Test your knowledge of George Michael's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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The biggest ones announce themselves before the first line, from 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' to the saxophone of 'Careless Whisper'. The catch is telling the Wham! tracks from the solo ones.
Attribution is only half of it. The facts fans miss make the difference: a debut solo album he produced almost single-handedly, a single that charted under two names, and a video its own star refused to appear in.
His catalog splits into tiers. Start with the hits everyone shouts, then work through the Wham!-or-solo calls, the soul ballads of the solo years, and the duets that hide his voice next to other stars.
These give themselves away before the first line: the go-go bounce of 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go', the sleigh-bell open of 'Last Christmas', the strummed riff of 'Faith', and the saxophone of 'Careless Whisper'. Most players name all four fast, so they are the opening points on any George Michael quiz, whichever act they belong to.
This is where the quiz sharpens. 'Careless Whisper' charted as a solo single in Britain but as Wham! featuring George Michael in America, and there are two 'Freedom' songs, the 1984 Wham! single and the solo 'Freedom! '90'. Knowing the tune is not enough; you have to file it under the right name.
Beyond the pop, the solo catalog rewards deeper fans: the confessional 'Father Figure', 'One More Try', 'Praying for Time' and 'Jesus to a Child' from Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 onward. Place these from a short clip and you are separating a casual fan from someone who followed him past Wham!.
The trickiest points sit alongside other stars: 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For You)' with Aretha Franklin, 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' with Elton John, and his 'Somebody to Love' at the 1992 Freddie Mercury tribute. Many players know the songs but forget the voice guiding them is George Michael.
Play a George Michael quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip across the Wham! years and his solo run, then decide which act each track belongs to. Naming the hits is easy; sorting Wham! from solo is what tells fans apart.
Both, depending on where you were. In the UK it was George Michael's first solo single in 1984; in the US it charted as Wham! featuring George Michael. That split is exactly the kind of call the quiz makes you get right.
'Careless Whisper', 'Faith', 'Last Christmas' and 'Freedom! '90' are named fastest, all radio and playlist staples. 'Father Figure' and 'Fastlove' come up for the solo-era fans.
The hits are easy points, but one voice ran two chart-topping acts, so the trap is attribution: is a track Wham! or solo? There are even two different 'Freedom' songs to keep straight. That attribution trap is what makes it fun to guess the song with friends in a multiplayer music quiz.
He was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London in 1963, to a Greek Cypriot father and an English mother. He performed as George Michael from his Wham! days until his death on Christmas Day 2016.
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