""I wrote it on one of those little four track portastudios," Michael revealed in Netflix's Wham!. "I went downstairs and I said to Andrew: 'I've done it'. I said, 'We're gonna have four number ones this year and we're gonna have a Christmas number one and I've just written it'. I played it to him and he went, 'f**k yeah'.""
"The song that would become one of the most recognisable Christmas hits of all time was actually written in George Michael's childhood bedroom. According to Ridgeley, "Last Christmas" was written on a Sunday in 1984 when he and Michael were chilling at Michael's parents' house, watching football. His parents were out, and it was just the two of them - before Michael announced that he had an idea, and had to run upstairs for an hour."
George Michael composed "Last Christmas" in 1984 in his childhood bedroom, using a four-track portastudio and finishing the idea in about an hour. The song was recorded in August 1984 in a studio decorated with Christmas ornaments. Wham! had already achieved three Number One singles that year: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Careless Whisper" and "Freedom", and Michael expected further chart success including a Christmas number one. Vintage audio from Michael and Andrew Ridgeley recounts the songwriting moment. The track has remained a staple of holiday radio worldwide for nearly forty years, and the music video shoot involved alcohol among those present.
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