SUCHA CLASSIC | Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go REACTION! 

Choose Life was a anti-drug and suicide prevention campaign in the 80's ETA: they're doing a part of the Jitterbug in the neon/blacklight bit

The love I have for Wham and George Michael is neverending. RIP George. An amazing talent. I was 7 in 84 and he was everything to me

Doris Day is the sunniest of the golden age actors. Made a bunch of movies with Rock Hudson, major singing career including "Que Sera Sera". "The jitterbug is a kind of dance popularized among African-Americans in the United States in the early 20th century."

I was 4 in 1984. I love how part of the chorus was"I don't want to go solo" and he later went on to have a solo career. 😁

R.I.P. George Michael 💔🙏🏽

Doris Day was a famous actress and singer back in the 50's and 60's. She died in 2019

I was 22 years old in 1984. I remember dancing in the clubs to this. One of George Michael's first hits. He did have perfect features. REst in Peace.

I was twelve and rocking alllllll these 80's fashions. Madonna, Boy George, Wham, prince my goodness. ahhh the 80's what a time to be alive!

I was 25, single and always going to clubs to dance. I saw Wham in concert at Hollywood Park Racetrack along with Chaka Khan and Bananarama. I'm sure more groups played but it's been 37 yrs. Can't remember, I went to so many great concerts. Lol.

I cannot believe you have never heard this entire song before. I absolutely love this song. I dance to it every time I hear it.

Doris Day was a beautiful actress with a sunny bright smile!

RIP George Michael. This was the warm up song my high school aerobics teacher used. I was 2 when it came out...

I was 8. Barely a year later my moms and friends drove us 6 hours with no clue where we were going to, SURPRISE, a Wham! concert. Opener was Pointer Sisters and Katrina and the Waves. Unforgettable. Also, yes, they were amazing live. George was pure lightning in a bottle while Andrew was everything silly and funny. I was blessed to have a second mom that took us, it was general admission and that woman steamrolled us to the very front/ side of stage... where I held onto a fence the entire time, completely rapt. One of the most special memories of my life.

Back in probably '85-86, I had a Casio keyboard that would play this song when you pushed the demo button 🤣

Apparently he wasn’t planning on going solo. 😜 Well..I’m glad he changed his mind.

I agree. So perfect! George Michael was looking like a Ken doll in this video. 1984. I was 12 when this came out. A classic time to grow up in Southern CA. Yes, I was a Valley Girl. Great movies and music! Good times.

I was 11 in 1984. Happy times. Like this video bright, colorful, fun! If you read about George Michael, it is sad that he was such a tortured soul. His music brought so much joy and comfort to so many.

I was 4, and totally in love with George. My mom said I was glued to the TV every time this video was on!☺

"Too many perfect features" = welcome to Greek bone structure. Oh, and this came out when I was 10.

I was 32 when this was released and I loved it, still do, Christmas day 2016 was a sad day when we lost George not just a gifted singer/songwriter but a truly wonderful man who gave away most of his money to help other people..

That song is amazing, The first time I ever heard this song I think I was 7 or 8, It was played in the movie Zoolander ft. Ben stiller and Owen Wilson. Very fond memories of this song.. Great reaction video for it. Great energy.

I was 20 when this song came out. I was actually there for the inception of mtv . I think I still have this album in my closet MTV premiered 2 days before my 17th birthday

This is SUCH a great feel-good song! Thank you for reacting to this one.

I was 19. All I know is every time I hear this it reminds of Adam Sandler😂The jitterbug is from the 30's and 40's.

I was 10 years old when this song came out and Wham! became a huge part of my childhood. So many great songs! I was sad when they broke up and George Michael went on to a solo career. A great one to react to would be their video for “Edge of Heaven” because it was their goodbye video for the fans, the last song they released as a band, and it shows clips from all of their previous videos. Plus a live performance throughout. You really get to see what they were all about. And it’s an awesome song with lots of energy! P.S. You are the first reactor I’ve seen who noticed the girl clapping out of sync and mentioned it. For that, I am subscribing to you. Love your reactions!

I was 16 in 1984! Loved the music and I lived in a small town in Tx. We would go to Lubbock for concerts. Saw Billy Idol there. Making the drag on weekends and trying not to get caught drinking.

I was 12 yrs old back in the day. The music back in the day your mom and dad and aunts and uncles and grandparents loved the music. So, Yes it was pretty amazing.

Life was awesome and simple in the 1980's for me! I would go back and live all those days all over again if I could! I have loved George Michael my whole life, him and Andrew Ridgley Wham! posters were on my bedroom wall! This video to me wraps up the entirety of the 80's in one neat little package! You may enjoy seeing Wham's "I'm Your Man" and "Everything She Wants" videos. You can see how George Michael changed and grew with his music until he went solo. Thank-you for doing your videos I really love them!

My jam, my happy song. I wasn’t alive when this came out.

I was 10 back then. These guys and Duran Duran were my whole world. I had George's haircut and a "Choose Life" shirt and wore it proudly to the 6th grade. Neon socks included. 😊

One of the most talented musicians to ever do it. Criminally underrated

You need to watch George performing 'Somebody to Love' with Queen at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. He stole the show!!!

I was only 1 when this song came out but remember hearing all the time as a small child. Love George Michael and Wham!

I was 9 when this song came out. George Michael was the first concert I ever went to during his "Faith" tour in 1988/89.... You should check out more of his work - he's one of the most amazing and talented artists ever. "Faith, Kissing a Fool, Father Figure, Freedom, Too Funky, Praying for Time" are all songs you should react to. RIP George - gone too soon. Thanks for the great reactions Billy!!

Love Wham = first posters on my bedroom wall!! Love George Michael RIP. Doris Day was an American actress mainly from the 50's/60's. Most famous for the films Calamity Jane, Pillow Talk etc to name a few. Loved her too. I was 5 btw when this came out. Andrew (the other half of Wham, guy playing the guitar) left a note on his bedroom door for his mum. It said Wake me up up before you go go. George saw it and then came this song!!

I was 4 years old when this song came out A very classy 1980s song for sure always love taking a trip back down my childhood memory lane

I was 3 - 80s were a great time to grow up in as a child , music and tv shows were great back then , most everything really

I had just flunked 8th grade and heard this song on the radio and it made me feel better! I was 13 and a half and gonna have the summer to have fun then do 8th grade again while going to public school for the first time! I got great grades that year and graduated in June of 85!!!! I loved Wham! WeAre the World was my graduation song we sang!

I was 7 in 1984!! I've loved this song since then!!

i was 9 in 1984 loved wham back then and yep times were definitely different

yes Jitterbug was an dance back in the big band era and Doris Day was an old actress and singer

in 1984,,, I was 11. Still love the song even today !

Doris Day was a actress from the 50's and the jitterbug was a popular dance from the past. I forgot which decade. 🙂

Yes, George's concerts are fantastic. In fact, I would highly suggest you pull some up. You'll not believe what you seeing & hearing! Most of the time he sounds exactly like his recordings & better. He brings in his audience, dances & belts It Out. George includes everybody. He always did. Right from the beginning of his career. Watch Some of his faith tours, & proceed through the next 25+ years. You will be glad you did, I promise. However, you won't know until you do, right! Check It out & enjoy. See yah next time!

I was in 4th grade. Life was definitely so much easier and simpler then. Three years later, I lost my dad in an accident and life was never the same. This song definitely has good memories for me. 💜

I was 10 when this song/video came out. We all begged our folks to buy us neon clothes...those were some good times. I still can't help myself from dancing when this song comes on....yup, I was totally chair dancing just now. Thanks....I needed this today! Also, it's awesome to see you representing Half & Jai with the T-shirt....love them!

His solo career was banging!! Kissing a Fool, is so good! In my early 20s, now I'm old. LOL

I was 11 in 1984. I remember singing along everytime I would hear it on the car radio even if I didn't understand all the lyrics...lol

I was about 5 years old when this song came out. Doris Day was an Actress in the golden age that made a lot of movies with Rock Hudson. Also the Jitter Bug is a Dance.

In the 80's was amazing! Nothing better!

I was 8years old back then and life was so so much better. better music better people less worries and always great new music coming out

There's a great documentary on George Michael and all the charitable work he did anonymously. He even gave a free concert to hospital staff that cared for his mother. Disgusting how the press treated him, especially in his final days. Such a wonderful and generous man. I was ten yrs old when this song hit. Loved him practically all of my life. His death hit me especially hard.

I was in the 5th grade. Loved Wham! RIP George Michael. My favorite bands in 80s were nkotb and Duran Duran. Glass Tiger

I was 10 in 1984. Love this song!

1984 I was 28. Great music by George and Andrew.

I was 11yrs when this came out & let me tell you I was rocking the fluorescent colors😁

I was 15 in 1984. I obtained my favorite songs 2 ways: 1) on vinyl purchased at a record store and 2) by recording them off different radio stations using my giant, double cassette, AM/FM boom box with antenna. I'd make mixed-cassette tapes for myself (45 min each side), then bootleg copies for my friends on the DL. We'd also listen on our record players, home stereos, while coveting the family station wagon and, yes... on our battery-powered, imitation Sony Walkman's (headphones and belt clip included!) 😆 Fun Factoid: In 1983, cassettes outsold vinyl for the first time. #MakeAmericaThe80sAgain #ASideOrBSide #AllAboutThatBase

5 years old in 1984. Love me some wham 🎉😅

I was 12 years old in 7th grade... It was one of the best years in my life... Great music!!

Did Billy do the “Carlton” dance in his chair? 🤣 I was 13. There was a lot of 1950s influence in mid 80s with the colors in clothes and happy pop music.

I was 10 yo at the time and this was a huge hit. The 80's were really just a fun time period especially for music.

I was 13! Loved Wham! and the wonderful, irreplaceable George Michael - still do with all my heart. I had this album Make It Big on vinyl and to listen to it on my 'walkman' we had to record the vinyl on to tape using the record player/tape stereo we had. Whenever Wham! came on TV, we actually had a VCR, video cassette recorder to tape the songs on it from Top of The Pops, which was the biggest music show on telly in the UK then. Thanks for this, it made me laugh x

I was 19 and partied to this and as much hard rock as I could get.

I was 15 and wham was my first concert it was amazing ..standing room only 8 hours in line

This was 1984 and I was 10. Wham were especially popular with kids my age and back then everything they released was huge (although other great pop songs of theirs like "Freedom", "Edge of Heaven" and "I'm Your Man" have been kind of forgotten). It was a seriously competitive time in the music industry with many greats jostling for position in the charts - Queen, Freddie solos, Michael Jackson, Wham / George Michael, Culture Club, Prince, (peak) Madonna, Phil Collins ... It sure was a different world. Phones were (usually) one per house, analogue, and wired up and screwed to the wall. Only 3 or 4 tv channels (in the UK), and they stopped broadcasting shows around midnight until 6am or so every night. If you switched the TV on during this time, you got nothing but a creepy testcard and a flatline-monotone sound. We didn't have a VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) but some families did. Nor did we have a microwave oven yet, for a couple more years. CDs had only just been invented the year before, and hardly anyone had those. Computer games took 5 minutes to load by cassette (and loaded very noisily) - If someone made the floor shake too much while loading, the computer would lose track and you'd have to rewind and start loading again. And the games were crap anyway cos total RAM capacity was about 32K for a home computer. No such thing as internet. So we had board games/card games and played out on the street or in the park like *all* the time, till dusk and nobody crapped themselves about safety 24/7. A can of coke cost about 20p (maybe 16 cents at today's rate?). Cars had bumpers so you didn't get scratched and have to pay at the slightest contact. You had to wind the windows down manually and lock/unlock each individual door manually too. If you wanted to find out some random information for school homework, you'd have to go to the local library and look on microfishe for the right book, then probably order it from a bigger library, and the whole thing would take days. TV remotes were rare and considered to be degenerate anyway. :D I wish I had a time machine. :P

I was 7 when this came out (1984) I miss the 80s. We has the best childhood

I was a teenager. Brings back great memories.

I was in junior high this sog was one of the songs that made my life better. I was going through so much at that time.

I was 15. MTV was in it's infancy. Great videos, great vjs. For some reason personally in 1984 there were many movies from that year that were favorites of mine. Electric Dreams, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, The Karate Kid are a few. TV shows were great around that time.

I was 16 years old best time of my life. Big hit on MTV.

There was a Wham! video in 1983 called "Bad Boys", George hadn't yet begun to lighten and frost his hair and had heavier makeup to cover his pimples since he was still around 19 at the time. Take a look and see what a difference a year or so can make! I was in college when "Wake Me Up" came out and it was just fun to dance to bubble gum music sometimes.

4 I remember dancing around the house with my mom to this, sweet memories

I graduated in 1977 so I was around 24 years old but I remember this hit.

Loved Wham and George Michaels had a big crush on him. R.I.P George.

Esta música es de mi juventud, la oí de primera mano en las radios, por lo que te digo ya sabrás que soy un poco mayor. Pero está canción es divertida, pegadiza y es imposible quedarse quieto. Muy bonita tu reacción y muchas gracias por los subtítulos. Saludos desde Ciudad de Guatemala en Centro América.

Doris Day was a very popular actress. In the 50s. The Jitter Bug was a dance in the 40s. I was about 16. When this came out. That is George Michael BTW

Ha! The glow in dark couple at the end are dancing the jitterbug.

This came out my senior year of high school. Class of 84 🤘

Iconic Wham! song! Btw, the message on your shirt matches this song.

I was 18 and loved dancing to this in the clubs. Wham was a fun band and George Michael was a gifted artist who left us way way too soon RIP ❤🙏💔

LOL I was 16 and 1984 and the jitterbug was a dance that they used to do back in like the 1930s and 40s

LOVE George Michael! I was a sophomore in high school when this came out in 84. Huge hit!

This was 1984 -- This song dropped right before I went to boot camp.

I was 16 when this was a hit. Yes, I had the priviledge of being a teenager in the 1980s. Good times!

I was 6 when this was released. I love it, it makes me feel so happy and never fails to get me dancing, no matter where I am or if I am sitting or driving. I miss George ♥💔

This song was the first song that made Wham! popular in the United States. Before this song Wham! was predominantly popular in the United Kingdom. Doris Day was a popular actress in the fifties and sixties.

I was 4 when it was released, I drove my mama nuts with this song

They dance to this song on "Dancing with the Stars" every season.

I was 9 when this song came out. I listened to all kinds of music biggest memory involving music was my dad bought me a Mötley crue cassette and I was listening to it in my Walkman when my grandmother heard it and took the cassette and threw it in the trash I got it back she then pulled the tape out and I put the tape back into the cassette the third time she smashed the cassette with her cast iron skillet. Everytime you react to an 80s song I go back to my childhood things were so much better then today. Playing outside until my parents would be yelling for us to come inside kids today don't do that.

That was a couple months before my 4th birthday so I was to young to remember anything! But I remember hearing it in movies!

I was a kid when this song came out. I didn't really get a chance to hear it then. My parents had 8 kids, 6 girls and 2 boys with 1 set of twins. No We're Not Catholic! Mum had problems with Medication and Dad Refused To Do Anything. I was My Mum's "Little Surprise Package" when she was 44. My 2 Eldest Sisters Were Married And Having Kids. Mum was an Elvis Fan and Dad was an old-fashioned Rock-n-roll is a message from the devil type. When I was 13, Mum and I left My Abusive Dad. We Moved From Brisbane to The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. One of My Sister's moved up from Brisy (that's what most people call it) too. I taught Her about My Music in the 90's and She started teaching Me about different types of music. In a way I think it was a blessing, as a result My Music Tastes run from Classical to Heavy Metal. I'm always discovering New Old Musical Artists. For years I'd visit Family and Friends, with a collection of CDs and a Diskman. My Sister's and Older Friends, would excitingly ask. "So What Have You Got, With You This Time?" So they could play CDs in the car. One of My Brothers live in England, in '95 He met and fell in love with a Pretty English Tourist. He followed Her Home, a year later they got married and now they have a teenaged girl. He came back Home to Australia for a holiday a couple of years back. We let Him borrow the car to visit our Uncle up in the cape. In the Outback, basically the dessert. I bought out some CDs for Him to choose from, He found it difficult to choose.

I was 12 in 84 wham were my boyband.I feel most girls depending on when you grew up had a boyband that they loved like take that,east 17,boyzone, Westlife and 1 direction.wham was George Michael & Andrew Ridley they met at school then they got backing singers pepsi & Shirley (the 2that messed up) they had a one hit wonder heartache.shirley (the blonde 1)got married (still are) to Martin Kemp from spandu ballet.there son is a DJ on capital Fm.

So fun seeing Billy react to this with no apparent awareness of where George Michael's career went from here. I as about 7 when this came out. The saga of the Wham! breakup was so huge to us members of the first MTV generation!

11years old and this woould be the height of going to the roller rink on saturdays ...Reds Roller Rink specifically....they had a teen room decorated in 50 diners decor and projected the music videos on a big screen in there....all us pre teens huddled by the entrance trying to watch music videos...JUST LET US IN dammit....lol

I was 18. 1984. My friends and i danced a lot to that song. Thanks for the memories. Love your reaction 😄

I was 13, in the 8th grade, and neon was EVERYTHING 😉

I was 15.... I totally miss the 80’s!!!!!!

Now sometime listen to wham wrap. Would love to see your reaction to that one. It's one of my favorites and i can still sing it word for word.

I was 14 when this came out. Fun song.

I miss George Michael....gone too soon ❤😢 When this song came out I was 9 😊 played it every morning before I went to school 😊❤🎵🎶🎼