | |||
| Released | 14 May 1984 | |||
| Recorded | February 1984 | |||
| Studio | Sarm West (London)[1][2] | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop[3] | |||
| Length | 3:50 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | George Michael | |||
| Producer(s) | George Michael | |||
| Wham! singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" on YouTube | ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
 US release of the original 1984 single | ||||
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a song by English pop duo Wham!, first released as a single in the UK on 14 May 1984.[4] It became their first UK and US number one hit. It was written and produced by George Michael. The single was certified platinum in the US, which at the time commemorated sales of over two million copies. The music video features Michael and bandmate Andrew Ridgeley wearing oversized message T-shirts ("CHOOSE LIFE") created by Katharine Hamnett, starting a craze covered in the 2002 VH1 series I Love the 80s.[5]
The song was ranked number 28 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.[6]
- ^ Hearnton, Sam (April 1985). "The Soundmaker". Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music (Apr 1985): 12–13.
- ^ Buskin, Richard (March 2013). "Classic Tracks: George Michael 'Faith'". Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ Edward, Thomas (13 July 2023). "The Story Of… 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' by Wham!". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
The bubblegum-pop song reached the top of the charts in both the UK and the US
- ^ "Record News". NME. London, England: IPC Media: 36. 5 May 1984.
- ^ Kraszewski, Jon (2017). Reality TV. Taylor & Francis. p. 127.
- ^ "VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's". Rock on the Net. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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