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Fantastic is the debut studio album by English pop duo Wham!, released on 1 July 1983. [4] It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. It included the previously released singles "Young Guns", "Wham Rap!" and "Bad Boys". "Club Tropicana" was released as a single to coincide with the album's release.
Influenced by funk and soul music and presenting themselves as disaffected youth, Wham!'s 1983 debut album Fantastic addressed the United Kingdom's unemployment problem and teen angst over adulthood. [6] Their second studio album Make It Big in 1984 was a worldwide pop smash hit, charting at number one in both the UK and the United States.
The Club Fantastic Tour (also advertised as the Club Fantastic '83 Tour) was the debut concert tour by English pop duo Wham!, launched in support of their first studio album Fantastic (1983). It was sponsored by Fila sportswear and spanned two months from October to late November 1983, comprising 30 sold-out shows across England, Scotland and ...
List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Young Guns (Go for It)" 1982 Tim Pope "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" 1983 Chris Gabrin "Bad Boys" Mike Brady "Club Tropicana" Duncan Gibbins "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" 1984 Andy Morahan "Everything She Wants" "Freedom" Lindsay Anderson, Andy Morahan [55]
Wham! is a 2023 documentary film about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. The film marks the 40th anniversary of their 1983 debut album Fantastic .
"Club Fantastic Megamix" is a medley single released by Wham! on 25 November 1983, and was the last single release for the duo on Innervision Records. It was mixed by DMC 's Alan Couthard and approved by Mark Dean, the manager of Innervision Records. [ 2 ]
"Club Tropicana" was written in 1981 in Ridgeley's living room, before the band or bandname had been fully established, and was the second Wham! song they came up with after the initial "Wham Rap!". [ 3 ] Although only half finished at the time of recording, it became one of the three home demos hastily made on a hired porta-studio which led to ...
The Best of Wham!: If You Were There... is the second UK-released compilation to summarise the career of English pop duo Wham!. It was released in 1997, and peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. The end of the album features a hidden track that was first heard on their debut album, Fantastic.