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"Last Christmas" is a song by British pop duo Wham!. Written and produced by George Michael, it was released on 3 December 1984 via CBS Records internationally and as a double A-side via Epic Records with "Everything She Wants" in several European countries.
On behalf of the songwriters, publishing company Dick James Music sued George Michael for plagiarism in the mid-1980s claiming that the 1984 Wham! single, "Last Christmas", lifted its melody from "Can't Smile Without You". The case was reportedly dismissed when a musicologist presented 60-odd songs from the past century that had a comparable ...
He could cut out all these other people and their ideas." This would pave the way for "Last Christmas", which followed the same approach. [8] Michael confirms: "For the most part I try and play everything [when writing and recording, but] it wasn't the case in Wham! Apart from [that] "Last Christmas" and "Everything She Wants" are all me." [9]
The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial release! 2. Nat King Cole, "The Christmas Song"
“Last Christmas” took the No 1 spot during last week’s chart, with the song’s popularity stemming from a number of factors. Following Michael’s death in 2016, many fans have returned to ...
Ariana Grande's surprise-released Christmas EP experienced a surge in popularity after she added some of the project's six original songs to her 2019 Sweetener World Tour setlist. That year, it ...
"Last Christmas" has been a staple of most all-Christmas radio stations' playlists since the format became popular; in 2023, the song was the most heavily played song on adult contemporary stations that had adopted all-Christmas formats (adult contemporary itself being the most common format to flip to all-Christmas). [5]
1. Last Christmas – Wham! 2. Fairytale of New York – The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl; and I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – Wizzard. 3. All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah ...