Careless Whisper

~ Recording by Wham!

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • JP1984-11-21
Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc. (Aug 1978–Mar 1988))28•3P-555
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • JP1984-12-08
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)32・8P-60
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 465576 2
1.8Careless Whisper6:33Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 39595
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 86311
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)465576 2
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 40‐86311
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It Big (Carrollton pressing)Wham!Album
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)FC 39595
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • US1990-10-25
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 39595
1.1Careless Whisper6:28Wham!Hifi Visionen: Pop-CD 18Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Hifi Vision982413-2
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 465576 2
1.8Careless Whisper6:32George MichaelMake It BigWham!Album
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • JP2001-02-07
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ESGA 514
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • DE2013-09-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)88883751722
1.15Careless Whisper6:29Wham!Electric 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8Careless Whisper6:33Wham!Make It BigWham!AlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 39595
1.8Careless Whisper6:33Wham!Make It BigWham!AlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 39595
7.4Careless Whisper6:24Wham!Original-Hit-118-Pops-DiaryVarious ArtistsSunJin Media

Relationships

assistant engineer:Paul Gomersau
engineer:Chris Porter (engineer and producer)
producer:George Michael
bass guitar:Deon Estus
drums (drum set):Trevor Morrell
electric piano:Anne Dudley (English score composer)
guitar:Hugh Burns
keyboard:Chris Cameron (British pianist, singer-songwriter, arranger and producer)
Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer)
percussion:Danny Cummings (British drummer and percussionist)
saxophone:Steve Gregory (English jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:George Michael
arranger:George Michael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
mash-ups:1900 Careless or Dead by The Kleptones
Careless or Dead (Bon Jovi vs. George Michael) (Best of Bootie 2006 DJ-mix) by The Kleptones
recording of:Careless Whisper

Careless Whisper

writer:George Michael
Andrew Ridgeley
publisher:Chappell Music (UK)
Morrison Leahy Music Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019-present)
Wham! Music Ltd.
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
later parody versions:Careless Surgeon
later translated versions:Aşk Dansı
夢幻的擁抱
抱きしめてジルバ-Careless Whisper-
無心快語
later versions:Dansen met verdriet
is the basis for:Belly of the Whale
Hidden Bonus Track (In Loving Memory of Pedro's Self Respect)