Why Does Everybody Hate "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"?

[renegade_killerbee]

I was in a pizza establisment this week and Wham!'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" came on the radio and one of the (very) young servers asked her boss if she could change the channel.




A couple of months ago a co-worker (not very young) was ribbing another co-worker of mine about how he was gonna bring "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" to work and make her listen to it (she, a big Beatles fan).

Okay, I know it's not "Bridge Over Troubled Water" or "Stairway To Heaven" and it's certainly not one of my top 100 favorites, but why does everybody put this li'l pop gem down?

Was it TOO successful? "Go-Go" not only spent 3 weeks at No. 1, a total of 24 weeks in the Hot 100, ending 1985 as the No. 3 pop hit of the year (Wham! also had the No. 1 hit of '85 in "Careless Whisper"), but without it, "Make It Big" probably wouldn't have sold 6-million units.

Is there anybody brave enough out there, LOL, to rush to the defense of this song and explain why it is looked down with such disgust in 2007?

*** KEVIN IN SOUTH TULSA ***

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Below: Like Britney Spears, George Michael Too Was Hot Back In The Day!

 

[GL]

i like it. i was a Freshmen in high school when the single broke.

it's sort of cheesy... but it's still fun.

perhaps in this day and age we are too jaded for something so frothy and effervescent?

 

[JRLB]

Not sure why people dont liek this song...but i will say i loved it and still do...Used to have a crush on george michael when i was little hehe

 

[LatinoSTAR]

I Love Wham! The Song is Very Cheesy, but Tons Of Fun! Shoot, I have It on My IPOD

 

[gabriel1]

I like WHAM! and that song was effervescent

 

[chatolandia]

I love that song. It is one of the few 'happy' songs I like

 

[gsdx]

George Michael in those blue and white shorts.

'Nuff said.

 

[Mprov]

When compared to "Careless Whisper" and "Everything She Wants," the song sounds cheesy. Definitely not the best song on Make It Big and not the best song by Wham! or George Michael for that matter. And my sentiments exactly about George Michael in the shorts.... That was enough to make you not like the song.

 

[pinest]

I think it's a catchy fun tune.
I miss my WHAM! days.
CHOOSE LIFE!

 

[JustForSee]

maybe is because is very poppy, cheesy and happy cute and la la la!

lol.

it's a nice song. i like it.

 

[LatinoSTAR]

Oh Yeah Definatley by No Means Thier Best Song, Ill Save That Space For "Everything She Wants" also a three week No. 1

 

[Joshua_me]

It's a frothy little slice of 80's pop. Catchy as hell.

Nothing I'd listen to on purpose, but I don't mind it when it comes on the radio. Same with 'Careless Whisper'. I'm guilty of singing along to 'guilty feet have got no rhythm', aren't you ?

 

[sunoftheskye]

I love the song.

 

[VaseFace808]

I like the song LoL...freakin' catchy as heck

 

[starlight70]

I don't hate Wake Me Up. It was my wake-up ringtone for my Motorola, before I replaced it with Bee Gees's How Deep Is Your Love.

Wake Me Up is a pure pop. A fun-loving song, with no guilt in me to worship it.

 

[NomineDetracto]

i like the song, but ironicly.

 

[G-Lexington]

It pushes all the cute/fun/happy/giddy/silly meters far into the red. So much so that I don't like it anymore. It's like getting a cream soda that's all foam.

I don't think it's a fact of it being too gay - this song does precisely the same for me.



Lex

 

[Joshua_me]

*Jitterbug*

 

[Cammtl]

I actually liked the song.

 

[Sausy]

i like it. i was a Freshmen in high school when the single broke.

it's sort of cheesy... but it's still fun.

perhaps in this day and age we are too jaded for something so frothy and effervescent?

First time I saw the video I KNEW George Michael had to be gay!!!