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Yours Only George Celebrates 28th Anniversary

On this day 28 years ago, my best friend Shannon and I announced the Yours Only George website to the world. We started our website, but would anyone come?

It was a fascinating time to be able to build a website and have it on the first page of Google listings … and have people from all over the world visit.

That time, unfortunately, is over.

Sadly, when you do a search on Google for George Michael, you won’t find this site.

On this special anniversary day of the Yours Only George site, I am asking for the George Michael fans who love this site to help to spread the word to keep the site alive.

I have spent so many hours in the last year, trying to both update the site and spread the word to get more traffic to keep the site going. To be honest, I feel defeated. Without traffic, the site doesn’t earn advertising revenue to pay for the webhost and the domain name.

Yours Only George is the longest running, updated fan-created website. I hope it can continue bringing George Michael news to all the fans for many years to come. But I need your help to make that happen.

If you ever enjoyed this site and if you would still like for it to continue, I am asking that you please continue to spread the word about www.yogworld.com and support our sponsors.

Thank you!

Melanie
Webmaster
Yours Only George

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George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” Tops Smooth’s All Time Top 500 for 8th Year

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George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” is #1 on 2025’s All Time Top 500 for Smooth Radio. It is the seventh year in a row that “Careless Whisper” has topped the chart, and the eighth year at #1.

Andrew Ridgeley spoke to Smooth Radio about “Careless Whisper” reaching number one for the eighth year:

In the top 10, George Michael’s “A Different Corner” ranked at #3 for another year and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” George’s duet with Elton John, moved up two spots to the #9 spot.

George Michael Rankings in Smooth’s Top 500

George Michael had a total of 19 songs in Smooth’s Top 500. Most songs moved up in the rankings, with the exception of “One More Try” and “The Edge of Heaven.” Here is the ranking:

  • #1 “Careless Whisper”
  • #3 “A Different Corner” (same as last year)
  • #9 “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (duet with Elton John) (moved up from #11 last year)
  • #23 “Jesus to a Child” (moved up from #31 last year)
  • #32 “Father Figure” (moved up from #48 last year)
  • #56 “Somebody to Love” (with Queen) (moved up from #80 last year)
  • #67 “FastLove” (moved up from #104 last year)
  • #82 “Club Tropicana” (moved up from #105 last year)
  • #86 “Praying for Time” (moved up from #138 last year)
  • #97 “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (moved up from #140 last year)
  • #105 “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” (duet with Aretha Franklin) (moved up from #114 last year)
  • #108 “Faith” (moved up from #116 last year)
  • #110 “One More Try” (dropped from #109 last year)
  • #114 “Everything She Wants” (moved up from #178 last year)
  • #117 “Freedom 90” (moved up from #169 last year)
  • #138 “I’m Your Man” (moved up from #163 last year)
  • #274 “As” (duet with Mary J. Blige) (moved up from #313 last year)
  • #288 “Freedom” (moved up from #320 last year)
  • #323 “The Edge of Heaven” (dropped from #284 last year)

“Heal the Pain” dropped out of the Top 500 this year. Last year it was #453.

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George Michael Nominated for Ivor Novello Award for “Last Christmas”

40th Anniversary “Last Christmas” CD Single
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George Michael has been nominated in the category of PRS for Music Most Performed at the 2025 Ivor Novello Awards. He has received the posthumous nomination for “Last Christmas,” which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2024 and was the Christmas #1 song in the UK .

Other nominees in the category are:

  • “As It Was” written by Kid Harpoon, Tyler Johnson and Harry Styles and performed by Harry Styles
  • “Houdini” written by Caroline Ailin, Danny L Harle, Tobias Jesso Jnr, Dua Lipa and Kevin Parker and performed by Dua Lipa
  • “Prada” written by D-Block Europe, Obi Ebele (Da Beatfreakz), Uche Ebele (Da Beatfreakz), Jahmori “Jaymo” Simmons and RAYE and performed by Cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe
  • “Stargazing” written by Peter Fenn, Jesse Fink and Myles Smith and performed by Myles Smith

George Michael is no stranger to Ivor Novello awards. In 1985, he won Songwriter of the Year and Most Performed Work for “Careless Whisper.” In 1989, he won Songwriter of the Year and International Hit of the Year for “Faith.” In 1997, he won Songwriter of the Year and Most Performed Work for “Fastlove”.

When George Michael first won an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year in 1985, he was visibly emotional, and according to the official site, George regarded it as one of the most significant achievements of his career.

“It was the first proper sign from within the industry that what I was doing was actually worthwhile. And that was the reason that I got so emotional,” George Michael said about winning his first Ivor Novello Award.

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George Michael’s 1997 Range Rover HSE up for Auction

George Michael’s 1997 Range Rover

George Michael’s 1997 Range Rover is up for auction at Bonhams. The current bid as of this writing is £20,250. Bidding ends at 1 p.m. on March 3, 2025.

It is my guess that George’s Range Rover is being auctioned off in tribute to Lesley Angold Harrison Panayiotou, George Michael’s mother, who died of cancer on February 26, 1997. The timing and that the proceeds go to MacMillan Cancer Support when she died of cancer is telling.

According to the overview:

The V5C tells us that this car had just one owner from new and that the owner in question was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, better-known to all who loved him and his music as… George Michael.

The car has been brought to us by George’s father Kyriakos Panayiotou who, continuing his son’s spirit of generosity, has decided that the proceeds of the sale will go to MacMillan Cancer Support.

The car has been stored in a compound for many years and, although the chassis and bodywork look to be in pretty decent, solid condition as far as we can tell, the car now has project status.

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Bonhams’ estimate for the auction is £10,000 – £15,000, which has already been exceeded, and with 5 more days of bidding is likely to go for double the auction estimate.

The car comes with the H11 YOG license plate. As any fan knows, Yog was George Michael’s nickname. The license is registered to George Michael’s birth name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.

The vehicle sold for £34,417 at the end of the auction.

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“Father Figure” Charts Again After Babygirl Dance Scene

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George Michael’s 1988 hit,”Father Figure,” is getting the attention it deserves in the new Nicole Kidman erotic thriller, Babygirl.

According to Spotify, streams of “Father Figure” have increased nearly 300% in the U.S. and searches for “Father Figure” have increased more than 1500% since December 25, 2024.

Writer/director Halina Reijn always intended for “Father Figure” to be in the movie.

I had the idea for the powerful woman running a robotics company and an intern dominating her sexually. That was it. I didn’t have anything on paper. But one thing I knew I wanted was ‘Father Figure.’ This song came before the full scripts, before the first page, before the first treatment, anything.

I wanted to use that song because I knew I wanted to make a comedy of manners about power and consent and sex and control. That song embodies, for me, the whole thing that I’m trying to do, which is put everything on its head and turn it inside out.

Halina Reijn

According to Forbes, “Father Figure” is on the Official Singles Downloads (No. 71) and Official Singles Sales (No. 73) rosters.

George Michael talks about the inspiration for Father Figure in this Entertainment Tonight circa 1988.

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