Thank God It's Christmas included on the bonus EP packaged with the deluxe edition of their album "The Works", remastered and re-released in 2011. No promotional video was filmed for the track. It appears on the Christmas compilation LP "The Edge Of Christmas" in its full 12" version with the drum intro. It also appears on the US-only compilation boxed-set "The Queen Collection", which consisted of a re-release of the LPs "Classic Queen" and "Queen's Greatest Hits" along with a bonus CD called "Queen Talks" that included this song, along with a 1989 interview with the band. Thank God It's Christmas "Thank God It's
Last Christmas Ridgeley the introduction and chorus melody to "Last Christmas", which Ridgeley later called "a moment of wonder". The song was recorded in August 1984, at Advision Studios, London, England. George Michael had written, performed, produced and played every single instrument on the track. With a Linn 9000 drum machine, a Roland Juno-60 synth and sleigh bells, they began recording the song in the summer. The only person who was in the studio was engineer Chris Porter and two assistants. According to Porter, lyrically "you’ve got the happiness of the rhythm track, but against that you’ve got the sadness of the