# The 1984 album George Michael considered his peak: “The best I’ve done”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-1984-album-george-michael-considered-his-peak-the-best-ive-done/
- Published: 2026-07-26T07:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T00:36:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1984-album-george-michael-considered-peak/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- George Michael praised Wham!’s Make It Big as his best work.
- The 1984 album cemented Wham!’s global success.
- It featured several of the duo’s biggest hits.

## Summary

George Michael reportedly regarded Wham!’s 1984 album Make It Big as the best work he had done at that point. The record marked a major step in his songwriting and pop stardom, helping establish him as more than one half of a successful duo.

Released in 1984, Make It Big included international hits such as ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’, ‘Careless Whisper’, ‘Freedom’ and ‘Everything She Wants’. Although Michael later achieved enormous success as a solo artist, the album captured the commercial breakthrough that made Wham! one of the decade’s defining pop acts.

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