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“Young Guns (Go for It)” by Wham!
From the album Fantastic (1983)
“Young Guns (Go for It)” by Wham! appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1983. It was first released in 1983 on the album Fantastic. Its best result is #93 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #163 alternative song of 1983.
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"Young Guns (Go for It)" is the 1982 single that broke Wham!, at home and abroad, and it later turned up on the duo's album Fantastic. George Michael wrote it alone and co-produced it with Steve Brown.
It's a teenage soap opera with a beat: a boy frets that his best mate is getting far too serious about a girl when he ought to be out enjoying being young and single, and in the middle eight the girlfriend fires back, working to get her man to drop the friend. The two slug it out in a vocal tug of war, hence the title's "go for it". The break came by luck: Top of the Pops needed a stand-in when another act pulled out, and executive producer Michael Hurll, who had caught them on Saturday Superstore, booked them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 93 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 | 107 |
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