last christmas wham!

Michael and Ridgeley met at Bushey Meads School in Bushey near the town of Watford in Hertfordshire. The two at first performed in a short-lived ska band called The Executive, alongside of former school friends David (Austin) Mortimer, Andrew Leaver and Paul Ridgeley. When this group split, Michael and Ridgeley eventually formed Wham!, signing with Innervision Records.

- Last Christmas
- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
- Everything She Wants
- Careless Whisper
- Club Tropicana
- I'm Your Man
- Wham! Rap '86
- The Edge Of Heaven
- Where Did Your Heart Go?
- Freedom
- Young Guns
- Bad Boys
- A Different Corner
- Like A Baby
- Love Machine
- A Ray Of Sunshine
- Nothing Looks The Same In The Light
- Heartbeat
- Blue (Live In China)
- Battlestations
- Credit Card Baby
- Come On!
- If You Were There
- Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am!
- Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)

Michael took on the majority of roles and responsibilities within the band—composer, producer, singer, and occasional instrumentalist. Still teenagers, they promoted themselves as hedonistic youngsters, proud to live a carefree life without work or commitment. This was reflected in their earliest singles which, part-parody, part-social comment, briefly earned Wham! a reputation as a dance protest group.