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George Michael’s ‘Careless Whisper’ joins the YouTube Billion Views Club

George Michael and Wham!‘s hit, Careless Whisper, just reached a new milestone…

The 1984 single has passed over 1 billion views on YouTube. The song joins other 80s hits in this esteemed club including A-ha’s “Take On Me,“ Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,“ Europe’s “The Final Countdown,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” The Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” and Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.“

LONDON – JULY 02: Singer George Michael performs on stage at “Live 8 London” in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005, in London, England. The free concert is one of ten simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie, Tokyo, Cornwall, Moscow, and Johannesburg. The concerts precede the G8 summit (July 6-8) to raise awareness for MAKEpovertyHISTORY. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images)

The song garnered recent popularity from an appearance in the superhero film Deadpool

Source: Variety

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