Jesus To A Child by George Michael

Album: Older (1996)

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George Michael wrote this song in memory of his Brazilian partner, Anselmo Feleppa, who he met during a performance at the Rock in Rio II Festival in Rio de Janeiro in 1991; Feleppa died only two years after. Michael said that he had never felt real love until he met Anselmo. That's why he dedicated this song and the whole album Older to his lost boyfriend. >>>
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Sascha - Stuttgart, Germany

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Melinda from AustraliaI heard George Michaels last radio interview recently. It was recorded on a London radio. It was so moving. He cried at one point. Over his loss. And Because for years he felt he did not have enough creative control of his music. We had no idea that George Michael was experiencing the terminal illness and loss of his young boyfriend. Nobody did at the time. Everything regarding his private life was kept out of the media. But when the album Older came out. We knew immediately he was producing personally sensitive music. The song Jesus to a Child is so moving. The success of Older allowed his fans to grow with him. And he ended up with profound respect for it. The success of that album. The album helped his fans accept, when to the surprise of a lot of people that he was gay. Prince was producing some emotional ballads at the same time. But George Michael is one of the UK’s most underrated songwriters.
Viktoria Semenenko from UkraineWhat is really interesting that in official video there's no a second part of lyrics telling about a death of beloved person so may be it was just added later to lyrics or may be not.
Hunter from Philadelphia, PaLandon: Yes, George and Anselmo were lovers :)

This was actually the first George Michael song I had ever heard. I fell in love with the smooth, Spanish-sounding melody right away and the lyrics were gorgeous, unlike anything I had ever heard before. What a love these two must have had. Rest in peace, beautiful Anselmo <3
Landon from Winchester, OhYou mean, they were lovers?

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