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The Final is a greatest hits album released in 1986 to summarise the career of English pop duo Wham!.The album was not initially released in North America, where the album Music from the Edge of Heaven was released instead.
"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 [53] "Careless Whisper" Duncan Gibbins "Last Christmas" Andy Morahan "I'm Your Man" 1985 "The Edge of Heaven" 1986
In 1986, Wham! disbanded. Michael was keen to create music targeted at a more sophisticated adult market rather than the duo's primarily teenage audience. Before going their separate ways, they released a farewell single, " The Edge of Heaven ", and a greatest-hits album titled The Final , along with a farewell concert entitled the Final .
The song became Wham!'s fourth No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart [5] and their final US top-ten hit. Michael has said the lyrics to the song were "deliberately and overtly sexual, especially the first verse". The reason for this, he says, was he thought no one would care "because no one listens to a Wham! lyric. It had got to that stage." [6]
Music from the Edge of Heaven generally acted as a studio album from Wham! for the North American and Japanese markets. It consisted of some songs not available on The Final as well. The Final was a greatest hits album as it included a few of the same songs, but also included many of their previous hits from their two prior albums.
An extended mix of the song was released on Wham!'s 1986 album Music from the Edge of Heaven (the U.S. version of their final album The Final). In 1996, the song was re-recorded by Michael in a funkier style.
The Final was the farewell concert by English pop duo Wham!. It was held at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 June 1986. [1] A total of 72,000 people attended the event, which included support artists and special guests, such as Elton John and Simon Le Bon. [2] [3] The concert was preceded by the release of the greatest hits album of the ...
At the time of its release in March 1986, Michael was still a member of pop duo Wham! (the song is included on Wham!'s album Music from the Edge of Heaven, only released in Japan and North America, as well as their compilation album The Final, released worldwide), though he and partner Andrew Ridgeley had announced that they would split in the summer after a farewell single, album and concert.