{"id":56241,"date":"2021-01-14T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=56241"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:00:39","slug":"george-michael-reaches-number-one-for-first-time-since-1996-with-last-christmas-as-the-classic-hit-tops-the-charts-36-years-after-its-release-by-sean-ogrady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/george-michael-reaches-number-one-for-first-time-since-1996-with-last-christmas-as-the-classic-hit-tops-the-charts-36-years-after-its-release-by-sean-ogrady\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael reaches number one for first time since 1996 with Last Christmas as the classic hit tops the charts 36 years after its release \u2013 by  SEAN O&#8217;GRADY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366; font-size: 28px;\">George Michael reaches number one for first time since 1996 with Last Christmas as the classic hit tops the charts 36 years after its release\u00a0\u2013 by\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Sean+O%27grady+For+Mailonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s%3D%26authornamef%3DSean%2BO%2527grady%2BFor%2BMailonline&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610689325806000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPfeg_RWvnLWjH0vhe90LJZyqEuw\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">SEAN O&#8217;GRADY\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">George Michael&#8217;s classic single Last\u00a0Christmas\u00a0has reached number one over 36 years after its release.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The iconic track, which the late singer released as part of Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley has become the first number one of 2021, according to\u00a0Official Charts.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The song has set a new record for\u00a0longest time taken for a single to reach number one at 36 years, beating Tony Christie&#8217;s (Is This The Way To) Amarillo\u00a0which took 33 years and four months to reach the top spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56242 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/George-Michael-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"613\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-imagecaption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Achievement:\u00a0George Michael&#8217;s classic single Last Christmas has reached number one over 36 years after its release\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-9105127\/George-Michael-reaches-number-one-time-1996-Christmas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Mail UK 9<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Last Christmas climbed from three to one in the charts after it got an impressive 9.2 million streams over the past week.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">It is the first time in 24 years that George, who tragically died on Christmas Day in 2016, has reached the top of the charts, with his last number one being\u00a0Jesus To A Child in 1996.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Wham!&#8217;s Andrew Ridgeley took to Twitter to mark the achievement, saying it was a testament to George&#8217;s &#8216;songwriting genius&#8217;.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798ext-gen85\" class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He wrote: &#8216;I am delighted, somewhat amazed &amp; profoundly pleased that WHAM!\u2019s iconic Christmas classic Last Christmas has finally achieved the accolade of becoming a No 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56243 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/George-Michael-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"891\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><b>Classic:\u00a0The track, which the late singer released as part of Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley has become the first number one of 2021, according to Official Charts (pictured in 2007)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56244\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/George-Michael-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"144\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-imagecaption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">&#8216;Amazed&#8217;:\u00a0Wham!&#8217;s Andrew Ridgeley took to Twitter to mark the achievement, saying it was a testament to George&#8217;s &#8216;songwriting genius&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;It\u2019s a fitting tribute 2 George\u2019s songwriting genius and 1 of which he would\u2019ve been immensely proud &amp; utterly thrilled.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Meanwhile,\u00a0Martin Talbot, chief executive, Official Charts Company, said: &#8216;This is a fantastic record for Last Christmas.\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;Just a few weeks after Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want For Christmas is You reached Number 1 after a 26 year wait, for the Wham! tune to make its own impact after so long really shows how much the British public love their Christmas classics.&#8217;\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Last Christmas was previously the UK&#8217;s best-selling single to never reach number one with 1.9 million sales.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">George wrote the track after he was inspired by a visit to his childhood home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/George-Michael-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-imagecaption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Impressive:\u00a0Last Christmas climbed from three to one in the charts after it got an impressive 9.2 million streams over the past week (pictured in 1983)<\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Andrew previously wrote about how the song came about for The Mail On Sunday.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798ext-gen86\" class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">He said: &#8216;We went to his old room, the room in which we had spent hours as kids recording pastiches of radio shows and jingles, the room where he kept a keyboard and something on which to record his sparks of inspiration, and he played me the introduction and the beguiling, wistful chorus melody to &#8216;Last Christmas.&#8221;\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;It was a moment of wonder. George had performed musical alchemy, distilling the essence of Christmas into music.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">&#8216;Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a masterstroke and, as he did so often, he touched hearts.&#8217;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6536991025677555862ydp5445dfb9yiv5748915798gmail-mol-para-with-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">George and Andrew formed Wham! in 1981 and sold 30 million records, splitting up in 1986, with George citing a desire to make more mature music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56246\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/George-Michael-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">History:\u00a0George and Andrew formed Wham! in 1981 and sold 30 million records, splitting up in 1986, with George citing a desire to make more mature music (pictured in 1984)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Michael reaches number one for first time since 1996 with Last Christmas as the classic hit tops the charts 36 years after its release\u00a0\u2013 by\u00a0\u00a0SEAN O&#8217;GRADY\u00a0\u00a0 George Michael&#8217;s classic single Last\u00a0Christmas\u00a0has reached number one over 36 years after its release. 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