Wham! star Shirlie Kemp emotional as Last Christmas reaches number one after 39 years
Wham! and Pepsi star Shirlie Kemp emotionally reacts to Last Christmas reaching number one, 39 years after the song's release.
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Last Christmas by George Michael is the one and only version. ❤️ We love and miss you George. Love you Shirlie 💗
@Gray-zi5bp
5 ай бұрын
I don't know I do like George Michael's one but I prefer a man called John Holt doing it a little bit better. 💯🇯🇲🇬🇧👍
@agnetha2012
5 ай бұрын
@@Gray-zi5bp I am glad you found a version that makes you smile. Merry Christmas to you.
@chrishaddow5644
5 ай бұрын
@@agnetha2012 you are good looking have a good new year
@agnetha2012
5 ай бұрын
@@chrishaddow5644 thank you, that is so kind of you to say. May 2024 bring you much love, joy and peace.
@Gmjd64
5 ай бұрын
@@Gray-zi5bpno way John holt was good but he shouldn’t touch last Christmas !
This year would have been George’s 60th Birthday. So beautiful tribute to that and him
George Michael truly was one of a kind and I agree with Shirlie: No one sings it like George. His voice and his musical craftsmanship … Just fantastic! ❤ Miss you George.
@lindabelcher1956
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. Many cover versions. But last Xmas belongs to only Wham.❤❤
So happy Last Christmas finally got to number one. It deserved to be when it was first released. A timeless classic and possibly the best Christmas song ever.
George is so missed, so this is heartwarming for this Great song to finally make No 1. R.I.P. Sir.
@beverlygannon4141
4 ай бұрын
HES so misssed
I love him singing this and also "December Song" ❤❤❤ God Bless You George and congrats on reaching No. 1, you deserve it!!
@NailHeavenAshford
5 ай бұрын
December Song is lovely. I’m always pleased to hear it being played even if it’s in a supermarket. Very underrated song.
George what a writer what a singer what a talent what a lovely humble gentleman beautiful human
Not only did he love last Xmas, but he also loved Xmas it self. So for George passing away on xmas day was a sad day for us,but a happy 1 for him. Because he became a xmas angel. 👋💕🇦🇺
@CB-xr1eg
5 ай бұрын
🙄
George Michael was an amazing artist. So talented and a truly kind hearted and good man. I love his music. He is much missed.
George was also inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, a great year for George!!
Can't believe it's so old! I was a teenager back then, now nearly 60!
It's the best I miss George very much and l am 80 years old.whate a voice he will never die.
Lost my dad sudenly December 2016 , Whenever i hear last Christmas now i think of my wonderful dad Thank you george for the music and the memories
Last Christmas is the best Christmas song ever george would have been thrilled that after 39 years it is number one again
@warrenbeer2737
5 ай бұрын
This is the first time it’s been number one.
@Avgeek1564
5 ай бұрын
Ahh... if only he hadn't killed himself with substance abuse!
@NailHeavenAshford
5 ай бұрын
Ummm. He didn’t. He had an inherited heart defect called dilated cardiomyopathy and a cold or similar bug gave him myocarditis as well. (My ex husband had myocarditis-it’s not nice. You feel really ill like flu and no real clues that it’s a hospital emergency) The two things together were going to kill him as the myocarditis squeezed his heart tight until the dilated cardiomyopathy stopped his heart. Drugs had nothing to do with any of that.
@Foxxxtrottt64
5 ай бұрын
@@NailHeavenAshfordHahahahahahahahahaha 😮
I’m emotional too, Shirlie. Loved George loved Wham, one of the best songs ever. Full of great memories for me. ❤
@ukqwerty999
5 ай бұрын
I don't know why they asked her if she was "embarrassed" becauase 80's. It must have been an amazing time in her life, traveling the world, being with her best friends, meeting martin.
About time! A classic, I can't believe it has never made the top spot before. Sad George is no longer with us. He deserved this to be No 1 long ago. Shirlie looks great, too!
@CB-xr1eg
5 ай бұрын
She's a bit old ladyish with her hair and her clothes but facially she looks very good.
@Avgeek1564
5 ай бұрын
So she should considering all the work she has had done.
About time ! This should have been number one years ago !
@ukqwerty999
5 ай бұрын
I think it's the second or third year running
@mirifiquebeauty
5 ай бұрын
Yes
@francelinetaylor1158
5 ай бұрын
It’s been number 1 but not at Christmas, I believe.
George was an amazing and compassionate human being..congrats Wham !
Christmas as a kid in the eighties was the best! Anne Diamond on breakfast tv, getting singles and blank tapes for Christmas, Wham, Duran Duran, Spandau ballet, all the greats on top of the pops with the audience with terrible hair and cringe dance moves waving tinsel around is something this generation will never know, waited all day for the radio to play your favourite song and then tape it, only when I had kids did I know what a worry it was for parents. 😅 Happy Christmas everybody 👋💕
@teresabyrne855
5 ай бұрын
Soo true
@vallee3140
5 ай бұрын
we were lucky to have been young then, a lot of it is rubbish now.
@nutrition182
5 ай бұрын
Agreed, 1980's and 1990's was the best time for music and freedom. George was phenomenal.
@donnabaardsen5372
5 ай бұрын
Nah. Nothing beats being a kid in the 1950s and 1960s.
@NailHeavenAshford
5 ай бұрын
I prefer 70s and 80s, probably because they were my growing up years. By mid 80s I was clubbing and dating and grown up. They were great years for me because we seemed to be on the verge of good things, the promise of technology, becoming more connected with the world and the music was great. Where I lived it was still safe even though it was a town, and we had more freedom than young people appeared to have in the 50s and 60s. For me those were fantastic memories and, like yourself, you wouldn’t swap them for the world.
last christmas is always number one for me ,George was one of the good guys x
Beautiful song I'm so glad it's reached number one George would be very happy well done everyone🎄🍾
George still the best. We miss you love to Andrew xxxx merry Christmas 🎁
Last Christmas timeless
Love the song it will live for ever x
Best News all year, Well deserved,will always love Wham 👏 ❤
GREATEST Xmas song of all time! Always has been. Long overdue!!. Brought a tear to my eye when it was announced.Congratulations team Wham! And God bless GM! ❤🙏❤
George Michael, one of the best singers, ever! Great song.
Not just for Christmas .. I watch it all the time 🥰
I am so pleased it’s back on the top spot, it’s always been a winner to me. I love the song “Last Christmas”, it melts the heart.
George has loyal fans, we will love him always!! ❤️❤️
good music lives forever and love the song.george michael never forgotten and heaven got so much beautiful talant and the best to.❤
I cannot listen to any other version of last Christmas as no one comes anywhere near close to George michael singing it.
@lynnbennett9417
5 ай бұрын
i agree. no one could come close.
@tinkler4
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. Hearing other artist sing it just doesn’t sound right?
@richshackleton8104
5 ай бұрын
James Blunt sang a decent version of this. Probably my favorite
The man was a genius. A living legend. We will never forget him ❤
I live in Vietnam and travel around asia. Safe to say ‘Last Christmas’ is the most popular Christmas song in this part of the world. It’s everywhere and has been for all my 15 years here in the East. RIP George xx
@sTraYa249
5 ай бұрын
I have lots of friends from Vietnam, but living in Sydney Australia....always happy & smiley
Amazing Christmas song ❤ absolutely timeless
It should have been number 1 first time round!! Congratulations!! xxx
@victoriacharlesworth7099
5 ай бұрын
Awww I know, live aid pipped them 😢
the song. the vocals and the video...what a combination..👏👏
Always loved that song. So miss him Xxxxxx 💔💔❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My favourite Christmas carol, I remember when it came out, I was 14 years old. It was great back then and still is. I love the film clip, a great location. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. ❤❤❤
Great to hear that last Christmas got a number one after all these years George would have loved it
I saw Shirley being interviewed by Adrian Chiles the other day saying she'd become a Christian after a long spiritual journey.
@sineadnichoirbin7232
5 ай бұрын
Would love to watch that. Was it online?
@juliaalger4909
5 ай бұрын
@sineadnichoirbin7232 It’s on BBC IPlayer, ‘My Life at Christmas with Adrian Chiles’
@sineadnichoirbin7232
5 ай бұрын
@juliaalger4909 thank you 😊
Love Shirlie. Such a nice lady. Hooray for Last Christmas, at last!
George Michael’s “Last Christmas” is by far my favourite Christmas song. All of those who have come after and tried to sing it have not even come close to the original. Brilliant songwriting and singing :). So glad it has finally been recognised at the number one Christmas song.
I've just been watching the video over the last couple of days - 860 million views since it was loaded. As my family Christmases were always rather tense, the video represented my fantasy of the perfect Christmas - with friends, not family, in somewhere like Switzerland, and I agree with Shirlie Kemp, don't cover it, no-one can sing it like George Michael did.
@user-hd9nc7zp1v
5 ай бұрын
Cascada version was good.
@ticktock2383
5 ай бұрын
Taylor Swift's version is pure junk.
Pulls at the heart strings this song taking me back to my younger days 😞
Happy Christmas George and Congratulations we will never forget you! Xxx
I have a little cry every Christmas thinking about George Michael when I hear that lovely song. Miss him!!
George Michael Mariah Carey Noddy Holder Band aid...you KNOW it's Christmas!❤happy Christmas everyone
@thevoid99
5 ай бұрын
happy xmas to you as well. no more ladbaby polluting the airwaves.
Last Christmas is my favorite
Just watched the documentary again. I am so grateful to have experienced WHAM. I am the same age as Andrew and George, and I remember seeing them in concert in 1985. Just loved it. WHAM and George, you are so missed. And NO ONE should be allowed to cover Last Christmas. Whenever I hear a cover, I turn it right off. Beautiful, beautiful video. Shirlie Kemp is one lucky woman.
Last Christmas by Wham is my all time favourite Christmas song. I play it every year on the 1st of December and through the Christmas period. It will always be a classic. My Christmas is not complete without it. Thank you George. He was and remains a favourite artist of mine.
@Gray-zi5bp
5 ай бұрын
💯🇯🇲🇬🇧👍
Loved Wham and this song. An absolute classic
Superb Xmas Song x RIP George 😣❤
Fantastic news. RIP George, you got there after all this time. 👍🇬🇧🏆🎼
My favourite Xmas song and favourite Wham song.🎄🎄🎍🎍 Beautiful memories of our beautiful boys. Wish George was here to see it.
Still one of my fav Christmas songs cant believed people wanted to ban it
@julienewman1761
5 ай бұрын
The people who wanted to ban it need to get a thing called a life. 🙄🤦♀️
@0000dear
5 ай бұрын
Who wanted to ban it?
@Daisy-tl2lh
5 ай бұрын
maybe it was too white, too gay, too hetrosexual or just too damn good! can't believe it was 39 years ago
One of my favourite Christmas songs brings back memories of my childhood you will never get tired of this one ❤
What a lovely lady.
The song last Christmas is such a great song. Every time it’s on, I can’t help but sing along and dance to it. No matter how many times it plays, it never gets old! Congratulations to Wham! Best Christmas ever! ❤❤
He had the most beautiful voice and what a smile I can see it now A no 1 he should have had many years ago talent that can never b forgotten beautiful memories of his music from my childhood to adulthood love you George ❤
I love this song sooo much! The haters should let us enjoy this song in peace
@Foxxxtrottt64
5 ай бұрын
What do you mean? Who is hindering you from listening to this beautiful & sublime Christmas song? Who are the haters that you're associating George Michael's beautiful song with???
Ann diamond is my favourite tv host I love to watch her so professional yet down to earth ❤
I was early teens back then. But had older siblings. So I remember the atmosphere, vibrancy, positive, fun energy that WHAM had.
Now 57 I can still remember being in high school and hearing that song almost everyday at lunchtime - Brings back so many fond memories of such great times - Thank You George and Andrew for all the Happiness you gave us -Bernie.
Happy people that make Great Britain unique.... never forget the music talent of these people... and of course the marvellous Spandau Ballet...among a few❤
Shirl is still an absolute babe ❤️
Congratulations to you all ❤❤❤❤ 🇬🇧 🇬🇧. Well deserved
Wonderful Wham ❤ superb.
Quite right, Shirley. Please don't do anymore covers. I'm doing my best to tell the teens of today in my country who originally sang Last Christmas. I just love the beginning of the pudding mix, with that Hawaiian inspired intro. George will be with us every Christmas.🥲🎅
@user-hd9nc7zp1v
5 ай бұрын
Still have an original copy of it.
My forevermore favourite Christmas song 🎵 💕 ❤️ xx Always get emotional and very nostalgic, happy memories ❤️ ♥️ 💖
I saw Pepsi and Shirlie perform at Edinburgh Castle in 1988. She hasn't 'let herself go' which is always pleasing.
@andrereloaded1425
5 ай бұрын
@@terrymurphy2032 Did Pepsi cameo in OF&Hs?
@andrereloaded1425
5 ай бұрын
@@terrymurphy2032 Pepsi, if you're reading this (which I know you will).. let's hear from you, please.
I think it just goes to show that deep down we still believe in a good old fashioned love story. We don't hear songs like that anymore.
Brilliant simply amazing ❤
This is wonderful news!!!!! YOG will love it!!!!!
Great morning interviews from GB News especially Noddy Holder!
This was the most pleasant and lovely thing that I have watched this Christmas. Do you know what? I used to love Christmas so much but the saddness I feel when it approaches nowadays. It is as if something within me had died. Have a prosperous new year all of you out there. And may our dear George rest in eternal peace.
RIP George ❤
Two fabulous presenters ,and great looking shirlie.
Finally good stuff from a while back to give people some real emotion 🙏💝🙏
I was in John lewis yesterday. They were playing a woman covering George's,'Last Christmas '. I hated it. I was like,"No,no. It must only be George.
Well deserved of being number one George Michael would of been so proud plus it's a beautiful song
Loved George😢
SInce the BBC cancelled Top of the Pops I would say It's been about 20 years since anyone actually cared about the singles chart.
@petems3283
5 ай бұрын
@@rickyhank118Yeah, pure cashing in.
@007beck9
5 ай бұрын
@petems3283 They cancelled Top of the Pops because all the Number Ones was all summer hits and had nothing to do with Christmas.
Òw Shirley is such a sweetheart!!! Bless her!!! she deserves this as much as Andrew and beautiful George Michael!!! The three of them are trully soulmates!! The way they all loved/love eachother is just so rare and trully touching and angelic! I hope George has been beaming at this wherever he is god rest his soul!!... pearly whites and all!!! which im sure he is!!!
It is a magical spritual song, with so much light, as george was
I really enjoyed GB news this morning to see Noddy with his wife and to recall wham made it feel like Xmas i wish you all at GB news a very happy xmas x
miss you terribly George
Best Christmas present ever 💜
Well deserved ❤️
Love,you Shirlie❤Pepsi 💖🎶Beautiful interview🎄Season Greetings!! Yes we love &miss Sir George 💖🪴⚘️🎶I'm happy Andy and Kenny were always there for George and you Shirlie❤
We were about 12years old and my friends and myself all had the album for Christmas loved it ! Bring back happy memories
❤👍💜 Love love love this song so much!!!! George is definitely proud! We miss you 💞
I love this song and I absolutely love the video! I am an 80s kid so all of this was very normal for us. But why on Earth would there be a presumption that Shirley would be embarrassed by anything going on in this video? The whole thing is wonderful and fun and lovely! And nobody sings it like George Michael! 🤗🎄🤗☃️🤗🥂
My favourite christmas song ever.
At last !!! Well done George and Andy
❤️💚❤️💚 🥰 perfect for Xmas
In my mind though I would say that this song was number one when it first came out, I don't think you can count a charity single as that is a different thing altogether, where is that single in the list now then!
It says something anout George and the human being he was that no kne has any bad words to say about him..only love. Much missed.
Was 16 when it first hit the charts ❤ x
Awesome and depressing because this country is not the happy place at Christmas that it was back when this song first came out
@enidseddon5052
5 ай бұрын
Very well said