George Michael Im Never Gonna Dance Again
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| Unmarried by George Michael (most territories)/Wham! featuring George Michael (United states) | ||||
| from the album Make It Large | ||||
| Released | 24 July 1984 | |||
| Studio | Sarm West, London | |||
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| "Careless Whisper" on YouTube | ||||
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 Artwork for the US 7" vinyl release credited to Wham! featuring George Michael. | ||||
"Careless Whisper" is a song past the English singer George Michael. Information technology was written by Michael and Andrew Ridgeley[iv] of Wham! and was released on 24 July 1984 on the Wham! album Brand It Big.
The song features a prominent saxophone riff, and has been covered by a number of artists since its first release. It was released as a single and became a huge commercial success around the world. It reached number one in virtually 25 countries, selling about 6 meg copies worldwide—ii million of them in the United states.[5]
Background [edit]
Composition and writing [edit]
In 1981, Michael was working as a DJ in the Bel Air restaurant nigh Bushey, Hertfordshire.[6] Michael explained in his autobiography, Bare, that he conceptualised "Careless Whisper" based on events from his babyhood. Michael wrote, "I was on my way to DJ at the Bel Air when I wrote 'Devil-may-care Whisper'. I have always written on buses, trains and in cars. It e'er happens on journeys... With 'Careless Whisper' I call up exactly where it start came to me, where I came up with the sax line... I recollect I was handing the money over to the guy on the bus and I got this line, the sax line... I wrote it totally in my caput. I worked on it for well-nigh 3 months in my head."[7]
"When I was twelve, thirteen, I used to have to chaperone my sis, who was two years older, to an ice rink at Queensway in London," he explained. "There was a daughter in that location with long blonde pilus whose name was Jane. I was a fat boy in glasses and I had a big crush on her - though I didn't stand up a run a risk. My sister used to go and practise what she wanted when we got to the skating rink and I would spend the afternoon swooning over this daughter Jane."[eight]
"A few years later, when I was sixteen, I had my first relationship with a girl chosen Helen," Michael continued.
It had just started to cool off a bit when I discovered that the blonde daughter from Queensway had moved in just around the corner from my school. She had moved in right adjacent to where I used to stand and wait for my next-door neighbour, who used to give me a lift abode from schoolhouse. And ane day I saw her walk down the path next to me and I thought – now where did SHE come from? She didn't know it was me. It was a few years later and I looked a lot different. And so nosotros played a school disco with The Executive and she saw me singing and decided she fancied me. By this time she was that much older and a big buxom thing – and eventually I started seeing her. She invited me in 1 twenty-four hour period when I was waiting for my elevator and I was ... in heaven.[8]
Michael observed that subsequently he stopped wearing glasses, he began getting invited to parties. "And the girl who didn't fifty-fifty see me when I was twelve invited me in," he noted.
So I went out with her for a couple of months only I didn't finish seeing Helen. I idea I was being smart – I had gone from being a total loser to being a ii-timer. And I remember my sisters used to give me a difficult time because they constitute out and they really liked the outset girl. The whole idea of "Careless Whisper" was the first girl finding out almost the 2d – which she never did. Just I started some other relationship with a girl called Alexis without finishing the ane with Jane. It all got a bit complicated. Jane establish out about her and got rid of me ... The whole time I thought I was being cool, being this two-timer, but there actually wasn't that much emotion involved. I did feel guilty about the starting time girl – and I have seen her since – and the idea of the song was about her. "Careless Whisper" was united states dancing, because we danced a lot, and the idea was – we are dancing ... but she knows ... and it'southward finished.[8]
Andrew Ridgeley came upwards with the chord sequence on his Fender Telecaster he had received for his 18th birthday.[9] They continued to work together on the music and lyric both at Michael'due south house in Radlett, and Shirlie Holliman'south aunt'southward basement apartment in Peckham, where Ridgeley was living.[9] [10]
Demoing [edit]
The original demo was recorded by local music producer Paul Mex, in January 1982 alongside those for "Club Tropicana" and "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What Yous Do)" in the forepart room of Ridgeley'south home (his parents' lounge turned into a makeshift studio) with Mex's TEAC 4-runway Portastudio. Considering most of the solar day was spent on Wham Rap!... and Ridgeley's mother had returned home by that betoken, Careless Whisper had to be recorded in one take very apace. It featured a Physician Rhythm drum motorcar, an acoustic guitar (played by Ridgeley) and a bass guitar (played by Dave West), with Michael's vocal (recorded with a microphone attached to a broom handle).[11] [12] The overall toll of the recording was £20 (largely due to the rental toll of the Portastudio) and the duo landed a deal with Innervision by Mark Dean on the strength of the demos.[xiii] [14]
A more complete and fully realised 2nd demo was recorded on 24 March 1982 at Halligan Band Centre, Holloway, London with a backing band and a saxophone riff.[15] Notwithstanding, on the same day, Michael and Ridgely were called over by Dean to sign a contract in addition to the record deal, which they did at a nearby greasy spoon café. Michael recalls of that day:
"I of the most incredible moments of my life was hearing 'Careless Whisper' demoed properly, with a band, a sax and everything. It was ironic that we signed the contract with Mark [Dean] that day, the 24-hour interval I finally believed nosotros had number-one textile. That same day we signed it all away. Just you tin never really know what you are capable of, you can never actually take that foresight."[15]
Production [edit]
The song went through at least two rounds of production. The first was during a trip Michael made to Sheffield, Alabama, where he went to work with producer Jerry Wexler at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 1983.[16] [17] Michael was unhappy with the original version produced by Wexler, and decided to re-record and produce the song himself; the second version was the one ultimately released equally a single.
Afterwards the backing runway and George'southward vocal had been recorded, Wexler had booked the peak saxophone player from Los Angeles to fly in and do the solo.[xviii] "He arrived at xi and should have been gone by twelve", recalled Wham! manager Simon Napier-Bell. "Instead, after two hours, he was still there while anybody in the studio shuddered with embarrassment. He just couldn't play the opening riff the way George wanted it, the way it had been on the demo. Simply that had been made 2 years earlier past a friend of George's who lived circular the corner and played sax for fun in the pub."[18]
While the saxophonist appeared to be playing the part perfectly, Michael told him, "No, it'due south still not right, you meet..." and he would lower his head to the talkback microphone and patiently hum the part to him yet once more. "It has to twitch up a little just in that location! See...? And not too much."[18]
Napier-Bong consulted with Wexler over Michael's dispute with the sax sound. "Is there really something George wants that's different from what the sax player is playing?" Napier-Bell asked.[18] "Definitely!" replied Wexler.
I've seen things like this earlier. There's some tiny nuance that the sax thespian is somehow non getting correct. Although you and I can't hear what information technology is, information technology may be the very affair that will make the record a striking. The success of popular records is so ephemeral, and so unbelievably unpredictable, nosotros just can't take the risk of existence impatient. But this sax player's not going to get it, is he![18]
The version Wexler produced was released later in the year, as a (4:41) B-side "Special Version" on 12" in the Uk and Japan.
The record label Innervision was going to put out the Wexler version of "Careless Whisper" afterward the Club Fantastic Megamix every bit early as 1983. Vocal publisher Dick Leahy said that while he could not stop the release of the Order Fantastic Megamix, he could end the release of this single on the footing that as a publisher they "have the right to grant the first license of the recording of a tune of which he controls the copyright". He was unable to practice annihilation about the Club Fantastic Megamix because it was already released fabric. He said: "Nosotros knew how big that vocal could be, so information technology was necessary to upset a few people to stop it."[19] Towards the stop of 1983, Michael was also committed to touring with Wham! to promote Fantastic, and then according to him it would not accept made sense to release "Careless Whisper" equally a solo single in the eye of the tour, despite it being function of the setlist.[20]
Michael later went back to London'southward Sarm Due west'southward Studio 2 to re-tape the track, the courage of which was done with a live rhythm section in one take, with "loads of stuff bunged on [overdubbed] later" as Michael added, although the feel of it was basically live.[21] [22] Michael elaborated on the vocal's production and how it turned out in the end:
"Jerry Wexler did one recording of "Devil-may-care Whisper" with me. Then we re-mixed that, which meant re-shooting the video and so nosotros completely re-did the track about 4 weeks earlier information technology was due to be released. When we originally fabricated information technology I was totally in awe of Jerry Wexler and it was the first time that I had ever felt similar that about anybody that I'd worked with. Usually I have trouble convincing myself that people know what they're doing. In this instance I had to get drunkard in order to sing, I was so nervous. Anyhow, my publisher [Dick Leahy] and I had loads of discussions about whether the tape was good enough for the song and whether there was enough of me in it because information technology just did not audio like me. I said 'it'due south corking. Jerry'southward done a bang-up chore on it', and for the showtime fourth dimension since we'd started I was blind to what was going on because the vocal was already two and a half years one-time and I just did not take a inkling about where else I could take information technology. Eventually I just thought, 'sod this. I'm going to become in and practice it as if it had never been done before with the musicians we normally use and see what happens.' The rails was much better because I was relaxed and I remember that our musicians did a much better chore than the Muscle Shoals section". [22]
According to English jazz musician Dan Forshaw, saxophonist Steve Gregory had received a call to re-tape the song's distinctive solo; he was the eleventh saxophone histrion to record the solo, for Michael was determined to get the sound he wanted.[23] "Session musicians do not have much idea what they are going to be recording until they get in, and this was the instance for Steve and another saxophonist who was ahead of him in the (queue)", Forshaw recalled.
Every bit usual there was a lot of waiting around and the guy in forepart of Steve threw in the towel saying, 'it's only going to be some crappy B side anyway so I'chiliad off'. Steve waited and then discovered that the solo wasn't that easy to play in the written fundamental, equally his erstwhile Selmer Mark Half-dozen tenor didn't have a top F♯ key. So, the engineer slowed the record downwardly so that Steve could record the solo a semitone lower than intended. Once the record was put back to the normal speed, an 'unnatural' saxophone sound was created that sounded a flake like an Alto in the Paul Desmond vibe, but lacking a bit more than depth and darkness to the audio. George Michael had just arrived at the studio and said 'that's the one, that's the sax solo I want'. This could be downwardly to that whole 80s synth concept where sounds became increasingly 'manufactured', or just that George never recognized information technology was 'incorrect'.[23]
The officially released single was issued in August 1984, entering the U.k. Singles Chart at number 12. Within 2 weeks it was at number 1, catastrophe a nine-week run at the top for "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.[4] It stayed at number 1 for iii weeks, going on to become the fifth best-selling single of 1984 in the Uk; outsold only by the two Frankie Goes to Hollywood tracks, "Two Tribes" and "Relax", Stevie Wonder with "I Just Called to Say I Love You", and Band Assist's "Do They Know It'southward Christmas?". The song likewise topped the charts in 25 other countries, including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United states in February 1985 under the credit "Wham! featuring George Michael". Spending three weeks at the top in America, the song was after named Billboard 'due south number-one song of 1985. The vocal was #1 on the smooth radio elevation 500 songs of all time nautical chart – proving its iconic condition.
Despite the success, Michael was never fond of the song. He said in 1991 that it "was not an integral part of my emotional development ... information technology disappoints me that you tin write a lyric very flippantly—and non a particularly expert lyric—and it tin mean so much to then many people. That's disillusioning for a writer."[nineteen]
Music video [edit]
The official music video (which uses the shorter single version instead of the total album version and was directed past Duncan Gibbins, who previously directed "Wake Me Upwards Before You Become-Go") shows the guilt felt by a man (portrayed by Michael) over an affair, and his acknowledgement that his partner (Lisa Stahl) is going to find out. Madeline Andrews-Hodge plays the woman who lures George away. It was filmed on location in Miami, Florida, in February 1984[24] and features such locales as Coconut Grove and Watson Island. The terminal part of the video shows Michael leaning out of a top flooring balustrade of Miami's Grove Towers.[25] [26]
A first original version of the video was edited with the Jerry Wexler 1983 version, and featured Andrew as a cameo, handing over a letter to a dark-haired George. This version had a more detailed storyline, but was then re-edited afterward.[27]
According to producer Jon Roseman, production of the video was "A fucking disaster".[28] Co-ordinate to Michael'due south co-star Lisa Stahl, "They lost footage of our kissing scene so we had to reshoot it, which I didn't complain about ... Then George decided he didn't like his hair so he flew his sister over from England to cut information technology and we had to reshoot more scenes."[29]
As the ring felt they had "screwed up" the video, further footage of Michael singing the vocal onstage was later shot at the Lyceum Theatre, London.[28] The video performance (1984 Version) was officially uploaded to George Michael YouTube channel on 24 October 2009. Information technology has over 834 million views as of 2022.
Rails list [edit]
All tracks are written past George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Careless Whisper" (Single Edit) | 5:04 |
| 2. | "Careless Whisper" (Instrumental) | 5:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Careless Whisper" (Extended Mix) | six:31 |
| 2. | "Devil-may-care Whisper" (Instrumental) | 5:02 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Careless Whisper" (Extended Mix) | half dozen:20 |
| ii. | "Devil-may-care Whisper" (Instrumental) | four:52 |
| No. | Championship | Length |
|---|---|---|
| ane. | "Careless Whisper" | iv:50 |
| 2. | "Careless Whisper" | 4:50 |
| No. | Championship | Length |
|---|---|---|
| one. | "Careless Whisper" (Extended Mix) | 6:31 |
| 2. | "Devil-may-care Whisper" (Jerry Wexler Special Version) | five:34 |
| 3. | "Careless Whisper" (Condensed Instrumental Version) | four:52 |
- Note: The Extended Mix is identical to the album version from Make it Big.
Credits and personnel [edit]
- George Michael – lead and backing vocals
- Andrew Ridgeley – acoustic guitar (uncredited)
- Steve Gregory – saxophone
- Deon Estus – bass
- Trevor Murrell – drums[nb 1]
- Chris Parren – keyboards
- Anne Dudley – keyboards [31]
- Hugh Burns – electric guitar
- Danny Cummings – percussion
Credits adapted from the Extended Mix's liner notes.[32]
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
Cover versions [edit]
"Devil-may-care Whisper" has been covered by many other artists. Among the most significant versions are:
- Sarah Washington on a dance version that peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Nautical chart (1993).[91]
- 2Play produced a cover version in 2004. It charted at number 29 in the U.k..[92]
- Kamasi Washington and El Debarge performed it to pay tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.[93]
- South African alternative rock band Seether covered the song on their 2007 album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. It charted at number 63 in the US.[94]
- Dutch rapper Lil' Kleine sampled the chorus for his song, titled "Dansen", on his most contempo album Ibiza Stories.[95]
See also [edit]
- List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom
- List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
- Listing of Dutch Pinnacle 40 number-one singles of 1984
- List of number-1 singles of 1984 (Ireland)
- Listing of number-ane hits of 1984 (Switzerland)
- List of number-i singles from the 1980s (UK)
- Listing of RPM number-one singles of 1985
- List of Hot 100 number-1 singles of 1985 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1985 (U.S.)
Notes [edit]
- ^ The proper noun of Wham!'s drummer was Trevor Murrell.[30] He is listed on the liner notes as Trevor Morrell.
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External links [edit]
- Careless Whisper sheet music PDF
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_Whisper
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