40 YEARS OF WHAM!: How they conquered the charts of the 80s 

Everyone needs a friend like Andrew. 👍

what a class act Andrew is. To give your best mate the kind of support and encouragement he gave, is really commendable. Songs performed and sung by this magnificent duo are etched in musical history. I have been a massive Wham! fan from the beginning, and then followed George’s career throughout his life. By the way, I still have my Son of Albert CD.. :)

WHAM was fantastic, and Wham needed both George and Andrew! 1+1 = WHAM❤

Andrew was the the best thing to happen to George, and vice versa, I’m certain there isn’t a single person throughout the world, born around 1963 that would have brought out the best of George and Andrew as they so spectacularly did to each other, huge respect and kudos to Andrew for being the driving force of the creation of Wham and credit to George for his incredible and almost incomparable talent ❤️

Andrew Ridgeley is sheer class. He could sing too.

Andrew created the Wham experience and product, and long may benefit from it! He also recognised the fact the Yog was seriously talented and demonstrated integrity by letting him flourish! Andrew is blessed with his current life and can proudly reflect on the past.

I am so glad that the truth about Andrew's part in Wham! is finally being recognised. I was at uni when they first started, and I remember all of us being knocked out by them, specially George, but I always liked Andrew best , he had such confidence, in fact I thought he was a public school boy, Eton or one of those schools because he just had that air of knowing where he was going, and I always believed that he contribulated a huge amount to the band and then all this negative press came out about him, even though George always said that Andrew had written Careless Whisper, it still got put about that George had given him a writing credit so he'd get some royalties. Shirlie always said that Andrew and George were two halves of the same person, and George himself said Andrew was his idol. They must have been the nicest people in the music business. I don't know how Andrew manages to talk about him without crying, it must be so hard. I've seen a couple of interviews with him after his book came out where he gets very moved and his voice shakes. He's such a private person so he's probably learnt how to cope, but it must be incredibly hard when you were as close as twins to lose that. I've also noticed in interviews that he can't say that George is dead, he kind of stammers and says things like He's not with us any more, and George is gone. He is an incredibly nice, kind and caring man and the best friend anyone could have.

Andrew you were a huge part of whams success 🎉🎉❤❤

Great interview! My appreciation of Andrew’s contribution to Wham grows every day

Love hearing Andrew talking about the Wham days with a smile smile. Great Netflix documentary as well well.

I just want to touch on the very last thing Andrew said. Wham! does appeal and attract the youth of every generation! Ever since I was little I always listened to Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go! And I loved Last Christmas! So now I’m in my early 20’s and even though I don’t really party and I’m a bit of an introvert, Wham!’s music has never felt more relevant to me! Going through the entire discography, watching the documentary and listening to these kind of interviews is such a joy! I enjoyed discovering Wham! for the past year! Thank you, Andrew! Thank you for seeing the potential in George and thank you for creating this iconic group! ♥️

Lovely interview. George Michael wouldn't have been the world famous artist he was without Wham! Andrew had a huge role to play in his success story and also that of Wham, even though creatively it might look miniscule. Greetings from an Indian fan of Wham for the past 30 years.

He’s so down to earth ❤❤❤❤

Wham was a big part of 80s - my era - still listen to them today

People will always focus on George because he was the songwriter and such a successful solo performer, but they needed each other.

Sad and yet poetic that George passed at Christmas…his favourite time of year.

Love the interview ~ Andrew a real straight up guy!! I adore them both in my Junior High years in LA. It really was an iconic, amazing experience to be part of!! THE music, THE fashion and of course “I WANT MY MTV!!” 🎉😂❤

My mom has been a die hard wham! Fan since the 80’s

The Netflix documentary is really really good.

It's good to see Andrew sharing his memories of Wham with us. He moved away from the limelight after they ended the band. Sad that George isn't here any more. I remember watching that first appearance on Top of the Pops in late 1982.

People overlook the quality of the musicians on the Wham records. And the production was perfect. The records stood out at the time compared to other bands or acts. I wish the documentary had mentioned the input the session musicians had. But Andrew really deserves more credit for what he achieved and he’s a very charming cool guy. They were a great few years to be a teenager.

Brilliant interview very heartfelt. ❤

Everyone always talks about George as a songwriter, but one aspect of the formation of Wham! that I never see discussed is at what point George and/or Andrew realized that George's voice was something extremely special. When he and Andrew got started, did they realize going into it what a gift George had or was it something that took some time for George to develop as a singer?

Loved them so much

so interesting to hear the stories behind such well loved songs

Lucky enough to see Wham! at Hollywood Park. Great times!!!

still committed to that sporting look 40 years later

Fair play to you both it was a lovely interview and you never interrupted him and showed respect plus I would like to say respect to Andrew he never spilt any beans he remained a true friend x

Wham ❤❤❤

Love George ❤

Love George and Andrew music ❤❤

I loved wham you and George Michael

Its amazing this relationship has lasted for a long time. Both are good songwriters ❤

Just brilliant 😊

So lucky to have seen them live in Toronto in Aug 28 1985

The best for ever great talent George Michael the best ❤

Nice one andrew i was there saw gm in 91 in birmingham

Love Andrew even more after these recent interviews. Great interview with Ronan. Wham! was created in the early 80’s and it’s life, youth, vibrancy, tongue in cheek, fantasy, colour and fashion, big hair and short shorts live on forever. Thank you to Andrew and his best friend George Michael for everything. George passed far too soon and young. ❤ ♥️ 🤩🌟✨👑⚜️💎🏆🎶🎵

Club Tropicana was a good record it was alright 💵👍😊🥸🤓🤓😃💷

❤ George Michael 😢

Couple of not so nice comments on here but Andrew comes across as a very nice man...he knew George would go his own way & become a huge singer/songwriter & i honestly do believe he wasn't jealous...by what I've seen he supported George all the way.....like to see more of Andrew in all honesty.....still miss George tho....

Great video 👍👍

If it wasn’t for Andrew, the world would never have known about George.

It was a different top 40 in those days ❤😊🎤🎶😁😁😃 I used to watch top of the pops they were miming back then I don't like miming I would rather hear it live ❤😊🤓🎤🥸🥸🎤🎶🎶😁😁😁😁

Andrew always calls George "Yog" - quite interesting. Great interview- great interviewer

Andrew is gorgeous.

If only George had a a healthy lifestyle like his friend Andrew, George would be still among us!

I was a kid when wham happened in,1982🎤🎶🎶🎶😁😁😁😁😃😃🤓

Rohan’s hair transplant kicking in nicely here 👩‍🦲 👧

"Yog performed I sort of loitered". Oh Andrew if not because of you, there's no Wham

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JUST GOOD TIME EIGHTIES POP MUSIC, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH POP MUSIC. IT ADDS VITALITY.

Why didn’t they ever release any of their live concerts (in full) whether DVD or CD?

Bad Boys was one of the first 12"s I so loved. I hate that they hated it

Roman, you should have asked why David Austin didn’t make the band!!!! 🤔

How many songs did ronin write ?

Andrew Ridgeley “Red Dress” with George Michael on background vocals. Andrew’s brother on drums of course and Andrew half naked on guitar. Yum ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OnPJkd_7yj8.html

Adam Lambert should do a Wham/George Michael tour. He was so amazing bringing Queen's music to new audiences. Good music should stay alive.

Awesome

Does anyone know who was the band that dropped out of Top of the Pops and gave Wham their chance to shine?

Andrew actually means Le Beat Route rather than The Beetroot regarding the New Romantic club night. Le Beat Route as in the club Spandau Ballet filmed 'Chant No.1 in' ... The doco was so good but that should have been corrected in the doco and again here. I always loved the first 3 singles the best as I loved the mix of Post Disco with a Punk attitude lyrically with New Romantic dancing. Club Tropicana was great but it was the beginning of the more pop sound and look. I wish Wham Shake would have eventuated as I always HATED Wake Me Up - Now THAT was formula - Not Bad Boys. PITY that Soul Boy was never a single, an early demo which was FIERCE!

It was quite a beautiful; very classy documentary. Very well made, deeply personal, and focused on all the most important things in life. Perfect. I wasn’t even a big fan.

WHam! didn't quite end after Careless Whisper. They kind of have jumped a bit. They and Freedom, Everything She Wants plus I'm Your Man and Edge of Heaven as singles. The Final was kinda a 3rd album. If only there was a 3rd album - As much as I love George I always preferred Wham! to George's solo material. Battlestations should have had a video from The Final, one of the new Wham! tracks of 1986. I rather recent George's decision not to tout The Final properly. For such a big band to only do one gig is ridiculous!

RonanKeating participated with George Michael to the tv show: Who wants to be a millionaire!

Forse se george non avesse sciolto il gruppo e fosse rimasto con andrew forse le cose sarebbero state diverse e george poteva essere ancora tra noi..

Rik Mayle was killed by Sur Steve vFry. Cardiff New Theatre?

Concurred? I think you might mean ‘conquered’?

Ronan Keating Hosted the Australia X Factor & I got to perform in front of him & sang fine. His reply after the song was that It looked liked I was singing in the shower & didn't connect with the Audience. This was Humiliating in front of a live Audience & I walked off the Stage. The other 2 female judges didn’t really have their own vote & just followed Ronan . He let Another female singer through Rachael Thompson who played the guitar 🎸 on one of the shows , she wasn’t connecting with the audience either ( closing her eyes ) however & he let her through. A bit hypocritical. Or Favours Females. Even George Michael closes his Eyes when he performs, I thought the Show was all about Music & that they can Groom you how be a Performer as you go along or Advance into Boot Camp. The Shows Producers never said anything to me about what was expected. I wasn’t told that it was more in line with Dancing with the Stars ⭐️at least I had the some potential to move forward onto the next stage but Ronan wouldn’t haven’t any of it. I really didn’t understand his attitude it wasn’t like my voice was bad or anything.

Andrew Ridgeley goes public with new socialite girlfriend Amanda Cronin (8mths ago).Andrew Ridgeley has found love again with a beautiful wealthy divorcée from London. The Wham! star, 59, has gone public with his new girlfriend Amanda Cronin, 45, several years after breaking up with his partner Keren Woodward (Bananarama) in 2017. Ridgeley is highly intelligent living in a Cornish C15th. He surfs and plays golf.

Andrew ridgley is one the best triangle players i have ever witnessed

"mom gave me a punt"... Americans be like "did she score a field goal?" ;-) just a bit fun, ;-)

Club Tropicana is about a gay bath house but i don't know if even Andy was aware of that. The rest of us can guess. LOL

Bad interview. Should have asked about Andys solo career.

Andrew could not write he did not play guitar when they wrote into the studio he would go in the next room and play the Arcade machines Goerge dod everything he even gave Andrew the song last Christmas after they split the only thing Andrew did was to show Goerge dance moves in his bedroom that's it

It was a shame when Boy George left WHAM, but Andrew was a great friend to him, big respect

They were big, but Duran Duran were far bigger in the 80's!

Sorry, but Andrew has never been anybody. It was always dominated by George. He was just an add on fixture, just moving around or playing guitar. He is getting this attention only because of George. He is not here, so that's the closest media can get to him.

Roman Keating Boyzone. Star

Fair play to you both it was a lovely interview and you never interrupted him and showed respect plus I would like to say respect to Andrew he never spilt any beans he remained a true friend x

He let George go and have a solo career, real friendship,

Andrew Ridgeley “Shake” No Andrew doesn't fall downstairs carrying drums at 0.55. That's his brother Paul 'falling' We all love that bit. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uVbXsNAJCUg.html

George was great, Wham was great but I dont think that makes up for giving the world Ronan Keating and Boyzone.

Ridgeley has reportedly amassed more than £10 million in royalties from his Wham! hits and is thought to make thousands yearly from a co-writing credit on George Michael's 'Careless Whisper'. Mostly he surfs off the Cornish coast in England. Was married to one of the girls from Bananarama.

Why did he deny the nose job. It’s so obvious

I wonder what's coming next from the Wham Estate

I just wish Andrew would talk without stumbling over his words 🤦‍♀️