Club Tropicana

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"Club Tropicana"

Single by Wham!
from the album Fantastic
Released	1982
Format	12", 7"
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop
Length	4:28
Label	Innervision Records
Producer(s)	Steve Brown, George Michael
Chart positions
#4 (UK Singles Chart)
Wham! singles chronology
"Bad Boys" (1983)	"Club Tropicana" (1983)	"Club Fantastic Megamix" (1983)

Club Tropicana was a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision records. It was written by George Michael, one half of the duo.

The song was a mild departure from Wham!'s previous singles, which had all been motivated by social or political issues. Club Tropicana, however, was a satire of the boom for cheap package holidays for younger, single people of a hedonistic nature. It was specifically seen in the UK as a swipe at the very popular Club 18-30 scheme.

A memorable video was made in Ibiza, with scenes of George and partner Andrew Ridgeley on the beach, making eyes at bikini-clad girls played by their backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie. They were also seen relaxing by a pool and sipping cocktails, along with the famous scene of trumpet-playing taking place in the pool itself. A twist in the sexual tension between the two men and two women was revealed at the end, when it turned out that George and Andrew were airline pilots and Pepsi and Shirlie were stewardesses.

The song was released in July 1983 and peaked at #4. It was the fourth and final single to be taken from the album Fantastic!. Wham! went on to dominate the UK charts, achieving four #1 singles before splitting at their height in 1986.

The B-Side, Blue (Armed With Love), is a semi-instrumental dub track of higher quality than is generally expected for B-side material. It would not have been out of place on Fantastic!, and a remixed version appeared on LP editions of The Final compilation album.