Young Guns (Go For It!)

Album: Fantastic (1983)
Charted: 3
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: George Michael
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, TuneCore Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 4

  • Kayla from TexasTom from Oregon - it's Michael rapping!
  • Tom from OregonI can't find anywhere where it says who dang the into and middle sections of this song in early rap / hip hop style. It sounds like Whodini.

    Anybody know?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 5, 1983, Wham! performed "Young Guns (Go For It!)" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
    The song didn't make Billboard's Top 100 chart, but on November 29th, 1982 it peaked at #3* {for 1 week} on the United Kingdom's Singles chart..
    Between 1982 and 1986 the duo had eleven records on the United Kingdom's Singles chart, ten made the Top 10 with five reaching #1, plus two peaked at #2...
    Sadly, George Michael passed away at the young age of 53 on December 25th, 2016...
    May he R.I.P.
    * The week that "Young Guns" peaked at #3, the #2 record that week was "Mirror Man" by the Human League and at #1 was "Beat Surrender" by the Jam...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department; their "Club Fantastic Megamix" was their only non-Top 10 record of their eleven charted records, it peaked at #15...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 5th 1983, Wham! performed "Young Guns (Go for It!)" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    It did not make Billboard's Hot Top 100* chart, but on March 22nd, 1983 it peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on the Swedish 'Topplistan' Top Singles chart...
    Just over five months later on August 14th, 1983 the duo would enter the Top 100 for the first time when "Bad Boys" debut at #90...
    Between 1983 and 1986 they had eight Top 100 records; six made the Top 10 with half of them reaching #1, "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" for 3 weeks in 1984, "Careless Whisper" for 3 weeks in 1985, and "Everything She Wants" for 2 weeks in 1985.
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