^ " Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (in German). Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. " - Wham! - "Wake me up before you go-go "". ^ "Sleeve designed by Peter Saville: Sleeves 1982-1984". ^ Connelly, Christopher (25 October 1984). ^ "VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's". "Classic Tracks: George Michael 'Faith '". ^ "Wham! - Wake Me up Before You Go-Go". ^ "Wham! - Wake Me up Before You Go Go". List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. "A Ray of Sunshine" (Specially recorded for The Tube) It was also released as a CD single in 1999 Note: The US 7-inch single (Columbia 04552) has identical track listing. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (Instrumental) Track listing Īll tracks are written by George Michael. The band was wearing Katharine Hamnett t-shirt designs that said "CHOOSE LIFE". It showcases the band performing for an audience of mostly teenagers at Brixton Academy in South London. The music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. The UK sleeve was designed by Peter Saville, with photography by Trevor Key. The song also went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, holding the top spot for three weeks. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number four – after much hype from the duo claiming they would go straight in at number one, which was a rare occurrence then – and climbed to the top spot seven days later, staying there for two weeks. The song, according to Michael, had been done in one take without any drop-ins (overdubs) at all - production-wise, he noted that the two options to him were "either to be like Trevor Horn and go for stunning sounds on your own, or just get a great sound on each instrument and go for a live take". It was recorded within two days at Sarm West Studio 2 in London, with a live rhythm section. We used a LinnDrum because the drummer was late, and it was such a good track that we kept it. 
Usually, I write the record in my head I know what all the parts are going to be and I sing them to all our musicians. I'd done a demo at home that just had a bass line and a vocal on it. It's one of those tracks that gets rid of a lot of your own personal influences it reminds me of so many different records that I couldn't actually nail them down. I just wanted to make a really energetic pop record that had all the best elements of Fifties and Sixties records, combined with our attitude and our approach, which is obviously more uptempo and a lot younger than some of those records. In 1984, George Michael had this to say on the development of the song: Michael's inspiration for the song was a scribbled note that his bandmate Andrew Ridgeley had left for his parents, intended to read "wake me up before you go" but with "up" accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote "go" twice on purpose.
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