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"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a song by the English duo Wham!, first released as a single in the UK on 14 May 1984, and which became their first American and UK number-one hit. It was written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 13th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. ==History== Michael's inspiration for the song was a scribbled note left by his Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley for Andrew's parents, originally intended to read "wake me up before you go" but with "up" accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote "go" twice on purpose. Released in May 1984, it heralded the beginning of a softer, sunnier image for Wham!, who had spent the previous year as a moodier, more politically themed duo, with songs about unemployment, young marriage, and battles of will between parents and their children. With the release of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", they re-emerged with wider smiles, more colourful clothing, and a more positive disposition in interviews. In 1984, George Michael had this to say on the development of the song: The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number four — after much hype from the duo claiming they would go straight in at number one, which was a rare occurrence then — and climbed to the top spot seven days later, staying there for two weeks. The song also went to the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States. The UK sleeve was designed by Peter Saville, with photography by Trevor Key.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Petersaville.info )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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