Last Christmas

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"Last Christmas" is a song by the English duo Wham!. It was released on 3 December 1984 via CBS Records internationally and as a double A-side via Epic Records with "Everything She Wants" in multiple European countries. "Last Christmas" was written and produced by the Wham! member George Michael. He wrote it in February 1984 about a Christmas breakup and recorded it that August. "Last Christmas" spent five consecutive weeks at number two on the UK singles chart. It was beaten to Christmas number one by the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, on which Michael also performed. Funds from the sale of "Do They Know It's Christmas" were donated to the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. Until 2021, "Last Christmas" was the highest-selling UK single never to reach number one. It has entered the UK singles chart every year since 2007, reached number one for the first time on New Year's Day 2021, and became Christmas number one in 2023. Combining sales and streams, it also became...

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