George Michael will be releasing “White Light” to radio on June 29, 2012,—30 years to the day that “Wham Rap” entered the British Charts.
George said:
Most of my fans realise that I dreamed of a career as a singer/songwriter from an early age, but never in my wildest imaginings could I have known that I would still be here thirty years later, healthy, happy, and feeling that I still have so much more music to give. It is miraculous in so many ways. Fate has been so kind to me, as have the millions of people that that have bought records and come to see me play year after year since 1982.
George’s entire statement is available at the official site.
“White Light” will be available on Aegean Records through Island/Universal on August 12, 2012. It was written, arranged, and produced by George Michael The track listing is as follows:
1. White Light
2. Song to the Siren
3. White Light – Voodoo Sonics Remix
4. White Light – Kinky Roland Remix
More news on the new George Michael video, most likely for “White Light,” the song about George’s near-death experience, is available, but of course not on George’s Twitter account.
The Daily Mail has a number of new photos from the video shoot, as well as additional information.
In one scene George appears to be shot by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department and is seen falling to the ground.
George tried to keep warm with a big coat and a hot drink between takes. He was also with Fadi Fawaz on set.
According to the Daily Mail, George appeared to get very emotional and even tearful as the painful memories came flooding back.
As reported previously, George Michael has been working on a new video, possibly for the song “White Light.” George was shooting the promo in Canary Wharf in London this weekend.
According to the Sun, a zebra kept interrupting the shoot:
A source said: “The animal had the crew mesmerised as it kept walking into all the lights and cameras.
“It was a little bit spooked by the wind and had to be calmed down.
“George was shooting scenes with actors dressed up as policeman, but even that didn’t divert attention from the animal.”
The Daily Mail is reporting that George Michael was on the set of the video for his upcoming new single, believed to be “White Light.” A series of photos from the set are available at the above link.
The Mirror is reporting that George Michael plans to duet with Adele.
My source tells me: “George is working on his album for the first time since his life-threatening illness and he’s in great shape.
“It is no secret that he adores Adele. He even left his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz in Australia for three days while he flew in to present Adele with her Brit.
“They’ve become pals since then and are talking about doing something together.
“He is very supportive of British talent and he likes it that Adele keeps it real.”
In the past, George has collaborated with Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Mary J Blige. Now he has set his sights on Tottenham’s finest Adele, who cleaned up at the Grammys.
My mole adds: “Adele has been an admirer of George’s tunes for as long as she can remember and was so touched that George presented her Brit award.”
George Michael is remixing five versions of “Every Other Lover in the World.” He apologized for the delay saying, “The Radio mix isn’t ready 🙁 sorry, was busy on a ventilator, which can be quite distracting…..”
Jimmy Webb, Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, has announced the slate of 2012 nominees for induction. The organization, which is dedicated to recognizing the work and lives of those composers and lyricists who create popular music around the world, holds annual elections to determine those who will make up the roster of inductees for the following year. Eligible voting members will have until December 12th, 2011 to turn in ballots with their choices of two nominees from a non-performer and two from a performer category. For information with which to register or renew as a voting member before November 18th in order to participate in this election, please go to songhall.org.
George Michael’s competition includes Elvis Costello, Dion DiMucci, Blondie’s Deborah Harry and Chris Stein, Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, Gordon Lightfoot, Steve Miller, Lou Reed, the Bob Seger, Who’s Pete Townshend and Tom Waits.
The 2012 Annual Awards Gala will take place at the New York Marriott Marquis on Thursday, June 14th.
George Michael has been confirmed as a performer for Keep a Child Alive: Black Ball London on June 15th. Keep a Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care and support services to children and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against AIDS. (Thanks, Lizzy!)
George Michael premieres his new song, a charity gift for Catherine Middleton and Prince William’s wedding, on Piers Morgan Tonight at 9 p.m. ET.
George said on Twitter: “Im (sic) REALLY happy with it… and I know Diana would have approved. She had a copy of Older 4 months before any of you lot!”
The Idea for the Song
Well, it’s actually very, very — well, the idea came to me last week, actually, about a week ago, that I should — that I should, perhaps, kind of express my happiness at this marriage in a way publicly. You know, it was a very beautiful summer — it wasn’t summer’s day. But it was an April day that happened to be like summer here in London.
And I was twittering and kind of got carried away and decided I was going to make them a new track. Give everybody on Twitter and William and Kate a new track by Friday. So, I’ve had a very busy week.
And the strange thing about this song, actually, considering I think it’s probably the best two days work I’ve ever done in my life, two or three days work, is that when I was a child, I dreamt of singing this song in my imagination. You know, my idea of fame at the time was the school assembly hall. I was about 12. And I had this record, this Stevie Wonder song. And I used to dream of singing it in school assembly hall. But I guess this is slightly bigger deal than that.
George Michael on CNN on April 15, 2011
The Song as a Gift to Catherine and William
So — and also the main thing about doing the song as a gift for them is not just a gift for them, it’s a gift that they will be able to hopefully turn into many, many donations for the royal charity, the royalweddingcharityfund.org that is, you know — which is where they asked people to give money rather than send presents of any description. I don’t know if that includes the people at the actual wedding, I don’t know if they’ve given out their toasters and their, you know, their – the wedding list, as it were, but seems very generously that they have, yes.
So, anyway, I would really like for any of my fans, or anybody who really enjoys this track, if they’re going to download it for free, which is absolutely what I’m willing to do, I would like them to go to Kate and William’s charity site and make a donation. You know, if they’re genuinely happy for these two people, which I think a lot of people are, you know?
George Michael on CNN on April 15, 2011
Message on William and Catherine’s Wedding Day
Oh, I think they should — I don’t think they need any advice from me. I think the message I would give — I’m just incredibly happy for both of them. And more than anything, you know, there was a kind of — I have quite an emotional attachment to what’s going on here because I felt so bad for those boys when she (Princess Diana) passed away, and having experienced losing my mother about three or four months before that, that day was very, very strange for me.
And also, you know, when I think of what — the devastation of losing my mother, the idea of going through that when you’re not into your teens or barely into your teens is just — I just — I can’t just — words can’t describe how much admiration I have for the way that they’ve both coped with it and especially when, you know, the media has made it so much more difficult for them. I’m just incredibly happy for — incredibly happy for William, incredibly happy for his partner, and I absolutely am sure that Diana would have loved the whole thing, you know?
And I really hope that she would have loved this track. I have a feeling, she would have done — she was a big fan and she had a copy of “Older,” which is obviously an album about bereavement, about four or five months before it went out into the public eye, and she loved it. And I did once see a documentary where William was playing that album which makes me think that he found it comforting. And it was an album about bereavement. So, I was very touched by that.
The whole thing has kind of different levels of meaning for me. And I’m just incredibly happy that they’re letting me actually, you know, have some part of the benefit site, the charity site, you know? Or at least they’re letting me share some of the attention for this amazing day in a way to raise money, you know, which is great.
George Michael on CNN on April 15, 2011
Don’t miss our previous article on “You and I,” which includes the song and lyrics.
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In honor of the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, George Michael will be releasing a song on Twitter to celebrate the occasion.
He will be working on the track on Tuesday and will release it on Friday as a “twitterhug.” The only hints he’s given as to the name of the song are that it starts with “You” and “It was written in the seventies by a genius…..”
This article has been updated to include the song that George Michael sang for William and Catherine’s wedding and the lyrics.
“You and I (We Can Conquer the World)” is a song written and sung by Stevie Wonder from his 1972 album Talking Book (sponsored link).
