Wham!: Last Christmas (1984) Online
- Original Title :
- Wham!: Last Christmas
- Genre :
- Creative Work / Short / Music
- Year :
- 1984
- Directror :
- Andrew Morahan
- Cast :
- Helen DeMacque,Kathy Hill,Martin Kemp
- Budget :
- £60,000
- Type :
- Creative Work
- Time :
- 5min
- Rating :
- 6.5/10
The video to "Last Christmas" shows Wham. members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley accompanying girlfriends to see friends at an unspecified ski resort: the cable-car that can be seen in two shots is from Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where the video was filmed. It becomes clear early on that the character of Ridgeley's girlfriend (played by model Kathy Hill) was previously in a relationship with Michael and that the song is aimed at her. She can easily be spotted throughout the video by the fact that she's usually wearing red, but everyone else is wearing more muted colors.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Helen DeMacque | ||
| Kathy Hill | ||
 | Martin Kemp | ||
| Shirlie Kemp | ||
| Debbie Killingback | - | Girlfriend |
 | George Michael | ||
 | Mark Monero | ||
| Andrew Ridgeley | ||
 | Wham! |
The song reached number one in Denmark, Slovenia and Sweden and number two in seven countries; Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway and United Kingdom.
Wham! donated all of their royalties to the Ethiopian famine.
"Last Christmas" had its beginnings in 1984, while George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were visiting Michael's parents. It was written by Michael in his childhood bedroom.
The song was recorded in August 1984, at Advision Studios, London, England.
George Michael had written, performed, produced and played every single instrument on the track.
"Last Christmas" has sold over 1.88 million copies as of January 2017 and is the biggest-selling single in UK chart history not to reach number one.
"Last Christmas" is the eighth best-selling single of all time released by a non-Japanese act, with total physical sales of 683,000 units.
In Germany, the song is the most successful Christmas single of all time, having spent 132 weeks on the German Singles Chart and attained a peak position of #4 on 6 January 2018.
In the Netherlands, the song never reached number one, peaking at number 2 in January 1985.
As of 25 December 2018, the music video has received 417 million views on the official Wham! YouTube channel.