![]() ![]() She'd bring a pile of singles with her and sometimes her flute her family was very encouraging of her interest in music and thus she would get a new single record each week. She would come over to watch me while my parents were out for the evening, smelling fresh and clean and looking like a younger version of Cyndi Lauper. You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts Her name was Angela, and she was the first girl I ever had a crush on. She idolized Cyndi Lauper and Wham!, and her clothing and appearance made that evident she made herself up to look like Cyndi, but she rarely appeared then without wearing a white Wham! tee. I was in first grade then and my regular babysitter was a pop music junkie. I so fondly remember that Thanksgiving holiday when you could barely turn on the radio without hearing Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. ![]() The song is sugary, repetitive, and deeply infectious, which is the recipe for a massive hit add in an attractive, young vocalist with a very strong voice in George Michael and you have a phenomenon. Wham!'s first big single in the United States, this song was nearly inescapable in 1984 in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and in a variety of other locales across the world, topping the UK singles chart for two weeks in early June (and probably for longer if not for the UK's obsession with Frankie Goes To Hollywood that summer), the Australian singles chart for five weeks in July and August, and the United States singles chart in late November and early December for two weeks. I don't want to miss it when you hit that high Make It Big - Track #1 - 1984 - Performed by Wham! - Written by Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael Wake me up before you go-go ![]()
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