No self-respecting George Michael fan would be without this timeless ballad, featuring perhaps the most sax line ever written, and responsible for more slow dance smooches that any one. This solo George Michael single became Epic's first million seller, reaching Number 1 the world over, and has consistently topped polls of the public's favourite songs ever since. George had originally travelled to the Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama to record this song with the legendary soul producer,

Jerry Wexler.
On his reutrn George felt unhappy with the impersonal result and eventually re-recorded it himself with ,

Andy Richards
on keyboards and Steve Gregory on saxophone.
Although unable to completely escape the natural ageing process of all pop songs, "Careless Whisper" remains one of the most haunting melodies of contemporary music with its lilting acoustic guitar, breathtaking sax and emotionally charged vocals. Ironically George was disappointed that his lyric of infedelity and guilt had such a moving impact as it was one of the first songs he ever wrote, at the tender age of 16, rather flippantly and unromantically on the bus to Bushey ! Another paradox is that while Andrew Ridgeley is credited with co-writting "Careless Whisper", this early Wham! demo effectively sealed his artistic fate, as it also spectacularly formed the ground work to George's solo career.