Wham! - Young Guns (Go for It!) (Live from Top of the Pops 1982)
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- Wham! - Young Guns (Go for It!) [Live from Top of the Pops 1982]
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Lyrics
Hey sucker
(What the hell's got into you?)
Hey sucker
(Now there's nothing you can do)
Well I hadn't seen your face around town awhile,
So I greeted you, with a knowing smile,
When I saw that girl upon your arm,
I knew she won your heart with a fatal charm.
I said "Soul Boy, let's hit the town!"
I said "Soul Boy, what's with the frown?"
But in return, all you could say was
"Hi George, meet my fiancee"
Young Guns,
Having some fun
Crazy ladies keep 'em on the run.
Wise guys realize there's danger in emotional ties.
See me, single and free
No tears, no fears, what I want to be.
One, two, take a look at you
Death by matrimony!
Hey sucker,
(What the hell's got into you?)
Hey sucker!
(Now there's nothing you can do.)
A married man? you're out of your head
Sleepless nights, on an H.P. bed
A daddy by the time you're twenty-one
If your happy with a nappy then you're in for fun.
But you're here
And you're there
Well there's guys like you just everywhere
Looking back on the good old days?
Well this young gun says CAUTION PAYS!
Young Guns,
Having some fun
Crazy ladies keep 'em on the run.
Wise guys realize there's danger in emotional ties.
See me, single and free
No tears, no fears, what I want to be.
One, two, take a look at you
Death by matrimony!
I remember when he such fun and everthing was fine,
I remember when we use to have a good time,
Partners in crime.
Tell me that's all in the past and I will gladly walk away,
Tell me that you're happy now,
Turning my back
Nothing to say!
"Hey tell this jerk to take a hike,
There's somethin' 'bout that boy I don't like"
"Well sugar he don't mean the things he said"
"Just get him outta my way, 'cause I'm seeing red
We got plans to make, we got things to buy
And you're wasting time on some creepy guy"
"Hey shut up chick, that's a friend of mine,
Just watch your mouth babe, you're out of line"
OoooooH!
GET BACK
HANDS OFF
GO FOR IT!
Young Guns,
Having some fun
Crazy ladies keep 'em on the run.
Wise guys realize there's danger in emotional ties.
See me, single and free
No tears, no fears, what I want to be.
One, two, take a look at you
Death by matrimony! - Hudba
Imagine getting a break on Top of the Pops and your entire career rides on absolutely nailing it - this is what it looks like. Brilliant.
Exact same thing happened with Queen 8 years prior.
I remember this performance and I studied it closely. George Michael was still only a teenager at this point and I went to a party a week later and we were doing the dance.
Absolutely nailed it with a routine then made up themselves they were soooo good as a four!
I think Shirley is excellent here!!! She really adds something to the whole routine
❤
It was a lifetime ago. I was 21 single and at Uni, today I'm a retired grandad. Where did the time go?
Look on the bright side, your generation had great music… I was 8 when I saw this on totp and still remember well!
I was born a year later, however, I can appreciate the appearance. Whilst comparatively I've just hit my 40s, I have just reached the point where it appears that someone has just pressed the acceleration button on the speed of life!
This video was recorded more than 40 years ago. But I feel like it just happened yesterday
After I watched a documentary of this band, I searched for it. Great song ! 🎶
Make fun of me all you want but I still can do the dance routine for this song today. I miss the 80's
YES!! me and my friend use to walk around our apt complex singing this and dancing. such happy times!
I remember doing this with my friend at The Epping Forest country club & Hollywood’s nightclub in Romford. Proper early 80s Essex soul boys
Especially in the first half of the 80's~
same here lol, the whole chroeography and vocals must be embedded in us ha ha
@@BeachGoth lol
40 years ago and still sounds great.
It only looks about 18 years old! It’s aged so well!
@@desertrose1226 And the clothes of the 1980s are not out of date at all today.
ummm...no...shit then, still shit. and im a massive GM fan. he was a phenom but this is/was very very average.
Belleza
Unico por suempte
This is the definition of the 80s!!!
I love it ❤️
My favorite decade of all time
Люблю ❤👍
This is brilliant funk. Don't forget these boys were about 19 years old when they wrote this song. 👍
George could really dance , fantastic memories
I wanna go back to those days so badly my heart hurts.
Me too, my friend.
Doug L Me 3
There's a disco out there somewhere for you my friend...
Same
Doesn't Everyone!
Take one look at George & he was destined to be the star he was, but Wham were meant to be, they created some classic songs that today still stand the test of time, I absolutely loved them & I still do & I saw George many times in concert throughout his solo career. ... For the record he said if it hadn't of been for Andrew, George Michael would never of existed because fundamentally as as person George was very shy..... So thankyou Andrew, not only for being one of his best friends but for giving him that confidence to become the star he was..... All in all one hell of a group & genius solo songwriter
For me, this is up there with the very very best TOTP performances. 1) Consider the song; an unorthodox structure, with an amazing mix of soul, rap, and blistering hooks (most young bands around this time were bashing synths and overdoing the eyeliner). For such a young songwriter (indeed for ANY pop writer) this is exceptional work. 2) Consider the lyric; there's not a single word out of place here, it's just perfect. 3) Consider the dance routine; no fancy choreographers involved here, all done in George's lounge, and worked out in super fine detail by George, Andrew and Shirley. The looks they swap, the exuberance, the moves, it's sheer pop perfection. Watching this just fills me with joy. RIP George, for sure, your amazing music will live on. (Ps; kudos to Deon Estus's bass work. The man is an unheralded hero of Wham! and George's work.
you worded that perfectly. i love this performance too!
This song is criminally underrated
@@peacefulbrooke8826 Yes, he did.
I wasn't a fan back then (they were the embodiment, for me, of the silliness and shallowness of the 80s and I was into new wave and post punk at the time). Yet, listening to it now, I realise their music was very solid, and only now do I realise that the horns were similar to other bands I used to like (Haircut 100 and Orange Juice for example).
Thank you for pointing out the bassist. Always thought he was extraordinary.
I am totally addicted to watching their early TOTP performances it’s like reliving my adolescence 😊
That moment when you see the birth of a superstar....and the pop world was never the same.
@@Hakim21210 They never knew themselves, so it’s a mystery for the ages.
If anyone is interested:
That was very first time Wham! performed at Top of the Pops!)
there is a funny story about this he recalled on Parkinson in 1998, he basically said the record company paid for a really cheap b&b with camp beds and rubber sheets!
@@scottyunitedboy2925 and he said that he thought everybody would recognize him after this performance but it took 3 days until someone asked for autograph and he was ''shattered'' about it :DDDDD
Yes and he also said they rode the bus home lol no limos for Wham back then.
@@scottyunitedboy2925 If you read Andrews book about Wham! he tells the full story its really funny!
Thanks for the info
A pleasure to watch... Can't believe that this is 38 years old
Sad really, time goes far too quickly and the older you get, the health niggles start appearing, life is not carefree like it used to be.
Wow! I was 13 when I first saw this video.
brings back 7th grade with a vengeance
Who in 1982 could have possibly foreseen how screwed up the world would be by 2020?
@Karina ....and i was 12.....ha ha ha!!!!!
There's something beautiful, pure and innocent about this group. Thank you for the vibes, the joy and the excitement you created for us back in the 80's. A lot of us had serious problems back home but you guys brought us some joy and light. Love you Andrew. RIP dear, sweet, talented George. ♥♥♥♥♥
lol At the time they were scandalous and kinda looked ridiculous and not exactly ''tough''. George and Andrew couln't help they were pretty boys, but George definitely used the shock factor to get noticed. I remember my mother clutching her pearls to ''abortion pays''. haha So innocent looking now, but back then.... Back to what you were saying, though, they were fun. That's what music today has lost. You had fun watching them have fun. It was obvious this wasn't just a business arrangement and George was beyond entertaining until the day he died.
"Abortion pays"? It's "caution pays" which is a great message
I think the lyric was "caution pays"
Lets thank the band who dropped out from Top of the Pops and introduced us to Wham!
Best Pop Singer, writer, performer, charismatic and king of Pop. The lord took him and believe he is blessed not to live in These present Times of last Days on earth. BLESS you all
I was born in 2000, Wham! It was the soundtrack to my high school, and now as a young adult, George is the soundtrack to my life.
I was actually born when this came out and 82 I love George
Post disco with a touch of rap. Hip Hop may be considered as a disco/funk urban evolution. Wham was on the scene since 1982. Very uplifting.
Anyone else still listening in 2024?
Was around for Faith didn't realize about Wham! at the time but this is the first time I heard Young Guns and wowsers!
ME FROM CYPRUS 🇨🇾 🇨🇾👍👍
George Michael's 1st professional performance is light years superior from all nowadays artists' best performances.
Think about the young guys today where their spending hours in dance studios. George, Andrew, Shirlee and DC Lee spent a few hours rehearsing in their Mum's sitting rooms. It's small things like that makes me smile when hearing about the next big boy band.
Andrew is too adorable in this. At 2:40 Shirley pushes him back and almost falls. He keeps up with George's dancing too, pretty much. LOL Too cute
There is nothing like the 80’s music ,nothing come close to it .i hate today’s music. I wish I can go back to that decade.and live like that for ever.
I think the same friend.
👍👍👍👍
It was a great decade to be a teenager. Perfect really. Fun times, optimism, very sexy women, pubs and clubs were full of it. All of us dressed up to impress, not like todays chavs wearing casual wear in the bars. No class today.
@@oddities-whatnot H.I.V?
Me too i was not Even born in that decade but i wish bc i love him so Munch
How can anyone not like them. The energy and get up and go feeling they project is amazing.
Aww, I was 14 when this came out. Great memories. George Michael looks like a baby here. :) RIP
@@Hakim21210 😁 yay!
And George Michael was 19 in this video!!
@@Hakim21210 I was 18 ,
I was 15 and miss the 80’s.
19 years old and yet so perfect ❤miss you ,Yog.
I wasn’t born yet but the 80s are my favorite decade. If I could get in a time machine and actually live through the 80s at my age now I’d die very happy.
You surely missed out. The 80s were the BEST!
As long as you don’t mind all the sexual harassment. 🤣
Literally same 😩
We have the same dream, and I think I'll never stop wishing for that.
@@tinyyogini And what if she arrives imposing respect and closing the mouths of those stalkers?
Artists don’t make music like they used to😔, this song is a banger
After reading the chapter about the filming of this TOTP segment in Andrew's book, it has so much more meaning to it now. I HIGHLY recommend it to all Wham! and GM fans.
Agree! I just finished reading this part of Andrew's book and had to get my laptop to view this video once again. It's still fantastic! And I love Andrew's memoir of Wham! as well.
me too! that's why I came here....
Same here! Just read that part of Andrew's memoir. It sure didn't show in their performance that they had had such a bad night at the hotel before shooting. Love their youthful energy!
I really need to read that book one of these years. thanks for the reminder
@@marybethmaas2890 What a positive force for good Wham! was.
I will never get over this sad loss .. 3 years on and I still find it so hard to accept ... and I guess his sweet sister did too 😢😞 May you both rest in peace with your beloved mother ... we will carry on your legacy through your music and you will never be forgotten 🙏❤️
A Smith 🙏❤️
Gone to soon . Your fans love and miss you George.what a voice and move . Love always.
So sorry for your loss, god bless 🙌 🙏 ❤ you.
@@michaelmoore8371 thank you , think we all still miss our George 🙏😞
Get a life
this song is built on rap and funk. that's my TED talk.
And then they caught the bus home....true story.
George wrote this when he was 17. To be honest I loved the Fantastic album and the Young Guns faze. Sadly Wham lost me when the day glo came along. But I knew the day I heard this song the very first time that this was true genius. Elton John said George was the Paul McCartney of his generation. Not wrong
Verity Van Sant then you missed out wake me up before you go-go was genius he knew just when the right time was to change course and he did he went with more soul Motown vibes on go-go and Elton is a traitor used George's name to sell his book I so hope Andrew outsells him with the truth about George in his book Elton hardly knew George Melanie had to shut Elton down before she died because he was saying things in the press that she knew better than
What do you mean "you didnt like the dayglo ??" You clearly have no taste Verity !!
They were on the bus and they were sniffing glue and eating bazooka Joe bubble gums and an old lady told them to stop and George blew a big bubble and popped it in her handbag 👜👜👜👜👜😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🐵🐵🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🐒🐒😘😘😘
@@TheKonga88 LOL
@@TheKonga88 Nonthence
Can’t believe George and Andrew are only 19 here
His music got so dull in his later years!
haha yeah...........thats mental!
@A Smith That's just my opinion. It's like comparing Madonna's recent stuff to her best songs from the past. Good but not great!
fun times..
@@vincentruvo6988 says you his music was great
I just love the way George dance, i wish more men would have dance like George
Straight men don't dance like that.
Some heterosexual men do dance like that. @@ren7ee
Came to rewatch this after reading Andrew’s account of it in his memoir. Such a significant performance in their career, they really gave it their all!!!! I wish i was a live back then to watch this in real time
The rest was history,and that performance was the turning point of their careers
Man, the energy in this is something else. One of the true classics of TOTP performances
Wham ❤ George Michael was my first crush, I had posters, cushions, badges, scarves, cassette tapes and records, just about anything I could buy from our local memorabilia shop with my pocket money and earnings from working in my dads shop!
Oh my gosh it's so high energy! I would been dancing crazy if I was in the audience!
George put EVERYTHING he had into this ❤
The 80’s was so freaking amazing 🤩🤩 ❤❤
George Michael was so cool, I wish I could go back in time and see it all again.
They’re so adorable in this video! 💗💗
Repressed camp with a pop beat.
Am I the only one who was crying the whole Netflix documentary lol I love GM so much even though people know he was huge I still have this spike telling me he was still so underrated.
George Michael's legend and destiny were cemented right here, in this moment in time...he is forever missed...
CRIMINALLY underviewed, LIKED and commented on... A GODDAM CLASSIC and so well-written
The birth of a superstar on that stage
I said it once and I'll say it once again.....
George Michael was a natural...!!!
look how young they are in this performance...!!!
I cannot believe you are gone.....
But still living in our hearts......
George Michael had a fantastic voice.
Your voice, your thoughts, your feelings all in our hearts.
R. I. P. George.
I was 13 when I got this single. They were a good band
Look at George here, so young and enjoying himself, glad he got to achieve what he did in his music and although he is sadly no longer with us his music will live on forever...still cant believe this beautiful human being is no longer with us....you will always be loved george ...💜💋
The 2 George greats. Boy George and George Michael. They are both incredible.
Professional, Artistic, Soulfull, Amazing Appearance, Incredible Vocals = WHAM
Iconic.Wasn't my thing at the time but I sat and watched this and they just blew everyone else away on the show.
One of the best TOTP performances ever, not bad for a bunch of last minute stand ins 😀
This song is so good and the back up singers are excellent and really add a lot. This is so unique with the rap elements, the pop elements, the dancing, the backing vocals, and multiple change ups like multiple songs in one that fit together perfectly, love the go for it part so cool and unique. GM’s solo stuff is great as well but this is just so unique and enjoyable I wish they did more like this as there is nothing like this nowadays.
"Hey sucker....what the hell's got into you"?....love that line!
I simply love that choreography 🤩🙌🏻
He says "Hey, sucker" so perfectly... I can't explain it, but it's like the greatest thing ever.
Forever George Michael and Wham !!!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was 12 when this came out, and my gaydar went off big time the moment George started dancing. I was in love. ❤️
I was born a couple of years after WHAM! ended their partnership so even if I have been listening to WHAM! all my life, the first time I've heard this song was on the documentary I've seen yesterday…I love it !!! The rythm is crazy fun, the lyrics are clever, this song is so cool !
Not only the man was a fantastic singer but he could dance too.
I was 9 when this came out and never saw it until now. Omg George Michaels is soooo cute!!!!
I was 9 in ‘82 too!
I was -22 when it came out
I was -11
I remember watching this at the time and straight away I knew they’d be big. Great tune 👏👏
I love the way george Michael RIP attack that song absolutely brilliant
Say what you want, this is EPIC! 😃 the moves, the music, the voice, the whole act
What a performance. I was 16 when this came out and remember the debut. The energy was something else. I also remember having a crush on Andrew because I thought he looked liked 'Sylvester Stallone' from 'Rocky'
The tune for me still holds up 40 years later
i’m sixteen and i have a crush on andrew too ^^ you’re lucky to be around such great music!
Love it...here the legend began❤❤❤
HOLY CRAP!!! Just discovering early Wham! !! blistering fun!
How beautiful George Michael was❤ its brilliant video ❤ love it.
This is better than modern Rap. This has a coherent negative. Now days rap is just endless punchlines and mumbling. God bless Wham
This song gives me joy
Straight, gay, male, female, black, white.. All food groups are present, love it!!
It was 1982 so there were no non-binary woke pro nouns and no Ukrainian pre op trans lesbians with a nine inch dick and a trick pelvis who identify as a hedgehog.
I want to go back in time!!!. I remember this when it first came out, where's my cut off purple leather jacket, with fringe, my Z Cavaricchi, 6 pleated trouser with extreme tapered leg,and hi-rise waist, asymmetrical hair cut, and silver grey Capezio dancers boots. Definitely getting into the clubs back then, and being comped with drink tickets and free entry. Miss the 80s!!!
I have watched this performance several times but it wasn't until I watched the new Wham ! documentary on Netflix that I learned just how vitally important it was to their career . This song was floundering as it had only reached 42 on the charts and wasn't expected to go any higher. This would have been their second flop in a row after their first release Wham ! Rap (Enjoy What You Do) had failed so things weren't looking good for them to be able to continue their music career. It was a huge twist of luck for George and Andrew that the show was left quickly scrambling for a replacement after a performer cancelled at the last minute and they got the spot .They nailed it as can be seen and the song got the major boost it needed to finally reach it's peak position of # 3. With Wham ! having a hit with this song Wham ! Rap (Enjoy What You Do) was rereleased and it would fare much better the second time going to #8.
I am 55 and I find this to be absolutely epic!
Does anybody know what band/performer couldn't make it to TOTP? Never used to like this song but after watching the Wham documentary and realising the break it gave them and then rewatching this performance,,I think it's a classic !
He’s cruising the guy on the dance floor and with the opening verse
Rest In Peace George Michael. You Are Greatly Missed. Your Legacy Lives On.
I remember when we had such fun and everything was fine, in the 1980's. ! !
We need more of George's music in this world
I remember this this is how we were introduced to WHAM and the rest was history
As I read in the memoir that Andrew wrote--- this was their first stint on top of pops. As you can see by the look on George's face, he was taking it very seriously lol. Naturally, after I read this part in the book I had to see this for myself. This was the performance started it all for Wham....
And Andrew looks scared out of his shoes. He was not the natural that George was at the time.
They say the rest is history
The group is in Netflix about how the group started unseen footage
This is so incredibly fooking sad! I wish I could of experienced this kind of joy . No phones or internet making people panic over unnecessary things. Love this song and video so much energy it’s insane , music doesn’t have this energy anymore
I knew these guyz were a hit the first time I heard them back in 1982!
Wish he was still here 😢
Good music good times
Miss you George 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
Shirley’s dress is so inviting
Omg I was 12!!! Still played at our teen clubs 4 years later! Fell in love with clubs because of George Michael!!!!
We Miss Your Voice 😢😢🕊️🕊️ The Legend Beautiful ❤️ A Big Hug From The Sky Wonderful George
The best performance on totp EVER
Why are clothes in the 1980s more stylish than they are today?
Never heard of this song before. Reminds me of the disco days with all the lights and dance floor. Plus I never seen Michael looking this way and barefooted. Great video!
If you are an American, it’s because this was in the beginning of Wham! during their first album and they didn’t have hit singles in the States until “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” They did go on American music TV shows to promote the first album’s singles like American Bandstand though, so it wasn’t for a lack of trying. The first album’s singles likely failed to catch on with American radio because back then, they wouldn’t play any rap singles unless it was stations that played black music and the black stations likely didn’t take Wham! very seriously because they were white Brits.
George was barefoot
@@RocStarr913 that's a joke. Your comment on American Black Radio not giving Wham a fair shot. In this song, George was biting rhymes from Sugar Hill Gang from 1979.
By 1982-83, there's was no way this song would be considered hip hop, and was a cheesy, corny, rehashed rhyme.
However, a white audience in the UK may have been smitten with it. It was catchy enough and very good. But Black Urban USA radio listeners would have rolled their eyes listening to this in 1983.
Can't bear it when people are referred to by their surname.... George Michael.... Not, Michael
They knew who their target audience was for sure..... Made them one of the biggest pop bands of the 80s & the first to play China
I WAS 16 YEARS IN 1982 WHEN THE ALBUM 'DOUBLE FANTASY' WAS RELEASED 🇨🇾🇨🇾👍👍
Wow this aged like fine wine. Loved this song in Jr. High. Can't believe how great it sounds.
ahhh the 80's .. for me the very best. I remember getting dressed up in my new romantic gear on a saturday morning as a teenager, to go into town, hair firmly sprayed in place...
Currently reading Andrew's wonderful book! I've just finished the detailed description of when they recorded this bit and it is super emotional, as a twenty-year old, to live these moments afresh!
There are some people who are just born to be stars. Most of today's overproduced, pre-packaged homogenized for the masses performers lack the organic energy and raw talent.
i remember being young and seeing this on totp and being in total awe!