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Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on ‘Last Christmas’ Hitting New Hot 100 Peak: George Michael ‘Would Have Been Utterly Delighted’


Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley talks ‘Last Christmas’ hitting a new peak on the Billboard Hot 100, says George Michael ‘would have been utterly delighted.'

– Andrew Ridgeley – to chat about all things “Last Christmas,” and asked him what it’s been like to see the song scale to new heights on the Hot 100. You know, Yog [a nickname for Wham!’s other half, the late George Michael, who died in 2016], we placed a great deal of importance on being a success in the States. “So, for the song to achieve its current chart placing … George would have been utterly delighted, as I am.

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