A Different Corner

Single infobox |
Name = A Different Corner


Artist = George Michael/Wham!
from Album = Music from the Edge of Heaven
Released = April 2,1986
Format = 12", 7"
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:57
Label = Columbia Records (US/Canada)
Epic Records
Producer = George Michael/Wham! singles
Last single = "I'm Your Man" (1985)
This single = "A Different Corner" (1986)
Next single = "The Edge of Heaven" / "Where Did Your Heart Go?" (1986)Extra tracklisting
Album = Twenty Five
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Last Christmas"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "A Different Corner"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Father Figure"
next_no = 4

"A Different Corner" was a song written and performed by George Michael which was released on Epic Records in 1986.

History

At the time of its release in April 1986, Michael was still a member of pop duo Wham!, though he and partner Andrew Ridgeley had announced that they would split in the summer after a farewell single, album and concert.Michael had already enjoyed a solo #1 in the UK singles chart in 1984 with "Careless Whisper", and when he went back to the top with "A Different Corner", he became the first solo act in the history of the UK chart to reach #1 with his first two releases, although he was hardly an unknown or new act on either occasion. The song was also credited with being the second #1 (after "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder) which was written, sung, played, arranged and produced by the same personFact|date=February 2007. The song reached #7 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single credited solely to Michael to become an American top-ten hit.

After Simon Bates first aired "A Different Corner" on Radio 1, he rated the song so highly that he immediately played it again from the beginning.

A note on the back of the sleeve proclaims, "This record is dedicated to a memory." It is rumoured that the song was written by George about his brief relationship with his girlfriend Pat Fernandez. Fernandez appeared in the videos for "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (as one of the dancers with Pepsi and Shirlie) and "Last Christmas."

Chart performance

Track listing

7": Epic / A 7033 (UK)

# "A Different Corner" - 3:57
# "A Different Corner" (Instrumental) - 4:13

12": Epic / GTA 7033 (UK)

# "A Different Corner" - 3:57
# "A Different Corner" (Instrumental) - 4:13

* released in gatefold sleeve

References