Young Guns (Go For It) - Wham 7" 45

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Ridgeley explained that the name originated from a need for "something that captured the essence of what set us apart—our energy and our friendship—and then it came to us: Wham! Wham! was snappy, immediate, fun and boisterous too." [10] British graphic design studio Stylorouge was credited with adding the exclamation mark to the name of the band. [11]

Teenage George, who at the time was a part-time DJ by night and a cinema attendant by day, seemed like he'd performing for years as he sang 'Wham Rap' and 'Young Guns' on TV for the first time. The song was Wham!'s first hit, achieved with help from the BBC music programme Top of the Pops, which invited Wham! on to the show as a last-minute replacement for another act which had pulled out. The producer of Top of the Pops Michael Hurll, had seen them on another programme, Saturday Superstore. [2] Composition [ edit ]A remix of the song was made in 1986, combining some of the Unsocial Mix with the album version. This version, entitled "Wham! Rap '86", was released on their American and Japanese album Music from the Edge of Heaven, and as the B-side on the 7-inch single " The Edge of Heaven" in the UK, Australia and Europe. a b "Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 22 January 2023– via Imgur.com.

Offiziellecharts.de – Wham! – Young Guns (Go for It)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2016. The complete list of the UK No.1 songs of the 80s :1984". Pure80spop.co.uk . Retrieved 29 December 2012. The debut record to be released by the band was "Wham Rap!" in June 1982. It was a double A-side including the Social Mix and the Unsocial Mix. The record was not playlisted by BBC Radio 1 in the UK, partly because of the profanity in the Unsocial Mix. The song charted at only No. 105. [15]But instead the promotional video riffs on the fact that they begrudgingly have to work, even though their daily life as pop stars isn't quite as boring or mundane as most jobs.