Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Wham!
- Key
- C major
- Camelot
- 8B
- BPM
- 162.1
Key confidence high · relative A minor (8A) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 81.0 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
The recording is tuned near 450 Hz, not A440.
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As of 2026-10-28, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! has charted in 17 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #20 (KR) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads C major (8B) at 162.1 BPM.
- Markets
- 17
- First seen
- 2026-07-25
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #20 kr
Started in 1 market, now in 17.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
It was Wham!'s first single to reach number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. [1] George Michael has said the song was recorded in one take with a live rhythm section, using a LinnDrum because the drummer was running late. [2] The music video shows the band performing for a mostly teenage audience at Brixton Academy while wearing Katharine Hamnett 'CHOOSE LIFE' T-shirts, a look that spawned a fashion craze later covered on VH1's I Love the 80s. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered [no artist]source
- Covered [unknown]source
- Written by George Michaelsource
- Covered John Verkroostsource
- Covered Le Bang Bangsource
- Covered Montezuma’s Revengesource
- Covered POMERANIANSsource
- Covered Q;indivi starring Rin Oikawasource
- Sampled by Queen & Magik Mike, Don’t Stop Me Now but PLEASE STOP HIM NOWsource
- Sampled by Queen & Magik Mike, Don’t Stop Me Now but PLEASE STOP HIM NOWsource
- Covered Shawn Mullinssource
- Covered The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonicansource
- Covered The Baseballssource
- Covered The Countdown Singerssource
- Covered 早見優source
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- United Statesus · shazam · 2 cities#40#21#40
- Australiaau · shazam · 1 city#48#48#48
- Jamaicajm · deezer#66#66—
- Algeriadz · deezer#27#27—
- Canadaca · shazam · 1 city#48#48—
- El Salvadorsv · deezer#78#78—
- Jordanjo · deezer#81#81—
- Venezuelave · deezer#32#32#32
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 2 cities · best #21 orlando
- au 1 city · best #48 brisbane
- ca 1 city · best #48 vancouver
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- GBBBM8400002
- Slug
- wham__wake-me-up-before-you-go-go
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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