![]() ![]() It was recorded within two days at Sarm West Studio 2 in London, with a live rhythm section. We used a LinnDrum because the drummer was late, and it was such a good track that we kept it. Usually, I write the record in my head I know what all the parts are going to be and I sing them to all our musicians. I'd done a demo at home that just had a bass line and a vocal on it. It's one of those tracks that gets rid of a lot of your own personal influences it reminds me of so many different records that I couldn't actually nail them down. I just wanted to make a really energetic pop record that had all the best elements of Fifties and Sixties records, combined with our attitude and our approach, which is obviously more uptempo and a lot younger than some of those records. In 1984, George Michael had this to say on the development of the song: Michael's inspiration for the song was a scribbled note that his bandmate Andrew Ridgeley had left for his parents, intended to read "wake me up before you go" but with "up" accidentally written twice, so Ridgeley wrote "go" twice on purpose. ![]()
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