Six surprising facts about Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ you probably didn’t know

At this point, George Michael and Wham!’s pop hit “Last Christmas” is as essential to the festive season as tinsel and turkey.

Nearly forty years on from the track’s release in December 1984 and it remains regarded as one of the very best Christmas songs of all time.

In the 2023 Netflix documentary film Wham!, vintage audio clips from the late, great George Michael and his Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley revealed more about how the iconic tune came to be, and how it has continued to soundtrack the holiday season for nearly four decades.

As Christmas nears and the song hits the radio rotation in countries across the globe once again, here are six surprising facts about “Last Christmas” you may not have known.