Take the first letter off of Wham's name, and you pretty much sum up the band's music. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley smiled their prettiest smiles and hammed it up to the top of the charts, pushing the buttons of teen girls around the world. Michael and Ridgeley got their start in a ska band called the Executive before taking on the Wham! moniker. Wham! made their first mark in 1982 with "Wham! Rap," a piece of white pretty-boy pop crap that no doubt inspired the likes of Vanilla Ice. Legal problems with their record label and the American rights to the name Wham! (they would release music as Wham! UK in the States) proved only minor setbacks to a duo with hair and teeth too perfect to be put down. In 1984 they scored international hits with the inanely titled dance-pop tune "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go," and "Careless Whisper," the guilty feet song. They ended 1984 with an appropriately timed Christmas song, with a portion of the song's royalties being donated by these two humanitarians to the African famine relief. To their credit, Wham! did produce some pretty good pop/dance music, including "Wham! Rap" and their 1985 hit "I'm Your Man." They were also capable of putting together a decent ballad, such as "A Different Corner" from their 1986 "Music From the Edge of Heaven" LP. After the duo's break-up, celebrated by a crowd of over 70,000 at their much-hyped farewell show, both went on to solo careers. George Michael's solo creations, which have proved more sincere and introspective than those of his Wham! days, have kept him living large for the past ten years, while Ridgeley has proved that he is musically hopeless without his former partner.

Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friendTo the heart and mind, ignorance is kindThere's no comfort in the truthPain is all you'll findShould've known betterI feel so unsureAs I take your hand and lead you to the dance floorAs the music dies, something in your eyesCalls to mind the silver screen and all its sad good-byesI'm never gonna dance againGuilty feet have got no rhythmThough it's easy to pretendI know you're not a foolShould've known better than to cheat a friendAnd waste the chance that I've been givenSo I'm never gonna dance againThe way I danced with youTime can never mendThe careless whispers of a good friendTo the heart and mind ignorance is kindThere's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll findI'm never gonna dance againguilty feet have got no rhythmThough it's easy to pretendI know you're not a foolShould've known better than to cheat a friendAnd waste this chance that I've been givenSo I'm never gonna dance againThe way I danced with youNever without your loveTonight the music seems so loudI wish that we could lose this crowdMaybe it's better this wayWe'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to sayWe could have been so good togetherWe could have lived this dance foreverBut no one's gonna dance with mePlease stayAnd I'm never gonna dance againGuilty feet have got no rhythmThough it's easy to pretendI know you're not a foolShould've known better than to cheat a friendAnd waste the chance that I've been givenSo I'm never gonna dance againThe way I danced with you(Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrongThat you had to leave me alone

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Edge of Heaven

I would lock you up
But I could not bear to hear you
Screaming to be set free
I would chain you up
If I'd thought you'd swear
The only one that mattered was me, me, me
I would strap you up
But don't worry baby
You know I wouldn't hurt you 'less you wanted me to

It's too late to stop
Won't the heavens save me?
My daddy said the devil looks a lot like you

You take me to the edge of heaven
Tell me that my soul's forgiven
Hide your baby's eyes and we can...
You take me to the edge of heaven
One last time might be forever
When the passion dies -
It's just a matter of time before my heart is
Looking for a home

I'm like a maniac, at the end of the day
I'm like a doggie barking at your door
So come take me back to the place you stay
And maybe we can do it once more

You say I'm dangerous
But don't worry baby
I get excited at the things that you do
And there's a place for us in a dirty movie
'Cos no-one does it better than me and you

You take me to the edge of heaven
Tell me that my soul's forgiven
Hide your baby's eyes and we can...
You take me to the edge of heaven
One last time might be forever
Please don't tell me lies
It's just a matter of time before my heart is
Looking for a home

I ain't got no more worries
I'm gonna spend some time with you
Loving you takes such courage
And don't you think that I know it

(Filthy)

You take me to the edge of heaven
You tell me that my soul's forgiven
Hide your baby's eyes and we can...
You take me to the edge of heaven
One last time might be forever
Don't you tell me lies, because believe me baby
One day you'll wake up on your own.

I ain't got no more worries
I ain't got no more time for you
Loving you takes such courage
Everyone's got their eyes on you

I ain't got no more worries
I ain't got no more time for you
Loving you takes such courage
And don't you think that I know it


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Wake me up before you go-go

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

You put the boom-boom into my heart
You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts
Jitterbug into my brain
Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same

But something's bugging you, something ain't right
My best friend told me what you did last night
Left me sleepin' in my bed
I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead.

Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah)

You take the grey skies out of my way
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
Turned a bright spark into a flame
My beats per minute never been the same

'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool
It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
Come on, baby, let's not fight
We'll go dancing, everything will be all right

Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah, baby)

(Jitterbug)
(Jitterbug)

Cuddle up, baby, move in tight
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed
They can dance, we'll stay home instead

(Jitterbug)

Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight

Wake me up before you go-go, 
Don't you dare to leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Take me dancing, 

(Boom-boom-boom)

(Backing vocals to fade)