Spell (album)
Encyclopedia
Spell is the debut album by former Wham!
and George Michael
bassist
, Deon Estus
.
The album contained the hit single, "Heaven Help Me", which featured background vocals
by Michael, and reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
chart in 1989
.
WHAM!
Wham! were a short-lived British musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band....
and George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
, Deon Estus
Deon Estus
Deon Estus is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael's bassist on all of the latter's subsequent projects.-Biography:...
.
The album contained the hit single, "Heaven Help Me", which featured background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
by Michael, and reached number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart in 1989
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
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Track listing
- "Me or the Rumours (The Jellybean Mix)" (Deon EstusDeon EstusDeon Estus is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael's bassist on all of the latter's subsequent projects.-Biography:...
, Kenny YoungKenny YoungKenny Young is an American songwriter who has been an active writer, artist, and producer from 1963 to the present. His most famous song was "Under the Boardwalk," co-written with Arthur Resnick and recorded by The Drifters in 1964 and by The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, and many other artists;...
) – 4:05 - "Spell" (Estus) – 4:38
- "Love Me Over" (Estus) – 4:08
- "You're the Only One for Me" (Kevin Calhoun, Matt Noble) – 4:11
- "False Start" (Estus) – 4:05
- "Heaven Help Me" (Estus, George MichaelGeorge MichaelGeorge Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
) – 4:40 - "Blue Envelope" (Estus, Young) – 3:38
- "Love Can't Wait" (Estus) – 3:56
- "Solid Ground" (Estus, Simon ClimieSimon ClimieSimon Climie is a songwriter/producer and the former lead singer of the UK pop duo Climie Fisher, who had hits with "Love Changes " and "Rise to the Occasion"....
) – 4:16 - "Me or the Rumours (The George Michael Mix)" (Estus, Young) – 3:42