While the radio royalties from “Careless Whisper” have kept George Michael and Andrew Ridgley in skimpy running shorts for the past couple of decades, “Everything She Wants” remains their crowning achievement as a duo. Released during the winter of 1985, the single’s impact was muted by the inclusion of “Last Christmas” on the flipside, which became the seasonal choice for disc jockeys and music television programmers. This unforgiving schedule also put them against supergroup Band Aid’s chart-topper “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, leaving Wham! with the dubious honor of having the biggest selling single to never reach number one.

A deep bass line and rich synths underscore the trials of man barely able to support his materialistic partner, eventually finding out that she is pregnant to boot; a convincing take on a situation the singer himself has almost certainly never experienced first hand.

Wham! – Everything She Wants 6:31 mins/ 128 kbps/ 5.98MB