Wham! altogether in 1985. Now signed to Epic Records, except in the US and some other countries where they were on Epic sister label Columbia Records, Wham returned in 1984 with a new album and an updated pop image. These changes helped to propel Wham's next single, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", into the top ten of several countries around the world. It became their first US and UK #1 single, accompanied by a video of the duo with Pepsi and Shirlie, all wearing Katharine Hamnett T-shirts with the slogans "CHOOSE LIFE" and "GO GO". The next single from the
Wham Bam Wham Bam "Wham Bam" is a 1976 song by the American group Silver, written by country songwriter Rick Giles. It was the only charting song by the group. John Batdorf sings lead vocals. The single's title, "Wham Bam", was shown as "Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang", and peaked at No. 16 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 the week of October 2, 1976. It is ranked as the 70th biggest hit of 1976. The song also charted in Canada (No. 27), doing better on the Adult Contemporary chart (No. 17). Arista executives gave the band the song to record, after concluding that