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For the song by the Sugababes, see Change ( Sugababes album ). `` Careless Whisper '' Single by George Michael from the album Make It Big Released 24 July 1984 ( 1984 - 07 - 24 ) Format 3 '' CD 7 '' 12 '' cassette CD Recorded 1984 Genre Pop - Jazz Length 6 : 30 ( album version ) 5 : 04 ( single version ) Label Epic Columbia Sony Songwriter ( s ) George Michael Andrew Ridgeley Producer ( s ) George Michael Wham ! singles chronology `` Wake Me Up Before You Go - Go '' ( 1984 ) `` Careless Whisper '' ( 1984 ) `` Freedom '' ( 1984 ) `` Wake Me Up Before You Go - Go '' ( 1984 ) `` Careless Whisper '' ( 1984 ) `` Freedom '' ( 1984 ) George Michael singles chronology `` Careless Whisper '' ( 1984 ) Careless Whisper1984 `` A Different Corner '' ( 1986 ) A Different Corner 1986 Music video `` Careless Whisper '' on YouTube `` Careless Whisper '' is a song by English singer - songwriter George Michael ( sometimes credited to `` Wham ! featuring George Michael '' in Japan, Canada and the United States ). It was released on 24 July 1984, by Epic Records in the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries, and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael 's first solo single, although he was still performing in Wham ! at the time ( the song is included on Wham ! 's album Make It Big ). The song features a prominent saxophone riff, and has been covered by a number of artists since its first release. It was released as a single and became a huge commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic and on both sides of the Pacific. It reached number one in nearly 25 countries, selling about 6 million copies worldwide -- 2 million of them in the United States. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Composition and writing 2 Production 3 Music video 4 Track listing 5 Credits and personnel 6 Charts 6.1 Weekly charts 6.2 Year - end charts 7 Certifications 8 Cover versions 9 In other media 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Background Unlike most of the other Wham ! singles ( except `` Wham Rap ! ( Enjoy What You Do ) '' and `` Club Tropicana '' ), it was co-written by bandmate Andrew Ridgeley. The two had written it together as developing artists three years earlier in Watford, England. Composition and writing I was on my way to DJ at the Bel Air when I wrote `` Careless Whisper ''. I have always written on buses, trains and in cars. It always happens on journeys. With `` Careless Whisper '' I remember EXACTLY where it first came to me, where I came up with the sax line. I can remember very vaguely where I was when I wrote things after Wham ! got off the ground -- but with `` Careless Whisper '' I remember exactly the time and place. I know it sounds really weird and a kind of romantic thing to say -- but I remember exactly where it happened, where I was sitting on the bus, how I continued and everything. I remember I was handing the money over to the guy on the bus and I got this line, the sax line : der - der - der - der, der - der - der - der. Then he moved away and I continued writing it in my head. I wrote it totally in my head. I worked on it for about three months in my head... Michael and Ridgeley both wrote the song when they were 17, taking inspiration from stories from Michael 's early romantic overtures. Michael explained in his autobiography, Bare, that much of the song 's content is based on events from his childhood. `` When I was twelve, thirteen, I used to have to chaperone my sister, who was two years older, to an ice rink at Queensway in London, '' he detailed. `` There was a girl there with long blond hair whose name was Jane. I was a fat boy in glasses and I had a big crush on her - though I did n't stand a chance. My sister used to go and do what she wanted when we got to the skating rink and I would spend the afternoon swooning over this girl Jane. '' `` A few years later, when I was sixteen, I had my first relationship with a girl called Helen, '' Michael continued. `` It had just started to cool off a bit when I discovered that the blonde girl from Queensway had moved in just around the corner from my school. She had moved in right next to where I used to stand and wait for my next - door neighbor, who used to give me a lift home from school. And one day I saw her walk down the path next to me and I thought -- now where did SHE come from ? She did n't know it was me. It was a few years later and I looked a lot different. Then we played a school disco with The Executive and she saw me singing and decided she fancied me. By this time she was that much older and a big buxom thing -- and eventually I started seeing her. She invited me in one day when I was waiting for my lift and I was... in heaven. '' Michael observed that after he stopped wearing glasses, he began getting invited to parties. `` And the girl who did n't even see me when I was twelve invited me in, '' he noted. `` So I went out with her for a couple of months but I did n't stop seeing Helen. I thought I was being smart -- I had gone from being a total loser to being a two - timer. And I remember my sisters used to give me a hard time because they found out and they really liked the first girl. The whole idea of `` Careless Whisper '' was the first girl finding out about the second -- which she never did. But I started another relationship with a girl called Alexis without finishing the one with Jane. It all got a bit complicated. Jane found out about her and got rid of me... The whole time I thought I was being cool, being this two - timer, but there really was n't that much emotion involved. I did feel guilty about the first girl -- and I have seen her since -- and the idea of the song was about her. `` Careless Whisper '' was us dancing, because we danced a lot, and the idea was -- we are dancing... but she knows... and it 's finished. '' Production The song went through at least two rounds of production. The first was during a trip Michael made to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he went to work with producer Jerry Wexler at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. Michael was unhappy with the version that was originally produced and decided to re-record and produce the song himself, this time coming up with the version that was finally released. The version Wexler produced, was released later in the year, as a ( 4 : 41 ) B - side `` Special Version '' on 12 '' in the UK and Japan. The record label Innervision were going to put out the Jerry Wexler version of `` Careless Whisper '' after the Club Fantastic Megamix as far back as 1983. Dick Leahy said that while he could not stop the release of the Club Fantastic Megamix, he could stop the release of this single on the basis that as a publisher they `` have the right to grant the first license of the recording of a tune of which he controls the copyright ''. He was unable to do anything about the Club Fantastic Megamix because it was already released material. He said : `` We knew how big that song could be so it was necessary to upset a few people to stop it. '' The officially released single, a mid-tempo sentimental ballad with a saxophone solo by Steve Gregory, was issued in August 1984, entering the UK Singles Chart at number 12. Within two weeks, it was at number one, ending a nine - week run at the top for `` Two Tribes '' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It stayed at number one for three weeks, going on to become the fifth best - selling single of 1984 in the United Kingdom ; it was outsold only by the two Frankie Goes to Hollywood tracks `` Two Tribes '' and `` Relax, '' Stevie Wonder with `` I Just Called to Say I Love You, '' and Band Aid 's `` Do They Know It 's Christmas ? '' The song also topped the charts in 25 other countries, including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February 1985 under the credit `` Wham ! featuring George Michael. '' Spending three weeks at the top in America, the song was later named Billboard 's number - one song of 1985. On the subject of his personal opinion of the song, Michael said in 1991 that it `` was not an integral part of my emotional development '' which he found sad because of the song meaning so much to so many people. He went on to say : `` It disappoints me that you can write a lyric very flippantly -- and not a particularly good lyric -- and it can mean so much to so many people. That 's disillusioning for a writer. '' Music video The official music video shows the guilt felt by a man ( portrayed by Michael ) over an affair, and his acknowledgement that his partner ( Lisa Stahl ) is going to find out. It was filmed on location in Miami, Florida, in 1984 and features such locales as Coconut Grove and Watson Island. The final part of the video shows Michael leaning out of a balcony at the last floor of Miami 's Grove Towers. According to producer Jon Roseman, production of the video was `` A fucking disaster ''. According to Michael 's co-star Lisa Stahl, `` They lost footage of our kissing scene so we had to reshoot it, which I did n't complain about... Then George decided he did n't like his hair so he flew his sister over from England to cut it and we had to reshoot more scenes. '' As the band felt they had `` screwed up '' the video, further footage of Michael singing the song on - stage was later shot at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Track listing All tracks written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. 7 `` : Epic / A 4603 ( UK ) No. Title Length 1. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Single Edit ) 5 : 04 2. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Instrumental ) 5 : 02 12 `` : Epic / TA4603 ( UK ) No. Title Length 1. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Extended Mix ) 6 : 31 2. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Instrumental ) 5 : 02 12 `` : Columbia / 44 - 05170 ( US ) No. Title Length 1. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Extended Mix ) 6 : 20 2. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Instrumental ) 4 : 52 12 `` : Columbia Promotional / AS - 1980 ( US ) No. Title Length 1. `` Careless Whisper '' 4 : 50 2. `` Careless Whisper '' 4 : 50 12 '' maxi : Epic / QTA 4603 ( UK ) -- Special Edition No. Title Length 1. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Extended Mix ) 6 : 31 2. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Jerry Wexler Special Version ) 5 : 34 3. `` Careless Whisper '' ( Condensed Instrumental Version ) 4 : 52 Note : The Extended Mix is identical to the album version from Make It Big. Credits and personnel This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2016 ) Vocals -- George Michael Saxophone -- Steve Gregory Bass -- Deon Estus Drums -- Trevor Morrell Electric piano -- Anne Dudley Guitar -- Hugh Burns Keyboards -- Chris Cameron, Andy Richards Percussion -- Danny Cummings Photography -- Tony McGee Producer and arranger -- George Michael Composer -- Andrew Ridgeley, George Michael Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1984 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart French SNEP Singles Chart Germany Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart Italian Singles Chart Japanese Oricon Singles Chart Japanese Oricon International Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Norwegian Singles Chart South African Singles Chart Swedish Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart Chart ( 1985 ) Peak position Canadian The Record Canadian RPM Top Singles US Billboard Hot 100 US Hot Black Singles 8 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart ( 2016 -- 17 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 7 Hungary ( Mahasz ) 10 Ireland ( IRMA ) 73 Israel ( Media Forest ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 34 Portugal ( AFP ) 52 Year - end charts Chart ( 1984 ) Position Australia New Zealand 10 UK 5 Chart ( 1985 ) Position Canada US Billboard Hot 100 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) 2 × Platinum 140,000 Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 100,000 France ( SNEP ) Silver 585,000 Italy ( FIMI ) Gold 25,000 Japan ( RIAJ ) 204,000 Netherlands ( NVPI ) Platinum 100,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 1,500,000 United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 1,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Cover versions `` Careless Whisper '' has been covered by many other artists. A selection of those are presented here in chronological order : Gloria Gaynor on her The Power of Gloria Gaynor album ( 1986 ). Instrumental group Pieces of a Dream on their Joyride album ( 1986 ). The Shadows on their Simply Shadows album ( 1987 ). Sarah Washington on a dance version that peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart ( 1993 ). Bananarama on their 2001 album Exotica. O - Town rewards the song which they name `` I Only Dance With You '' on their album O2 Pan Pipes on their Play More Great Love Songs album ( 2003 ). Kenny G featuring Brian McKnight on the album At Last... The Duets Album ( 2004 ). Del on his Go All Night album ( 2007 ). Irish singer Edward J. Valentine released a version that reached number 47 for one week on the Irish Singles Chart in 2008. Seether on their album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces ( 2007 ). In other Media In the 2007 film Music and Lyrics, Alex Fletcher ( Hugh Grant ) performs `` Meaningless Kiss '', sharing similar music and lyrics of `` Careless Whisper ''. The song was written by Adam Scheslinger. `` Careless Whisper '' plays during the end credits of the 2016 film Deadpool. Kamasi Washington & El Debarge Paid Tribute to George Michael At The 2017 BET Awards By Performing Careless Whisper ``. See also List of best - selling singles List of best - selling singles in the United Kingdom List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1980s List of Dutch Top 40 number - one singles of 1984 List of number - one singles of 1984 ( Ireland ) List of number - one hits of 1984 ( Switzerland ) List of number - one singles from the 1980s ( UK ) List of RPM number - one singles of 1985 List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1985 ( U.S. ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1985 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Greenwald, Ted ( 1992 ). 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Retrieved 2 May 2017. Jump up ^ `` Watch Kamasi Washington & El DeBarge Cover George Michael At The BET Awards ''. Stereogum. Retrieved 11 July 2017. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Wham ! George Michael Andrew Ridgeley Studio albums Fantastic Make It Big Music from the Edge of Heaven Compilations The Final If You Were There ( The Best of Wham ) Singles `` Wham Rap ! ( Enjoy What You Do ) '' `` Young Guns ( Go for It ! ) '' `` Bad Boys '' `` Club Tropicana '' `` Club Fantastic Megamix '' `` Wake Me Up Before You Go - Go '' `` Careless Whisper '' `` Freedom '' `` Everything She Wants '' `` Last Christmas '' `` I 'm Your Man '' `` The Edge of Heaven '' `` Where Did Your Heart Go ? 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Question: who is the original singer of careless whisper
Answer: George Michael