George Michael Wrote Famous Last Christmas While Watching Football Match
The song's title has now been adopted by a Christmas film starring Emilia Clarke.
Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael's late bandmate in Wham!, recounts in his memoir the story behind the creation of the most popular Christmas song, Last Christmas.
In the book “Wham! George & Me” Ridgeley recalls that in 1984, while watching a football match at his parents' home, Michael was suddenly struck by inspiration and ran upstairs to write the lyrics on a keyboard, The Hollywood Reporter relays his words. George Michael liked to host an annual Christmas party for his closest friends.
This was probably one of the English football championship matches that are played in large numbers on Christmas Day.
The song became incredibly popular, and even in 2018, 34 years after its release, it had garnered 65 million views on YouTube. All proceeds from the Wham! song went to Ethiopia to help famine victims.
By a cruel twist of fate, George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016. He was 53 years old.
Yesterday, Universal released the film Last Christmas in US cinemas, starring Emilia Clarke in the lead role. The soundtrack includes a previously unknown George Michael song, “This is How”.
In Ukraine, the film will be released on December 19.
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