Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)

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“Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)”
“Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)” cover
Single by Wham!
from the album Fantastic
Released January, 1983
Format 12", 7"
Recorded 1982
Genre Pop
Length 6:41
Label Innervision Records
Producer Steve Brown, George Michael
Wham! singles chronology
"Young Guns (Go For It!)"
(1982)		 "Wham Rap!"
(1983)		 "Bad Boys"
(1983)

Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) 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, which had been tentatively released in 1982 when Wham! were unknowns and failed to make any impact, was re-issued in January 1983 after the duo had achieved their breakthrough with "Young Guns (Go For It!)".

Although rap was still an underground and almost exclusively American phenomenon in the early 1980s, the title of the song didn't lie - George rapped a number of verses about the joys of living every day to the full, which meant that being in employment was not an option. The chorus asked the question "Do you enjoy what you do?", which brought about the bracketed section of the title. The video depicted George and Andrew Ridgeley, in their leather jackets, combining their moody image with a bright, effervescent choreography.

Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) - the full version of which was almost seven minutes long - reached #8 in the UK singles chart, the second of four hits from Wham!'s debut album Fantastic!. The duo would go on to enjoy four UK #1 hits before splitting at their height in 1986. On the flip side of their farewell single, The Edge of Heaven, was an updated version of the song, entitled Wham Rap! 86 (Remix).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 1982 release

[edit] 7": Innervision / IVL A2442 (UK)

  1. "Wham Rap! [7" version]" (3:30)
  2. "Wham Rap! [Club Mix]" (4:02)

[edit] 12": Innervision / IVLA 13 2442 (UK)

  1. "Wham Rap! [Social Mix]" (6:46)
  2. "Wham Rap! [Unsocial Mix]" (6:36)

[edit] 1983 reissue

[edit] 7": Innervision / IVL A 2442 (UK)

  1. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Special U.S. Remix Part 1]" (3:30)
  2. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Special U.S. Re-Mix Part 2]" (3:03)
  • Part 1 aka "Special US Re-mix"
  • Part 2 aka "Special Club Re-Mix"

[edit] 12": Innervision / IVL A 13 2442 (UK)

  1. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Special US Re-mix]" (6:43)
  2. "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?) [Special Club Re-mix]" (6:46)
  • Club Re-mix aka "Social Mix"


[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia 9
UK 8


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