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'80s Holiday Classic Just Reached a New Peak After 41 Years

Among the holiday classics, Wham!'s "Last Christmas" reached a new peak, charting at the No. 2 spot, 41 years after its ...
Decider

‘Wham!’ Is A Buddy Film Disguised As A Music Documentary

As an angry and insecure teenager in 1980s America, I viewed the world through the time-honored prism of “This rules” and “That sucks.” Things that ruled: punk, metal, hip hop, denim jackets, sneakers ...
Chicago Sun-Times

If you’re gonna do a Wham! documentary, do it right — like Netflix did

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The New York Times

The Story of ‘Wham!’ Comes From an Unlikely Source

The director Chris Smith was not a fan of the ’80s pop band when he decided to take on the project about George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. By Farah Nayeri Two young Londoners — one of Greek Cypriot ...
Yahoo

George Michael called Wham’s career-launching Top of the Pops performance ‘terrible’

George Michael thought Wham!s Top of the Pops performance that launched their career was “terrible”. The singer, who died on Christmas Day in 2016, is the focus of a new Netflix documentary alongside ...
Los Angeles Times

Relive the whirlwind that was ‘Wham!’ from the inside out

Pop music had one of its all-time best years in 1984, when Prince, Van Halen, Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner and Madonna all topped the Billboard singles charts. Then, as the year came to an end, a U.K.
NPR

Wham's story as told by the duo, Andrew Ridgely and the late George Michael

The British duo Wham! became, for many, the soundtrack of the early 1980s with their fun-loving pop hits, a feel-good antidote to a world that, at the time, seemed to be growing darker from the Cold ...