Question
Helsinki, Finland -11-28-2023: Wham vinyl single Last Christmas on a record player. Last Christmas was written by George Michael. Double A-side with Everything She Wants

Finish the lyrics to "Last Christmas" by Wham!

Last updated: December 25, 2025

You know that moment at a holiday party when "Last Christmas" comes on and suddenly everyone is singing along, even if they haven't heard the song since... last Christmas? Those opening synth notes make the whole room light up, and George Michael's lyrics helped turn it into one of the most enduring Christmas songs ever recorded. Finish the lyrics to "Last Christmas" by Wham!:

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears...

Correct Answer: I'll give it to someone special

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"Last Christmas" is about getting dumped and then running into your ex at a party a year later while they're with someone new. Real cheerful stuff. But George Michael sneaks in "I'll give it to someone special" right when the song could spiral into full mope territory, and that one line saves the whole thing from being a holiday bummer.

Michael wrote it in under an hour in his childhood bedroom at 21, playing every instrument himself with two fingers on a keyboard because he never learned to read music. He came downstairs absolutely convinced he'd just written a guaranteed Christmas number one. And then Band Aid dropped "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and took the top spot instead. It took 37 years, but Michael was finally proven right when "Last Christmas" hit number one on the UK charts in 2021.

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