Whamaggedon is a well-liked sport this time of 12 months. As quickly as you hear the unique “Final Christmas” by Nineteen Eighties pop duo Wham, you are out. A DJ has apologized after taking part in the track at a soccer match.
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
Now for Whamageddon. It is a sport that is performed from December 1 by December 24 in some components of the world, however particularly in Britain.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
You play by not listening to a sure Christmas track by the ’80s pop duo Wham!
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “LAST CHRISTMAS”)
LEA MICHELE: (Singing) Final Christmas, I gave you my coronary heart. However the very subsequent day…
SUMMERS: Now, you could discover this isn’t the voice of lead singer George Michael. And that is as a result of the best way it really works is when you acknowledge the unique track, sport over. You are finished. However remixes and covers – they’re simply tremendous.
THOMAS MERTZ: The very second you’ve got that oh, no feeling in your mind, that is the second you are out.
SHAPIRO: That is Thomas Mertz from Copenhagen. He and some buddies created the sport virtually twenty years in the past. Mertz says again then, you just about could not go wherever with out listening to that track.
MERTZ: We had been pondering, like, it is irritating, and it is attending to the purpose of being annoying. However quite than turning into upset about it, we turned it right into a sport.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “LAST CHRISTMAS”)
ARIANA GRANDE: (Singing) This 12 months, to save lots of me from tears, I will give it to somebody particular.
SUMMERS: It is all for enjoyable. There aren’t any prizes. And when you get whammed, you simply drop out.
SHAPIRO: However individuals nonetheless take it actually severely. A DJ needed to apologize after taking part in “Final Christmas” throughout a soccer match earlier this month.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “LAST CHRISTMAS”)
JIMMY EAT WORLD: (Singing) A face on a lover with a fireplace in his coronary heart.
SUMMERS: Don’t be concerned listeners, we’re not going to wham you, however as a substitute we’ll depart you with this model of the track…
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “LAST CHRISTMAS”)
JIMMY EAT WORLD: (Singing) Now I’ve discovered you will by no means idiot me once more. A face on a lover with a fireplace in his coronary heart. A person underneath cowl, however you tore me aside. Now I discovered…
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