Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley Displays on ‘Remaining Christmas’ Scorching 100 Good fortune

Wham!’s 40-year-old hit “Remaining Christmas” continues to seek out new fanatics, and new chart accolades, because the evergreen music reached a brand new height just lately at the Billboard Scorching 100 chart, emerging to No. 3 at the Dec. 14-dated tally.

The Billboard Pop Store Podcast just lately stuck up with one-half of the English pop duo Wham! – Andrew Ridgeley – to talk about all issues “Remaining Christmas,” and requested him what it’s been like to look the tune scale to new heights at the Scorching 100.

“Smartly, extraordinarily gratifying. You recognize, Yog [a nickname for Wham!’s other half, the late George Michael, who died in 2016], we positioned a substantial amount of significance on being a luck within the States. It used to be, for any artist, of that technology… you had been nowhere except you had been a large deal within the States. You might want to be a large noise within the U.K., however the States used to be the golden prize, truly. We had been lucky sufficient… and one or two of our contemporaries, we had nice luck within the States.

“So, for the tune to succeed in its present chart putting … George would had been completely thrilled, as I’m. And it could have supposed a perfect deal to him.”

The Pop Store’s complete interview with Ridgeley will premiere on Dec. 23.

The Billboard Pop Store Podcast is your one-stop store for all issues pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You’ll all the time rely on a full of life dialogue about the most recent pop information, a laugh chart stats and tales, new song, and visitor interviews with song stars and people from the arena of dad. Informal pop fanatics and chart junkies can pay attention Billboard‘s govt virtual director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and information operations, Keith Caulfield each week at the podcast, which will also be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast supplier.