Last Christmas - The Song by Wham!
There are many Christmas songs that herald the joyous season. These songs are usually played and sang during the entire duration of the holiday season. These songs are capable of lifting spirits and invoking deep emotions in us. Compared to traditional holiday and Christmas songs, the more modern songs that are also heard during the holiday season are usually sad songs that talk about a person's memory of Christmas and love.
The Song Last Christmas
Last Christmas is a song that talks about a man who offers his love to a woman during Christmas day only to find out that she gave her heart away the very next day. The song Last Christmas is a very catchy song which was released in the year 1984 and sang by the then popular duo called Wham! Wham! was a British duo consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. George Michael wrote the song Last Christmas and Epic Record was the carrier of the single. It was released in a double A side with the other side featuring the song, "Everything She Wants".
A Brief Background of Last Christmas
The single, Last Christmas, did not make the number one mark in UK charts but it did sell over a million copies during its release. It was again released the next year and got to the number six spot of the charts. A third release of the song, Last Christmas, brought it to just outside the top 40 songs of the charts in the year of the third release. In spite of its decline, the song made it very well in other countries and is still being played up to this day.
The music video of the song Last Christmas featured both singers in a ski resort with their girlfriends. The music video seemed to show a love triangle among George, Andrew and Andrew's girlfriend. George was shown singing the song to Andrew's girlfriend and it is believed that she was initially his love interest in the music video until she "gave away his heart" the very next day and changed George for Andrew.
Last Christmas is a very popular track which can still be heard being played on the radio and on CD's up to this very day. This popularity just goes to show that the holiday season can be a sad season for some people.
