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Fun Music Information -> Wham!
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Possible Misspelled Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Wham! and George MichaelStupid Band Names:
- Hmm...never name you band while watching old batman shows. Bang! Wham! Oh!!! Submitted by: Savage Jigga
Vainity Songs:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Wham! Rap" | The name says it all. There's also Wham! Rap '86. The original is from '83. - Beach Babe Chaser |
Better Off Solo?:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "George Michael" | "He was doing fine prior to his arrest for sexual misconduct involving a male officer. He's still performing today, but he's half the performer he was both with Wham! and solo." | - MOR |
| "Andrew Ridgeley" | "Andrew only recorded one solo album, and apparently was at odds with the record label over the direction of it, which is unfortunate, because he's a very good singer in his own right––kind of a "hard rock Buddy Holly" kind of sound. Andrew was better off in Wham, even though his vocals never got to be showcased as George Michael basically dominated the group." | - Lisa |
New Band Names:
New Name | Why It's Better | Submitter Name |
| Wham, Bam, Thank You Sam! | Regarding George Michael's quick exploits in publ | Cautious Lip |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Credit Ward Baby" | "Credit Card Baby" | H. Tim Smith |
| "Credit Card Babs" | "Credit Card Baby" | H. Tim Smith |
| "Credit Bard Baby" | "Credit Card Baby" | H. Tim Smith |
| "Everything She Flaunts" | "Everything She Wants" | Sonya Raynos |
| "Everything She Taunts" | "Everything She Wants" | Sonya Raynos |
There are additional new song names available. | ||
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Young Guns (Go For It)," | Guns can be new, but not young. | Boxx |
| "The Edge Of Heaven," | Even if it was there how would you find it? | Peter |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Where Are All My Friends?," Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes | "Club Tropicana," Wham! | |
| "Time, Love, and Tenderness," Michael Bolton | "Everything She Wants," Wham! | |
| "Crying," Roy Orbison | "Like A Baby," Wham! | |
| "Leaving On A Jet Plane," Peter, Paul, and Mary | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," Wham | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Credit Cad Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Card Bay" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Car Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Car Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Cliff Adair
"Credit Card Bay" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Cliff Adair
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Ledge of Heaven" originally "Edge of Heaven"
Billy Hawes
"Least Christmas" originally "Last Christmas"
The season which hardly mattered at all.
Tom
"Wedge Of Heaven" originally "Edge Of Heaven"
Peggy Pollock
"Sedge Of Heaven" originally "Edge Of Heaven"
Sedge=grass-like plant but with triangular stems.
Peggy Pollock
"Ledge Of Heaven" originally "Edge Of Heaven"
nally
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Credit Hard Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Care Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Carl Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Curd Baby" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
"Credit Card Babe" originally "Credit Card Baby"
Candy Welty
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Recordings:
July 29
a parody of "Careless Whisper" by Wham!
A brilliant Pearody
http://www.ogterps.com: (mp3)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" | "Go Get Dressed Up For The Photo" | The Parody Author |
| "Last Christmas" | "Lousy Christmas" | LoriLoud33 |
| "Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-Go" | "Don't Hit the Head Before You Go Go" | Cactus Impersonator |
| "Last Christmas" | "Last Christmas (2)" | Glynn Leaney |
| "Last Christmas" | "Last Christmas" | Glynn Leaney |
| "Careless Whisper" | "Reckless Twitters" | William Little |
| "Last Christmas" | "Last Christmas (A Pre-Covid Christmas)" | D-Boz |
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | "Don't Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" | Cactus Impersonator |
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" | "Stop Waking Me Up (Just Go Go)" | AnimeFan |
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | "Take Your Trash Before You Go-Go" | Joe the Crazy Conch |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Everything She Wants | Paris Hilton's Answering Machine | Andrew |
| Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | Narcolepsy Hotline | Andrew Lourey |
| Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | Christian Organization | jerk |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Don't You Remember Adele | Last Christmas Wham! | Don't You Remember Last Christmas | Gary Albright |
| It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Bing Crosby | Last Christmas Wham! | It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Last Christmas | Gary Albright |
| Friday I'm in Love The Cure | I'm Your Man Wham! | Friday I'm Your Man alternately: Friday I'm Your Man In Love | jaykatemorrison88 |
| Get The Party Started Pink | Last Christmas Wham! | Get The Last Christmas Party Started | Ashley Michelle McGowan |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Slam!
Slayer combined with Wham!
Submitted By: B.C.
Wham, Smash Mouth!
Wham! combined with Smash Mouth
Submitted By: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Whamheim Steamroller
Wham! combined with Mannheim Steamroller
Submitted By: Rock Maninoff
Wham! Jam
Wham! combined with Ram Jam
Submitted By: Rip Jeans
There are additional Wham! Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Ladybug
Original Lyrics: Jitterbug
| "Careless Whisper"
Misheard Lyrics: Look what I found. Look what I found.
Original Lyrics: Now that you're gone. Now that you're gone.
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"Last Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: This Christmas, I played with my dog
Original Lyrics: Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
| "The Edge of Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Do me, do me as I am
Original Lyrics: Take me to the edge of heaven
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Last Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: This year, the semi-frontier
Original Lyrics: This year, to save me from tears
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Caroline I always heard the song on the top 40s radio as a kid being driven to and from school, and it never occurred to me that it could be anything other than 'the semi-frontier.' What's a semi-frontier, and why is it this year? No clue. I didn't know until I was an adult and I saw the lyrics. At a Christmas party. While drunkenly doing karaoke. I was so confused that I just stopped dead. Oops. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Last Christmas"
Better Lyrics:
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day the world knew I'm gay
This year
To save you from tears
I'll give it to Andrew Ridgeley
I gave you my heart
But the very next day the world knew I'm gay
This year
To save you from tears
I'll give it to Andrew Ridgeley
Original Lyrics:
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Submitted by: Sheogorath
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Everything She Wants"
The Funny Lyrics: Uh huh huh...
Oh...oh... Uh-huh, uh-huh... Doo doo doo la la la la la... Why They're Funny: These nonsense scat lines serve as a "bridge"; I just think they seem kinda funny. :D
Submitted by: Schadenfreudian Slip
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
The Funny Lyrics: Jitterbug!
Why They're Funny: This occurs several times during the song, including twice at the beginning. I just find it funny that George Michael would just randomly throw it in. Maybe to set the tone? I dunno...
Submitted by: Quyjibo
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| There are additional Funny lyrics available. | |
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"I'm Your Man"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Baby I'm your man
Don't you know who I am? Baby I'm your man If you're gonna do it Do it right, do it with me (Repeated 20 + times) Why They're Repetitive: Okay George, I think we get the point.
Submitted by: Celeste
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Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"Freedom"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I don't want nobody, baby
(a few lines later) Girl, all I want right now is you Why They're Nonsensical: Make up your mind! (Actually, since the first line is a double-negative, it does seem to imply that he wants *somebody*...)
Submitted by: Lilli
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Jitterbug!
Why They're Nonsensical: This lyric could also be placed in the repetitive category (since it *is* sung throughout the song, including four times in succession at the beginning), but it really makes no sense to have it thrown in there. It was the 80's! No one was going to take you dancing to do the jitterbug with you!
Submitted by: Barbara
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| There are additional nonsensical lyrics available. | |
Insincere Song Lyrics:
"Everything She Wants"
The Insincere Lyrics: cause I said you were the perfect girl for me,
Why They're Insincere: George Michael is gay.
Submitted by: Lisa
| "I'm Your Man"
The Insincere Lyrics: Don't you know who I am?
Baby I'm your man. Why They're Insincere: Um you're George Michael.
Submitted by: Celeste
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| There are additional insincere lyrics available. | |
Inappropriate Song Lyrics:
"Careless Whisper"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: So I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm Why They're Inappropriate: Which one is the reason for never dancing again? The lack of rhythm, or the careless whispers? And you never told us what the heck was whispered that screwed up your life? (And are you singing to your boyfriend, or to us females?)
Submitted by: caslahao
| "Last Christmas"
The Inappropriate Lyrics: This year to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special Why They're Inappropriate: Any attempts at a guilt trip have been rendered null and void, as the girl who dumped you isn't gonna care about who you give your heart to this year.
Submitted by: gilly
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Dated Song Lyrics:
"Wake Me Up Before You Go - Go"
The Dated Lyrics: You take the grey skies outta my way
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day You turned a bright spark into a flame My beats per minute never been the same Why They're Dated: Dorris Day sadly died from pneumonia in 2019
Submitted by: dayna
| "Wham Rap!"
The Dated Lyrics: DHSS! (repeated at points throughout the song)
Why They're Dated: DHSS stands for the UK's Department of Health and Social Security, which was split into the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security in 1988, and thus no longer exists
Submitted by: Kerry
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| There are additional dated lyrics available. | |
Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Wake me up before you Go Go"
The Lyrics: You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
Who They Mention: Doris Day
Submitted by: David Miller
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Everything She Wants"
The Song Lyrics: And now you tell me that you're having my baby
Song They Mention: "You're Having My Baby" ~ Paul Anka
Submitted by: Bob
| "Last Christmas"
The Song Lyrics: Once bitten and twice shy,
I keep my distance but you still catch my eye. Song They Mention: "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" by Ian Hunter
Submitted by: Harriet Henderson
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Last Christmas"
Opening Lines: Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away.
Comments: Submitted by: Larcen Tyler
| "Everything She Wants"
Opening Lines: Somebody told me That for everything she wants Is everything she sees.
Comments: "Everything She Wants" was the third #1 sing (June 1985) in the U.S. for the British duo Wham! Wham! was the duo that included George Michael and Andrew Ridgely.
Submitted by: Peter
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Song Title Anagrams:
"She Wasn't Everything" originally "Everything She Wants"
Submitted by: Alexis
"Everything She Wasn't" originally "Everything She Wants"
Submitted by: Alexis
"You Make Up Before We Go-Go" originally "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Submitted by: Steve Losewood
"We Make Up Before You Go-Go" originally "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
Submitted by: Steve Losewood
"Fed More" originally "Freedom"
Submitted by: Alexis
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Hedge Of Evan" originally "Edge Of Heaven"
Submitted by: Farlow Maitland
"Careless Piss Whir" originally "Careless Whisper"
Submitted by: Margaret (less massive than my name backwards)
"Move A Lichen" originally "Love Machine"
Submitted by: Lisa Basil
"A Novel Chime" originally "Love Machine"
Submitted by: Lisa Basil
Onomatopoeia in Lyrics:
"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"
The Lyrics: You put the boom, boom into my heart
Why: The sound of your heart pounding.
Submitted by: Gee
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Lyrics Spoonerisms:
"Last Christmas"
The Lyrics: A crowded room, friends with tired eyes.
I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice. Why: A crowded room, trends with fired ryes.
I'm siding from you and your hole of ice. Submitted by: Richard Wetfuss
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Maw! originally "Wham!"
Submitted by: Burt Reynolds Wrap
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
The Whack-a-Mole Game
Cause you wham down on them
Submitted by: Rychendroll
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Last Christmas"
Rom-com starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding
Submitted by: Joey F.
