History Music / GeorgeMichael

** ''Five Live'' is an EP featuring live covers, such as "[[Music/ADayAtTheRaces Somebody to Love]]" and "[[Music/{{Innuendo}} These Are the Days of Our Lives]]" by Music/{{Queen}}, "Killer" by Music/{{Seal}}, "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by Music/TheTemptations, and "Calling You" from ''Baghdad Cafe'' by Jevetta Steele.

Micheal passed away on Christmas Day 2016 of suspected heart failure.

* DreamTeam: Did duets with Music/ArethaFranklin, Music/WhitneyHouston, Music/RayCharles, Tony Bennett, Music/EltonJohn, Music/MaryJBlige, Music/PaulMcCartney, [[Music/{{Sugababes}} Mutya]] [[Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan Buena]], Jody Watley, and performed live duets with Elton John, Music/StevieWonder, Smokey Robinson, Luciano Pavarotti, Music/{{Beyonce}}, and Music/{{Queen}}.

** "Flawless" motivates the listener to know: "I think you know that you are more than just some fucked up piece of ass"

** "Waiting For That Day" shouts out to Music/TheRollingStones near the end when he does the refrain "You can't always get what you want."

He started off as one half of the pop duo Music/{{WHAM}}, along with Andrew Ridgeley, who was most successful during the 1980s. After the group broke up in 1986, he found further success as a solo star. Known for taking a long time to make albums (five albums in twenty sixyears), and media controversy due to his drug use and alleged solicitation of a police officer (which was actually a sting operation).

** A lesser-known one is Freedom '90 (Back To Reality Mix), which is actually a cover of Soul II Soul's Back To Life, with a few of the lyrics from Freedom '90 thrown in to give Michael a co-writing credit.

** Live recordings such as "What a Fool Believes" by the Doobie Brothers and "Victims" by Music/CultureClub.

** ''Songs From The Last Century'', which was largely recorded as a contractual obligation.
** ''Five Live'' is an EP featuring live covers, such as "Somebody To Love" and "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" by Music/{{Queen}}, "Killer" by Seal, "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" by The Temptations, and "Calling You" from ''Baghdad Cafe'' by Jevetta Steele.

* DomesticAbuse: The topic of "Look At Your Hands".

* {{Greed}}: The topic of "Praying For Time".

* LetsDuet: "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me" with Music/ArethaFranklin, and "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" with Music/EltonJohn.

* VocalEvolution: While he's sounded pretty much the same from his Wham! days through ''Older'' (and arguably ''Songs from the Last Century''), his voice from ''Patience'' onward is noticeably deeper and slightly raspier, partially due to age but also due to his drug use.

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 - 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: He spent the last decade of his life dealing with various run-ins with the police and the paparazzi, in essence becoming the butt of the joke in British tabloids. After his sudden death, his music returned to the music charts. The posthumous revelation that Michael was heavily (albeit anonymously) involved in charity work also helped his image.

* NiceGuy: After his death, it was revealed that he donated to charitable causes, even giving a free concert for nurses to thank them for taking care of his mother while she was dying of cancer.
* NiceToTheWaiter: After his death, stories circulated over how generous of a tipper he was, such as paying off a student nurse's debts one time.

He started off as one half of the pop duo Music/{{WHAM}}, along with Andrew Ridgeley, who was most successful during the 1980s. After the group broke up in 1986, he found further success as a solo star. Known for taking a long time to make albums (five albums in 26 years), and media controversy due to his drug use and alleged solicitation of a police officer (which was actually a sting operation).

** The video for "Outside" is a reference to his infamous 1998 arrest outside a men's bathroom.

* LighterAndSofter: His album Patience was more upbeat than the previous Older.

** His cameo appearances on shows like Series/{{Extras}} and other comedy sketches also poked fun at his colorful personal life.

** The video for "Freedom 90" does this to his sex symbol image that he gained during his ''Faith'' period (both the album and the video, which he was never comfortable with), deliberately making a point of not appearing in the video himself and allowing items connected to that era such as [[StuffBlowingUp the guitar and jukebox exploding]] [[KillItWithFire and the leather jacket hanging in a closet suddenly catching fire.]]

* {{Sexophone}}: "Careless Whisper" is a dark one, as it features a saxophone riff but the song is about the guilt of YourCheatingHeart.

* TakeThat: In the video for "Fastlove", one of the people in it wear headphones that are marked FONY, a jab at George's at-the-time former record label Sony.

-->''Why can't you do it?

-->''Why can't you do it?\\

** A lesser known one is Freedom '90 (Back To Reality Mix), which is actually a cover of Soul II Soul's Back To Life, with a few of the lyrics from Freedom '90 thrown in to give Michael a co-writing credit.

-->''Do you love your monkey or do you love me?''

* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Ladies and Gentlemen'' and ''Twenty Five'', both double disc sets. In the case of ''Twenty Five'' there was a limited three CD version available as well.

* GriefSong: "Jesus to a Child" and "You Have Been Loved" from ''Older'', dedicated to his lover Anselmo Feleppa.

* NiceGuy: After his death, it was revealed that he donated to charitable causes, even giving a free concert for nurses, to thank them for taking care of his mother while she was dying of cancer.
* NiceToTheWaiter: After his death, stories circulated over how generous of a tipper he was, paying off a student nurse's debts one time.

* PermaStubble: One of his trademarks was sporting various facial hair styles, to the point that an article paying tribute to him after he died jokingly referred to him as a "beard experimenter".
* PrecisionFStrike:

* {{Sexophone}}: "Careless Whisper" is a dark one, as it features a saxophone riff, but the song is about the guilt of YourCheatingHeart.

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, 25 June 1963 - 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and former lead singer of Music/{{WHAM}} who was most successful during the 1980s. Known for taking a long time to make albums (five albums in 26 years), and media controversy due to his drug use and alleged solicitation of a police officer (which was actually a sting operation).

* ''[[CoverAlbum Songs from the Last Century]]'' (1999)

* ''Music/{{Faith}}'' (1987)

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (June 25, 1963 - December 25, 2016), better known as [[StageNames George Michael]], was an English singer-songwriter and former lead singer of [[Music/{{Wham}} Wham!]] who was most successful during the 1980s. Known for taking a long time to make albums (five albums in 26 years), and media controversy due to his drug use and alleged solicitation of a police officer (which was actually a sting operation).