Man forget all these guys, this guy is real; Just watch this guy you can see how passionate he is and you can hear it in his voice. When he raps he speaks the truth and expresses his emotions in a way no other artist does or can do. I actually believe he is the best in the industry right now. If you seriously want to listen to or promote real music made by a real artist, you know where to go. 9.bb/163042/channelakatv
@EddieJames1000 Yes, there are two different versions of this song, this version here on youtube is the social mix, the other version you might've heard is the unsocial mix with different lyrics.
This is bullshit, i bet there was people listening to this song and stayed on the dole thinking they were cool, then time passed and they were 20 something ub40 and thinking they pissed away their life, lol life sucks
@freeminded4ever OF COURSE it's bullshit, but it's bullshit exaggerated to the level of ultrabull-awesomeshitness wich makes it cool. That's what we call "camp".
First time for me to see the video. The lyrics are different from those on the audio LP version, which is cool because you have two different raps for the same song.
Why is it that all music videos from the UK in that era have a foggy picture quality? Is it like they lost the quality converting them from PAL to NTSC or something? hahaha!
Ha, one could literally call me an 80s child. My sister, who's 4 years older than me, was into music at a young age (like, 10 years old) and watched all those 80s video countdown shows religiously. As with many younger sisters, I basically just did whatever she did, because at that age you look up to your big sister, right? So at 6 years old and beyond I knew the lyrics to every song bands like WHAM, Duran Duran, The Police, etc. ever did. I could WHAM rap with George and Andrew quite well, LOL.
For you young people who wonder what the Eighties were really like, take it from someone who was a teenager thoughout the decade: THIS is what the Eighties were actually like, especially in the UK.
The Department of Health and Social Security was a ministry of the UK govt for 20 years (68 - 88) The initials 'DHSS' are still used by the general public to describe the Dept of Work & Pensions or some of the benefits it provides (such as Income Support, or whats better known in North America, welfare).
The initials "DHSS" are recited several times in Wham Rap! as a tongue-in-cheek celebration of wilful unemployment (stickin it to the man by saying "F-it" to working.
@FOJO27 I'd go further and say the whole song is a sign of the times - in 1982 there was massive unemployment in the UK. I can remember in my final year at school (not til '86) being shown how to fill in forms for the DHSS so we didn't lose money. At the time, if you weren't going on to university, it was a given that you'd go "on the dole".
Yes, thank you.....I had an idea that was what they were referring to but I wasn't sure how similar or different the British government was to the US...
The Blond Lady Shirley is married to Martin Kemp formerly of Spandau Ballet. At last report he was on Eastenders and he also worked with Simone Lahbib (Helen Stewart) on Bad Girls on a show called Family about a British Mob Style Family. The Black Lady Shirley I heard is working in a Candy Shop but I'm not 100% sure. I hope that they came out of it with some money from the early recordings.
According to Rob Jovanovic in his 2007 biography of George Michael, the song "depicted the world as they saw it" although it was "hardly a rap as we know it today." The message is that if you're young and unemployed, have fun. Of course, most people who are faced with especially long term unemployment find life a struggle, but youthful optimism certainly paid off for this dynamic duo.
what a hot piece of male tottie he was even way back when, wow thanks hot for posting me this one, . . . i was once a wild wham bammer, now i'm just an old crazy chick that peers up George Michaels trouser legs at his recent concerts, ooohhhfff he da beautiful boy, . . . many thanks for uploading this one, it's GREAT, LadySats . . .
Dude, I thought that George was tryin' out for tha Village People. The biker bro. I second that disco play. I wish they still had em' here, Wham, BAM!!! I'll be there.
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This was the 7" single version that was played on the radio at time of release. Totally different lyrics to the 12" and album version that has subsequently appeared on various compilations.
It was from when the single was released in America on 12" vinyl. They remixed it and combined the vocals from the original "Social Mix" and "Unsocial Mix" of the original British single.
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For non-British listeners, 'DHSS' is the Department of Health and Social Security, a government department which paid out 'dole' claims for unemployment benefit. I was claiming the stuff back then!
This is good... yall need to hear this cat Vthov. Search "Vthov Let Me Clear My Throat" and you'll see what I'm talking about. He's a nobody now, but he's gonna blow up with talent like that. If I'm lyin I'm flyin.
This is good, let me tell you about this dude I stumbled on. I must admit he impressed me. Search "Vthov Let Me Clear My Throat" and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Not completely true. He's said that his first gay experience was at 19, allegedly around the time the video for "Club Tropicana" was filmed in Ibiza. So he was straight and dating women in public and sleeping around in private with both sexes. Until the end of the decade, when he got into his first serious relationship with a man, was when he fully realized he was gay.
Force 10 cheese but I love it for that! More relevant today than its been in a long time methinks. Cheer up people and stop watching the news so much!
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He's said he felt he was bisexual in his youth and during Wham!, but was never completely sure he was gay until he met his first serious boyfriend in the early 1990's.
He was a lot more fun, carefree, and lighthearted in Wham! than he is solo. He still makes wonderful music, but he became too self-conscious and too obsessed with production and sound and studiocraft.
A Fantastic video - brings back memories of the Fantastic Eighties - One of their most memorable tracks - I first heard it being aired in the erstwhile Woolworths and bought it there and then!
this was not condoneing anything..it was a feel good song for all of us at the mercy of Thatchers Britain with no jobs, no money and self esteem running at an alltime low and sick and tired of the "why dont you just get a job" folks who thought unemployment could never happen to them but for many it did. what are you gonna do if your down and out...give up or live your life! the dole was never enough money in Britain to do much of anything but we learned to make our own fun and enjoy the day
67GENXER: I'm sure you've also heard "Come On" by Wham!, also from the "Fantastic" LP. It expands on the "Wham Rap!" ethos, and echoes alot of what you just said in your post. It was sort of like "Wham Rap! Part II."
yeah I caught hell for it too, much like alot of the stuff i liked but I always stayed true and whadaya know, most of it's popular now..fickel lot are sheep, they follow each other around doing what each other do. still, wham was incredibly popular just not in my circle of friends. come on everybody, get on with your party and don't let no body say your wrong..or something like that i think. still have my LP Fantastic. on rainy english days I used to listen to club tropicana over and over
I agree with csmit. I HATED this song when I heard it, but it's been my favorite for awhile now. Pretty funny. And now i want to learn the little dance moves they have going on when they sing the chorus. It looks like so much fun...
CRYSTALSUNDANCE: Back in `86, I was the only one of my circle of friends who liked Wham! (they were my favourite group), and I caught MUCH hell for it! :-) Nevertheless, I was able to get one of my best friends, and two girls we liked, to recreate this video in my garage from time to time. They loved it, but wouldn't admit to it. Why else would they have done it time after time? :-) It was alot of fun, looking back.
what confuses me that george michael can sing a song the subtext of which is picking up men in a welfare line for gay sex, then people being surprised when he was outed
the first time i heard this song i was like omg this is a stupid song but now i listen to it like 20 times a day i love the beat thx for uploading this song
Every time I go to the Holiday Thriftway (former Penn Fruit) in Philadelphia, I feel more like a loser and a bum on welfare than a paying customer. Not a good feeling.
That's a common feeling these days, but then again, there's A LOT of songs that are more ironic/sarcastic than they sound i.e. "Future so bright, I gotta wear shades," "Rockin' in the Free World" and ESPECIALLY "Afternoon Delight." The upside is George Michael blasted nearly all of his WHAM songs anyway.
Yes. This was the "Social Mix". Most of the vocals that ended up on the album version, which was the "Special U.S. Remix", was from the "Unsocial Mix".
George Michael was not only the first big white emcee in the game, but the best emcee of all time. He should've done more rapping, he could probably beat Rakim in a battle.
Oh my goodness, this brings back memories!! I used to roll up my pants so they would look like capris...tee hee...I loved the 80's... the music was the best!!!
I was 19 when this came out and was one of the "benefit gang". Almost all my friends were unemployed and on the dole, as were 90% of the kids my age in the town where I lived. I loved this song; it felt like we were thumbing our nose at the government and Thatcher that had messed everything up. It was definitely tongue in cheek but also true. You had to make the best of things.
Respond to this video... Eminem? Seems to me, George Michael was the first white male artist rapping!
TheReneex 6 months ago
the back up sining sounds exactly like the back up singing on Style Council songs.
tallcoolone09 6 months ago
i love it!]
fatherfigure1988 10 months ago
I wish the one from 'The edge of heaven' album was on youtube b/c I love that one too
tjt072 1 year ago
its not hard to tell who has all the talent in wham..lol
allanro28 1 year ago
reminds me of the video for mirror in the bathroom
clarkbell 1 year ago
OH HELL YES! Thank you thank you thank you!
BettinaBalser 1 year ago
Are they wearing ladies' shoes?
whitehorse43 1 year ago
Sigh... memories! He has a good time with the boys on the line... hmm, foreshadowing? Either way, this is one that takes me back to my teens!
KFWeld40 1 year ago
quelqu un a les vrais paroles de cette chanson??
themogui73 1 year ago
Wow, it's George Michael and (drumroll) . . . . . . .some other guy. LOL! I never knew this existed before and I grew up in the 80s. But I like it!
whitehorse43 1 year ago
@whitehorse43 The other guy is Andrew Ridgeley. :)
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Man forget all these guys, this guy is real; Just watch this guy you can see how passionate he is and you can hear it in his voice. When he raps he speaks the truth and expresses his emotions in a way no other artist does or can do. I actually believe he is the best in the industry right now. If you seriously want to listen to or promote real music made by a real artist, you know where to go. 9.bb/163042/channelakatv
deenziggy5 1 year ago
george michael es para mi el mejor del pop y rock y rap ....lo demuestra en esta cancion y muchos exitos mas ..es mi idolo
kenshirothefist3000 1 year ago
This is dance rock!
coolmacmac 1 year ago
David Cameron may have something to say about this song .
DHSS , B1 B2 , Soul on the Dole . God the ConDem Government or Condom Government as I call it will have kittens . Not Politically Correct .
scudo1905 1 year ago
that jacket and those shoes just so gay... now the boots he wore in bad boys was more fitting.
necrokratia 1 year ago
Marvellous!!!
piggitcowhouse 1 year ago
@BiancaDarling ahahahah, really!
nevermindsem 1 year ago
@BiancaDarling
Bianca, you are a very smart person.
YEMK 1 year ago
...I feel sorry for mr average
cutesherush 1 year ago
oyea great!!!! I like it ;-)
alberoncity 1 year ago
holiday rap was way better than this and even that was bad
DraganDrabic 1 year ago
sre there two versions of this song???
EddieJames1000 1 year ago
@EddieJames1000 Yes, there are two different versions of this song, this version here on youtube is the social mix, the other version you might've heard is the unsocial mix with different lyrics.
duranfan37 1 year ago
aren't the two women dancing with them what became the duo Pepsi and Shirley?
Sixtiesfreak 1 year ago
@Sixtiesfreak: Yes, they are...
KayBoogie4 1 year ago
Thank you Jesus for making me a teen in THe 80's Amen!
honchochief 1 year ago 2
this song cracks me up lmfao
DHSS=department health & social services, where they get their benefits, ie 'welfare' if they don't like their jobs
mishamay00 1 year ago 3
muhahahaahaaaa :DDDDDDDD
loooool
george's face 1:24 - 1:25
pretty pretty boy is laughing :DDD
1407947159 1 year ago
miss those days!!
katanakis 1 year ago
what does DHSS mean ?
SavageSeminole 1 year ago
The 80's there will never be another decade like em. LOL...New wave forever
Fardlor41 1 year ago
EXCELENT
JaiBlueCave2 1 year ago
This is bullshit, i bet there was people listening to this song and stayed on the dole thinking they were cool, then time passed and they were 20 something ub40 and thinking they pissed away their life, lol life sucks
freeminded4ever 1 year ago
@freeminded4ever OF COURSE it's bullshit, but it's bullshit exaggerated to the level of ultrabull-awesomeshitness wich makes it cool. That's what we call "camp".
StopMotionRabbit 1 year ago 3
That´s great Rap ! Best Music of Wham ever !!!
I miss the 80ies !
voigthaus 1 year ago 2
Nice Capri's.......
mtreber 1 year ago
Heheheh... Pepsi & Shirley !!!
First time for me to see the video. The lyrics are different from those on the audio LP version, which is cool because you have two different raps for the same song.
Why is it that all music videos from the UK in that era have a foggy picture quality? Is it like they lost the quality converting them from PAL to NTSC or something? hahaha!
seesheirf 1 year ago
GREAT MEMORIES!
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Josh18R 1 year ago
Cristiano Ronaldo sings very well here!.
jaktasa 1 year ago 4
I'm glad George matured. This was terrible !!!!!
Tom6093 1 year ago
I never heard or saw this one before!!!
MrsStigg 2 years ago
@MrsStigg Actually, it was the first video. from them . And called the first white rap then.
daksss 1 year ago
***WHAM!FOREVER***
WHAMGEORGEMICHAEL1 2 years ago 2
i misss this!!!! i love this!!!!!!!!!!!
basiljun808 2 years ago
basiljun808 I miss and love this too!! still remember the words even :)
criehl1010 2 years ago
i luvv thiss songggggg soooo much i want the cd for it if its still around
betsy100898 2 years ago
Cool song!!!! Great vid!!!! Great dancing!!! :-)
Chrigi1973 2 years ago 4
maybe a jet black guy with a hip hi-fi
garbini 2 years ago
Yeah!! Fuck wage slavery, automation and basic income guarantee ftw!
Parapon3ra 2 years ago
Love this song <3
MTMS15 2 years ago
even though he's flaming like calgary flames...his voice is to die for.
IIIIdepechemodeIIII 2 years ago 2
Ha, one could literally call me an 80s child. My sister, who's 4 years older than me, was into music at a young age (like, 10 years old) and watched all those 80s video countdown shows religiously. As with many younger sisters, I basically just did whatever she did, because at that age you look up to your big sister, right? So at 6 years old and beyond I knew the lyrics to every song bands like WHAM, Duran Duran, The Police, etc. ever did. I could WHAM rap with George and Andrew quite well, LOL.
Anticyclonic 2 years ago
80s rule! im child of noughties but hate it .
MegaRapture 2 years ago
For you young people who wonder what the Eighties were really like, take it from someone who was a teenager thoughout the decade: THIS is what the Eighties were actually like, especially in the UK.
BettinaBalser 2 years ago 2
Ponytail! bwaaaaah!
jagara1 2 years ago
did y'all know the Wham guys are gay?
valerie3571 2 years ago
Actually just George is, Andrew Ridgely has been with Keren Woodward of Bananarama since 1991!
digdugggr 2 years ago
whoa you are right!! i am glad they both weren't.
valerie3571 2 years ago
Gotta a question, what does DHSS stand for?
MrBumpmen 2 years ago
Department of Health and Social Security
TopperHarl 2 years ago 2
The Department of Health and Social Security was a ministry of the UK govt for 20 years (68 - 88) The initials 'DHSS' are still used by the general public to describe the Dept of Work & Pensions or some of the benefits it provides (such as Income Support, or whats better known in North America, welfare).
The initials "DHSS" are recited several times in Wham Rap! as a tongue-in-cheek celebration of wilful unemployment (stickin it to the man by saying "F-it" to working.
Hope thats helfpul :)
FOJO27 2 years ago 3
@FOJO27 I'd go further and say the whole song is a sign of the times - in 1982 there was massive unemployment in the UK. I can remember in my final year at school (not til '86) being shown how to fill in forms for the DHSS so we didn't lose money. At the time, if you weren't going on to university, it was a given that you'd go "on the dole".
dominocat 2 years ago
Yes, thank you.....I had an idea that was what they were referring to but I wasn't sure how similar or different the British government was to the US...
BLACKOUT311 2 years ago
Do you enjoy what you do
If not just stop
Don't stay there and rot
SweetSoulIAm 2 years ago
He is rotting...in his basement on YT uploading vids of someone else playing the guitar. He's a fake, phony and fraudulent!
YOUrmypal68 2 years ago
This is my favorite WHAM! song ever!!!! I love how they dance in this video!
malachaisaac 2 years ago
Mr Average looked shocked when they called him a jerk 1:28
ErlenmeyerFlask 2 years ago 2
The anthem for the lazy LOL!!!!
DHSS..LOL!!
I love the song though it's good! George rapping LOL!!
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OMG That is so gay look at their shoes 1:09
Scootdog8472 2 years ago
2:16 GM really belts it out. Love that part. It shows how powerful his voice is.
8977phantom 2 years ago 2
Lordy it makes me miss the 80's LOVE IT
smiffy5 2 years ago 20
GM IS ON FORM HERE.
lingopresley 2 years ago 4
FANTASTIC!
lingopresley 2 years ago 5
how fucking camp was he how did nobody know he was gay
darrdarr1oo 2 years ago 4
Shirley was hot...little wonder Martin snagged her for his wife.
Smokin'!!!
MaxRenn 2 years ago
Helll Yeaaaaa!
RedEyesAndAKillaHigh 2 years ago 3
Love you George and Andrew from a fran forever. You had such a significance in my life that you will never know. Smooches!
1969Autumn 2 years ago 4
0:42 Bananas in pyjamas!
skrikon 2 years ago 3
I wonder what the backup dancers are up to now! :-D
TheRightToBeBold 2 years ago 2
At 3:10 that girl lives in Oulton Broad now.
redwaz 2 years ago 2
The Blond Lady Shirley is married to Martin Kemp formerly of Spandau Ballet. At last report he was on Eastenders and he also worked with Simone Lahbib (Helen Stewart) on Bad Girls on a show called Family about a British Mob Style Family. The Black Lady Shirley I heard is working in a Candy Shop but I'm not 100% sure. I hope that they came out of it with some money from the early recordings.
laminage 2 years ago 2
AWESOME!! Great recession anthem!
Lucie175 2 years ago 2
i love this song xDDD i'm 15 now and My friends and I Rave to this XDDD
sezziecullen2 2 years ago
Oh, I haven't heard this sing since the 80's when I was a teen! Thanks for posting; this was a popular and very fun song at my high school dances!!
TGilmoreX 2 years ago
According to Rob Jovanovic in his 2007 biography of George Michael, the song "depicted the world as they saw it" although it was "hardly a rap as we know it today." The message is that if you're young and unemployed, have fun. Of course, most people who are faced with especially long term unemployment find life a struggle, but youthful optimism certainly paid off for this dynamic duo.
slagmilkcard 2 years ago
what a hot piece of male tottie he was even way back when, wow thanks hot for posting me this one, . . . i was once a wild wham bammer, now i'm just an old crazy chick that peers up George Michaels trouser legs at his recent concerts, ooohhhfff he da beautiful boy, . . . many thanks for uploading this one, it's GREAT, LadySats . . .
satinchic80girl 2 years ago
THe 80's THe Best Decade!!!
honchochief 2 years ago 29
isn't this 70's?
clarkbell 2 years ago
it is 1982
plushest2 2 years ago 3
Dude, I thought that George was tryin' out for tha Village People. The biker bro. I second that disco play. I wish they still had em' here, Wham, BAM!!! I'll be there.
76rockin 2 years ago
i love this song, makes me get up and dance
mrbobdoe 2 years ago
I remember dancing to this at a disco when I was a kid. Me and my mate had all the moves down to a tee> sad I know but good fun at the time.
btcctouring 2 years ago
great quality! ha seems like the 80s all over sweet!
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wow , this is crap
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hotgeorge44 2 years ago
My god they were so young! haha!
PrettyNPradas 2 years ago 5
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MrSwagtacular32 2 years ago
WHY IS THIS SONG DIFFERENT?!?!!?
sarahdianegray 2 years ago
This was the 7" single version that was played on the radio at time of release. Totally different lyrics to the 12" and album version that has subsequently appeared on various compilations.
clark3219 2 years ago
It was from when the single was released in America on 12" vinyl. They remixed it and combined the vocals from the original "Social Mix" and "Unsocial Mix" of the original British single.
RocStarr1983 2 years ago
I like the one that begins with "WHO WHO!"
Thebookguy1 2 years ago
That's "Bad Boys".
RocStarr913 2 years ago
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ScriffMcgriff 2 years ago
For non-British listeners, 'DHSS' is the Department of Health and Social Security, a government department which paid out 'dole' claims for unemployment benefit. I was claiming the stuff back then!
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iLikeGoodMusak 2 years ago
George dated girls exclusively for much of these early Wham almums
doctorturbo 2 years ago
Not completely true. He's said that his first gay experience was at 19, allegedly around the time the video for "Club Tropicana" was filmed in Ibiza. So he was straight and dating women in public and sleeping around in private with both sexes. Until the end of the decade, when he got into his first serious relationship with a man, was when he fully realized he was gay.
RocStarr1983 2 years ago
Force 10 cheese but I love it for that! More relevant today than its been in a long time methinks. Cheer up people and stop watching the news so much!
deepestlight 2 years ago 3
The backup dancers have a cool smolder, they look like fun girls.
TheRightToBeBold 2 years ago
why are the dudes wearing caprees? lol
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sajsa13 2 years ago
The good old days, when George was a real man LOL.
chris3012 2 years ago 3
the best !! forever !! nothing more !!
frankis347 3 years ago
Was he always gay?
bnz500 3 years ago
No
He dated a Girl in the 80's
redmicmuf 3 years ago
He's said he felt he was bisexual in his youth and during Wham!, but was never completely sure he was gay until he met his first serious boyfriend in the early 1990's.
RocStarr1983 2 years ago
This is CLASSIC 80s. The dance moves are so horrible that it's great. Good song, for sure!
ridgeracer77 3 years ago 3
He was a lot more fun, carefree, and lighthearted in Wham! than he is solo. He still makes wonderful music, but he became too self-conscious and too obsessed with production and sound and studiocraft.
RocStarr1983 2 years ago 2
The only rap you get from George Michael now is the rap on the door of your toilet cubicle.
klokwurx 3 years ago
No man is more though than when he has a rat tail and is wearing a leather jacket, capris, and ballet slippers.
edgarallanpoet 3 years ago 2
well said i may start rockin that look lol!!
kustomflex 3 years ago
LAWL!!!!!
What a great video..!
Shaydee70 2 years ago 2
the "hip hi-fi" in this vid looks kind of like an ipod :-P
TheRightToBeBold 3 years ago 3
The "hip hi-fi" was a cassette player (aka "Walkman") back in the day. Maybe they'll start calling iPods 'hip hi-fi's" now, lol! Would be cool.
FOJO27 2 years ago
My favorite part is when he comes out and does that little hand gesture and sings "if you're a pub man" so cute. To the pub!
TheRightToBeBold 3 years ago 2
Could be re-released soon the way this country is going.
NickSimonBeck 3 years ago 3
A Fantastic video - brings back memories of the Fantastic Eighties - One of their most memorable tracks - I first heard it being aired in the erstwhile Woolworths and bought it there and then!
kkc35348 3 years ago 2
this was not condoneing anything..it was a feel good song for all of us at the mercy of Thatchers Britain with no jobs, no money and self esteem running at an alltime low and sick and tired of the "why dont you just get a job" folks who thought unemployment could never happen to them but for many it did. what are you gonna do if your down and out...give up or live your life! the dole was never enough money in Britain to do much of anything but we learned to make our own fun and enjoy the day
67genxer 3 years ago
67GENXER: Good on ya! That was most definitely the spirit of Wham Rap!
Tre404 3 years ago
67GENXER: I'm sure you've also heard "Come On" by Wham!, also from the "Fantastic" LP. It expands on the "Wham Rap!" ethos, and echoes alot of what you just said in your post. It was sort of like "Wham Rap! Part II."
Tre404 3 years ago
yeah I caught hell for it too, much like alot of the stuff i liked but I always stayed true and whadaya know, most of it's popular now..fickel lot are sheep, they follow each other around doing what each other do. still, wham was incredibly popular just not in my circle of friends. come on everybody, get on with your party and don't let no body say your wrong..or something like that i think. still have my LP Fantastic. on rainy english days I used to listen to club tropicana over and over
67genxer 3 years ago
I love the way he's quite obviously advertising being on the dole XD
endless amusement. such a good song though =D
ahintofmintyfreshnes 3 years ago
I can't find an mp3 of this version anywhere!
Desaevious 3 years ago
I agree with csmit. I HATED this song when I heard it, but it's been my favorite for awhile now. Pretty funny. And now i want to learn the little dance moves they have going on when they sing the chorus. It looks like so much fun...
crystalsundance 3 years ago
CRYSTALSUNDANCE: Back in `86, I was the only one of my circle of friends who liked Wham! (they were my favourite group), and I caught MUCH hell for it! :-) Nevertheless, I was able to get one of my best friends, and two girls we liked, to recreate this video in my garage from time to time. They loved it, but wouldn't admit to it. Why else would they have done it time after time? :-) It was alot of fun, looking back.
Tre404 3 years ago
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clarkbell 3 years ago
CLARKBELL: And he was only 19!
Tre404 3 years ago
i love wham and george michael
Alyssakillerprinces 3 years ago 2
FONKAYYY!
rstar2008 3 years ago
he's got street cred imo
zachtblauw 3 years ago
no, he has street credibility
ironman617 3 years ago 2
it's the same innit
zachtblauw 3 years ago
what the heck are you talking about?
pOpcOrN4126 3 years ago
what confuses me that george michael can sing a song the subtext of which is picking up men in a welfare line for gay sex, then people being surprised when he was outed
jimw1234 3 years ago
i am on the dole whambam lol i love this song :)
xzuty 3 years ago 2
the first time i heard this song i was like omg this is a stupid song but now i listen to it like 20 times a day i love the beat thx for uploading this song
pOpcOrN4126 3 years ago 2
the first time i heard this song i absolutley hated it
thought it was really embarrasing for george
but i have to say its really grown on me n is now one of my favourite songs
lol pretty ironic
csmit187 3 years ago
First ever rap by a white dude or in the UK at least
SurpriseGuest1 3 years ago
looks like that was filmed in Richmond, Surrey... i recognise the zebra crossing outside richmond station at 0.43 lol
slight clue just before from the milk float with "Richmond" on it :-)
Kr8mer 3 years ago
I have been taken these guys advise since 1983 now i am unemployable who wants to be a slave anyway..yipeee!!
hayleyclips 3 years ago 2
One of the biggest employers in the uk god blees the dhss
teeheehee5 3 years ago
DHSS Stands for The Department Health and Social Security in the UK where you would go to get your dole money if you didn't have a job.
avroncotton 3 years ago
So in other words he's chanting "Welfare! Welfare!"
How ghetto.
Kshandamion 3 years ago
Every time I go to the Holiday Thriftway (former Penn Fruit) in Philadelphia, I feel more like a loser and a bum on welfare than a paying customer. Not a good feeling.
clarkbell 2 years ago 2
That's a common feeling these days, but then again, there's A LOT of songs that are more ironic/sarcastic than they sound i.e. "Future so bright, I gotta wear shades," "Rockin' in the Free World" and ESPECIALLY "Afternoon Delight." The upside is George Michael blasted nearly all of his WHAM songs anyway.
Kshandamion 2 years ago
I wonder how many people know what DHSS is?
avroncotton 3 years ago
Yes I wonder what it stand for?
skrikon 3 years ago
the dole!
pomomatthew 3 years ago
love the jet black guy with the hip hi-fi
FroMarty 3 years ago
I had never noticed that lyric until this video!
pomomatthew 3 years ago
i love george michael it doesn't matter the orient he's just awsome.but what's with the DHSS? why do they say that? does it mean something?
shazamkid 3 years ago
George is so handsome.! <3
Alutekkk 3 years ago 3
If only being on the dole was actually this fun...:(
boredreiver 3 years ago 2
Bloody sponging immigrants......! Only kidding! Love ya George!
spreadthelove77 3 years ago
best song..eveer<3
ingajd 3 years ago
This version is totaly different then the one on albums!! was this the single version????
handsomedevil98 3 years ago
Yes. This was the "Social Mix". Most of the vocals that ended up on the album version, which was the "Special U.S. Remix", was from the "Unsocial Mix".
RocStarr1983 3 years ago
Song of the century! That is what this song is!!!
nixxxxybunny 3 years ago 2
George Michael was not only the first big white emcee in the game, but the best emcee of all time. He should've done more rapping, he could probably beat Rakim in a battle.
FeloniousDrunk 3 years ago 2
2:54 lmao..
muffingoddess117 3 years ago
Oh my goodness, this brings back memories!! I used to roll up my pants so they would look like capris...tee hee...I loved the 80's... the music was the best!!!
MoodyZoe 3 years ago 2
I was 19 when this came out and was one of the "benefit gang". Almost all my friends were unemployed and on the dole, as were 90% of the kids my age in the town where I lived. I loved this song; it felt like we were thumbing our nose at the government and Thatcher that had messed everything up. It was definitely tongue in cheek but also true. You had to make the best of things.
undinae 3 years ago
daem origional white rapper 0_0
mfuji0001 3 years ago
The Reason Everyone Hates White People
oddjob55 3 years ago
You do know that the whole thing is supposed to be deliberately tongue-in-cheek, right?
RocStarr1983 3 years ago