George Michael wrote “Last Christmas” in his childhood bedroom while bandmate Andrew Ridgeley watched television downstairs. Wham! was a duo, but Michael had taken control. He’d taken on the music business and survived a legal dispute with his former record label en route to Wham!’s greatest commercial success. Meanwhile, the inevitability of going solo awaited him.
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