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
1.1Careless Whisper = Susurro Indiferente?:??Wham!Careless Whisper / FreedomWham!Single
Discos CBS (imprint used by Discos CBS, S.A. branches in various Spanish‐speaking markets, see notes)S 30496
1.1Careless Whisper6:30Wham!Careless Whisper / FreedomWham!Single
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)EN 5682
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
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 465576 2
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 86311
1.8Careless Whisper6:33Wham!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)465576 2
1.5Careless Whisper6:30George MichaelStereoplay Highlights CD 8: Meisterwerke Aus Pop und RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
stereoplayCDSP 15738
1.6Careless Whisper (extended mix)6:30George MichaelThe FinalWham!Album + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 88681
1.6Careless Whisper (extended mix)6:30George MichaelThe FinalWham!Album + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)40-88681
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • JP1989-03-01
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)25•8P-5182
1.5Careless Whisper (extended mix)6:31George MichaelThe Best RemixesWham!Album + Remix
  • JP1989-04-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)20・8P-5225
1.7Careless Whisper6:30George MichaelFine TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1989
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
1.5Careless Whisper6:31George MichaelPop Classics: The Long Versions, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01607062
1.2Careless Whisper6:30George MichaelLOVE feelingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG France74321130112
1.17Careless Whisper6:32George MichaelCandlelightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)477868-2
1.19Careless Whisper6:29George Michael38 Songs of Pure AttractionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)SONYTV1 CD
1.5Careless Whisper6:28George MichaelRock Romances Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997-06-17
Sound Design (UK house label)
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 Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • JP2001-02-07
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ESGA 514
1.5Careless Whisper (extended mix)6:31George MichaelThe Best RemixesWham!Album + Remix
  • JP2004-04-07
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)MHCP 226
1.18Careless Whisper6:28Wham!Top 100 Pop Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It BigWham!Album
  • DE2013-09-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)88883751722
1.8Careless Whisper6:32Wham!Make It Big (2024 Blu-Ray Deluxe Edition)Wham!Album
  • XW2024-04-26
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)19658870759
1.15Careless Whisper6:29Wham!Electric 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
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 Whisper6:32George MichaelMake It Big (streaming)Wham!Album
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
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
7.4Careless Whisper6:24Wham!Original-Hit-118-Pops-DiaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SunJin 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 (British mashup artist Eric Kleptone)
Careless or Dead (Bon Jovi vs. George Michael) (Best of Bootie 2006 DJ-mix) by The Kleptones (British mashup artist Eric Kleptone)
recording of:Careless Whisper

Related works

Careless Whisper

writer:George Michael
Andrew Ridgeley
publisher:Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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)