"Club Fantastic Megamix" is a medley single released by

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on 25 November 1983, and was the last single release for the duo on

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. It was mixed by DMC's Alan Couthard and approved by Mark Dean, the manager of Innervision Records.Bare by George Michael and Tony Parsons,

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, 1991. Page 112 The single was released three months after Wham! had begun proceedings to leave the label, and was disapproved of by

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and

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. The single, which consisted of a mix of the tracks "A Ray of Sunshine", " Love Machine" and "Come On" from the album ''

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'', reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. The only reason why the "Club Fantastic Megamix" was able to be issued was because the songs had already been released. Prior to a song being released, a

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has the right to grant the first license of a tune of which he holds the

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. Because those three songs had already been released to the public, the songwriter was unable to prevent the record company from creating this second release.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1983 songs 1983 singles Wham! songs Songs written by George Michael Song recordings produced by George Michael Innervision Records singles