George Michael's Last Christmas became an accidental holiday classic, defying expectations and capturing the emotional ...

Wham! ’s “Last Christmas” is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the Billboard Global 200, as ...

And no, it's not Mariah Carey' s "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Yes, Carey's classic has hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 yet ...

Wham! 's "Last Christmas" dashes four places to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 13, as the 1984 classic by the ...

One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...

IT’S the song you can’t escape every December – blaring from radios, pubs, shops and office Christmas parties. Almost 40 ...

In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!'s "Last Christmas" a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator.

Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

Whether on the radio, in shopping malls, or at Christmas markets, Wham!'s "Last Christmas" plays repeatedly every year. The ...

Michael died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Christmas Day 2016 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.