| 词条 | Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) | ||||
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| name = Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) | cover = Wham Rap.jpg | alt = | caption = One of 1982 UK 12-inch vinyl re-releases | type = single | artist = Wham! | album = Fantastic | released = June 16, 1982 January 1983 (Special US Re-Mix) | format = {{hlist|7-inch|12-inch}} | recorded = 1981–1982 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Post-disco|dance-pop|pop-rap}} | length = {{ubl|3:30 {{small|(7")}}|3:28 {{small|(7" U.S. Re-Mix)}}|6:36 {{small|(Unsocial)}}|6:43 {{small|(Special U.S. Re-Mix)}}}} | label = {{hlist|CBS|Innervision}} | writer = {{hlist|George Michael|Andrew Ridgeley}} | producer = Bob Carter | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Young Guns (Go for It!) | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover art | type = single | cover = WhamRap (Enjoy What You Do) by Wham Parts 1 and 2 UK 1983 re-release.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 1983 UK vinyl re-release }} }} "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" is the debut single by British pop duo Wham! on Innervision Records, released in 1982. It was written by Wham! members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. Although rap was still an underground and almost exclusively American phenomenon in the early 1980s, Michael rapped—as the title implies—a number of verses about the joys of living every day to the fullest, reveling in unemployment and celebrating government assistance from the Department of Health and Social Security (the initials "DHSS" are repeatedly chanted during the song). The explicitly political song flew in the face of the conventional British left-wing who were talking about the 'right to work' at the time. The chorus asked the question "Do you enjoy what you do?", which brought about the bracketed section of the title. The video depicted Michael and Ridgeley in their leather jackets, combining their moody image with a bright, effervescent choreography.[1] The video was filmed in London in February 1983 after the single was re-issued. The song, which had been tentatively released in June 1982 when Wham! were unknown, and failed to make any impact, was re-issued in January 1983 after the duo had achieved their breakthrough with "Young Guns (Go for It!)". It subsequently reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart, the second of four hits from Wham!'s debut album Fantastic. Uncharacteristically for Wham!, the Unsocial Mix of the song contains multiple repetitions of the swear words "damn", "bullshit", "shit" and "crap". All versions include "don't need this crap". These lines were included to illustrate the band's then-rebellious image, and future songs by Wham! would mostly refrain from using this type of language (although "Battlestations" does include an instance of "bullshit"). Both the Social Mix and the Fantastic album version have different verses from the Unsocial Mix; thus, there are three different sets of verse lyrics altogether. However, only the album version has appeared on CD. A new remix of the song was made in 1986, combining some of the Unsocial Mix with the album version. This version, entitled "Wham! Rap '86", was released on their American and Japanese album Music from the Edge of Heaven, and as the B-side to "The Edge of Heaven" in the UK and Europe. The original version of the song was used for the 1985 film drama Perfect from James Bridges, with John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis. In September 2017, "Wham! Rap" was used for an H&M commercial starring Naomi Campbell. Track listing1982 release{{Track listing| all_writing = George Michael (credited to George Panos) and Andrew Ridgeley | headline = 7": Innervision (UK) | title1 = Wham Rap! | length1 = 3:30 | title2 = Wham Rap! | note2 = Club Mix) (a.k.a. Special Club Re-Mix, edited version of the 12" 'Social Mix' | length2 = 4:02 }}{{Track listing | headline = 12": Innervision (UK) | title1 = Wham Rap! | note1 = Unsocial Mix | length1 = 6:36 | title2 = Wham Rap! | note2 = Social Mix | length2 = 6:46 }}
1983 reissue{{Track listing| all_writing = George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley | headline = 7": Innervision (UK) | title1 = Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) | note1 = Special U.S. Remix Part 1) (a.k.a. 'Special US Re-Mix' | length1 = 3:28 | title2 = Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) | note2 = Special U.S. Re-Mix Part 2) (a.k.a. 'Special Club Re-Mix' | length2 = 3:10 }}{{Track listing | headline = 12": Innervision (UK) | title1 = Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) | note1 = Special US Re-Mix) (a.k.a. 'Parts 1 and 2', identical to the Fantastic album version | length1 = 6:43 | title2 = Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) | note2 = Special Club Re-Mix) (a.k.a. 'Radio Version', same as the 7" version from the 1982 release | length2 = 3:34 }} Charts
References1. ^Steele, Robert [https://books.google.com/books?id=T0nwCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT71&dq=Wham+Rap!+(Enjoy+What+You+Do)+DHSS&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY5v6Ds5vKAhXCS5AKHUruC1cQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Social%20Security&f=false Careless Whispers: The Life & Career of George Michael] Omnibus Press, 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2016. {{Wham!}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Wham Rap!|url=http://www.discogs.com/Wham-Wham-Rap/release/1616068|accessdate=31 July 2011}} 3. ^{{cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | author = David Kent | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 | year = 1993 | publisher = Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. | authorlink = David Kent (historian)}} 8 : 1982 singles|Debut singles|1982 songs|1983 singles|CBS Records singles|Songs written by George Michael|Wham! songs|Pop-rap songs |
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