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Red Dress": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 13 September 2016" . Retrieved 13 September 2016– via Imgur.com. The complete list of the UK No.1 songs of the 80s :1984". Pure80spop.co.uk . Retrieved 29 December 2012. Eames, Tom (29 June 2023). "Wham documentary is 'a story of friendship': Director Chris Smith reveals how he made the Netflix film". Smooth Radio . Retrieved 2 July 2023. According to Netflix, Wham! was watched by 4.4 million people in its first five days of digital release worldwide in any language and ranked 8th for the most watched TV and film. [28] It was the most-watched film in the United Kingdom debuting at number one for the week 3 July to 9 July 2023. [29]

In a positive 4/5 star review for the London Evening Standard, El Hunt called it an "illuminating film" with it being "Cleverly stitched together and drawing on a vast archive of audio recordings, their narrative does not shy away from reappraising the band’s past and even calling themselves out." [38] Saner, Emine (19 July 2023). " 'Oh God, I envied his voice!': Andrew Ridgeley on ego, angst and loving George Michael". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 19 July 2023. Here's one aspect of the 'Last Christmas' twist you may have missed". EW.com . Retrieved 26 December 2020.An important turning point for the band after the release of their first single "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" which failed to enter the UK singles chart, was an opportunity to appear on Top of the Pops in November 1982 performing " Young Guns (Go for It)" which rose in the chart from 42 eventually reaching number 3. Andrew Ridgeley moved to Monaco after Wham!'s break-up and tried his hand at Formula Three motor racing. Meeting with little success, Ridgeley moved to Los Angeles to pursue his singing/acting career, the failure of which caused him to return to England in 1990. Regardless, CBS Records, having taken up the option on Wham!'s contract that specified solo albums from Michael and Ridgeley, released a solo effort from Ridgeley, Son of Albert, in 1990. After poor sales, CBS declined the option of a second album. On 25 June 1988, George Michael's 25th birthday, Michael played the third of three dates at Birmingham's NEC as part of the Faith World Tour. He appeared deeply moved when he was surprised on stage by many members of his family with Andrew Ridgeley, who was pushing a trolley carrying a huge birthday cake. They led the 13,000-strong crowd in a rendition of " Happy Birthday" before Ridgeley accompanied Michael in a performance of " I'm Your Man". From 1990 to 2017, Ridgeley was in a relationship with Keren Woodward, [28] [29] a member of the group Bananarama. They lived with her son in a restored 15th-century farm property near Wadebridge, Cornwall, England. [30] Ridgeley announced he was dating socialite Amanda Cronin in summer 2022; they separated in May 2023. [31] Memoir [ edit ] Michael and Ridgeley embarked on a UK tour to promote the album in October 1983, opening at Aberdeen's Capitol Theatre, before going on to dates in Scotland, England and Wales, and ending in November at the Centre in Brighton. Jovanovic, R. (2015). George Michael: The biography. Little, Brown Book Group. p.35. ISBN 978-0-349-41124-8 . Retrieved 16 June 2019.

The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart". Officialcharts.com . Retrieved 24 June 2020. Wham!' Documentary To Make World Premiere At Sheffield, As DocFest Reveals 30th Edition Lineup". Deadline. 10 May 2023 . Retrieved 18 May 2023. Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com wrote, "a total blast, regardless of your level of fandom. On the most superficial level, it’s just a joy to relive this time of pop culture excess and sing along with these insanely catchy tunes." [46] See also [ edit ]Top 10 By Country: Weekly Top 10 lists of the most watched TV and films in countries around the world (UK)". Netflix. 16 July 2023 . Retrieved 23 July 2023. Davis, S. (2012). 80s Chart-Toppers: Every Chart-Topper Tells a Story. Mainstream Publishing. p.264. ISBN 978-1-78057-411-0 . Retrieved 17 June 2019. Harris, John (19 September 2008). "Sentenced to a lifetime of stress". theguardian.com . Retrieved 11 January 2017. Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Andrew Ridgeley in Australian Charts". Hung Medien . Retrieved 4 September 2016. Wham! follow up with a reissue of "Wham Rap!" which becomes a hit charting at number 8 and "Bad Boys" at number 2. "Club Tropicana" see the duo fly to the Spanish island of Ibiza, their first music video shoot abroad. It was filmed at Pikes Hotel with Ridgeley describing it as being more in line with their intended image. The single becomes a chart success in Europe.

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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!". [2] 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 their first record contract with Innervision Records. [3] The initial song inspiration came from their excitement over the glamour and escapism of the then burgeoning New Romantic club scene, and Michael, Ridgeley and Shirlie Holliman's occasional visits to one such club in London, Le Beat Route. [4] The song's lyrical theme was then expanded to also include the hedonism of summery Club 18-30 holidays, [5] whilst musically fusing a Latin jazz rhythm with a groove inspired by the Gap Band's " Burn Rubber on Me". [6] Synopsis [ edit ] The song was also included on the compilation album The Final and on Michael's greatest hits album Twenty Five. [7] [8] B-side [ edit ]