{"id":64,"date":"2008-03-04T17:35:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T22:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/retro-wham-commercial\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T11:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:12:19","slug":"retro-wham-commercial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/04\/retro-wham-commercial\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Wham! 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