Wham! – Make It Big
Tracklist
A1 | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go | 3:49 | |
A2 | Everything She Wants | 5:07 | |
A3 | Heartbeat | 4:42 | |
A4 | Like A Baby | 4:13 | |
B1 | Freedom | 5:07 | |
B2 | If You Were There | 3:41 | |
B3 | Credit Card Baby | 5:09 | |
B4 | Careless Whisper | 6:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – CBS Records
- Distributed By – CBS Disques S.A.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records
- Copyright © – CBS Records
- Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-86311
- Published By – Morrison Leahy Music Ltd.
- Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
- Mixed At – Studio Marcadet
- Mixed At – Good Earth Studios
Credits
- Bass – Deon Estes*
- Drums – Trevor Morrell*
- Electric Guitar – Andrew Ridgeley
- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Hugh Burns
- Engineer – Chris Porter
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Paul Gomersall
- Keyboards – Tommy Eyre
- Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – George Michael
- Photography By – Tony McGee
- Producer, Arranged By – George Michael
- Saxophone – Dave (Baps) Baptiste*
- Trumpet – Colin Graham, Paul Spong
Notes
Issued with a printed inner sleeve and insert with lyrics and credits. Some copies come with an advertisement 12" promo flyer for their debut LP Fantastic, with manufacturing code 0108631120 on the botom left corner. Copies can have a hype sticker on front or rear sleeve, either green (advertising "Careless Whisper", "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Freedom") or white (also advertising "Everything She Wants"). Copies can have an elevated 1,5 cm. outer pressing ring, or can be without.
First catalogue number on spine, labels and insert; second on rear sleeve. Text on the rear sleeve is printed upside down, except for the identifiers.
Runouts are stamped.
- On rear sleeve -
℗ 1984 CBS Records / © 1984 CBS Records / /EPIC® & [EPIC logo] are trademarks of CBS Inc./Made in Holland in Holland. Distribution CBS Records / CBS Disques S.A.
- On labels -
℗ 1984 CBS Records
Made in Holland
- On insert -
All track published by Morrison Leahy Music Ltd. except If You Were There published by Carlin Music Corporation.
Original sound recordings made by CBS Records.
Make It Big was recorded in the sunny south of France,
mixed at Marcadet Studios in Paris, and Good Earth Studios London during July, August and September of 1984.
Our special thanks go as ever to both of our families and all of our friends,
especially to Shirlie, Pepsi, Pat and Cheryl, David, Andros Georgiou and also to Dave and John, and Michael Mole.
We'd also like to thank Simon and Jazz and everybody else at Nomis Management
especially Siobhan without whom we would be lost.
Thank you to Dick and Bryan for al their help in the past year and lastly our thanks to Chris and Paul
for being wonderful to work with and to everyone who played on the album and made MAKE IT BIG such a pleasure to do.
First catalogue number on spine, labels and insert; second on rear sleeve. Text on the rear sleeve is printed upside down, except for the identifiers.
Runouts are stamped.
- On rear sleeve -
℗ 1984 CBS Records / © 1984 CBS Records / /EPIC® & [EPIC logo] are trademarks of CBS Inc./Made in Holland in Holland. Distribution CBS Records / CBS Disques S.A.
- On labels -
℗ 1984 CBS Records
Made in Holland
- On insert -
All track published by Morrison Leahy Music Ltd. except If You Were There published by Carlin Music Corporation.
Original sound recordings made by CBS Records.
Make It Big was recorded in the sunny south of France,
mixed at Marcadet Studios in Paris, and Good Earth Studios London during July, August and September of 1984.
Our special thanks go as ever to both of our families and all of our friends,
especially to Shirlie, Pepsi, Pat and Cheryl, David, Andros Georgiou and also to Dave and John, and Michael Mole.
We'd also like to thank Simon and Jazz and everybody else at Nomis Management
especially Siobhan without whom we would be lost.
Thank you to Dick and Bryan for al their help in the past year and lastly our thanks to Chris and Paul
for being wonderful to work with and to everyone who played on the album and made MAKE IT BIG such a pleasure to do.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
- Label Code: LC 0199
- Price Code: CB 291
- Price Code (Circled): 58
- Other (Manufacturing code): 01-086311-20
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 01-086311-1
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Other Versions (5 of 235)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Make It Big (LP, Album, with Limited Edition Bonus Poster) | Epic | ELPS 4451 | Australia | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Make It Big (Cassette, Album, Dolby, B NR) | Columbia, Columbia | FCT 39595, FCT39595 | US | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Make It Big (LP, Album, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing) | Columbia | FC 39595 | US | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Make It Big (LP, Album, Stereo) | Epic | EPC 86311 | Italy | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Make It Big (LP, Album) | Epic | EPC 86311 | UK | 1984 |
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