Make It Big

Make It Big
Studio album by
Wham!
Released15 October 1984 (1984-10-15) (US)
5 November 1984 (1984-11-05) (UK)
Recorded1984
StudioStudio Miraval, France; Sarm West, London;
Genre
Length38:02
Label
ProducerGeorge Michael
Wham! chronology
Fantastic
(1983)		 Make It Big
(1984)		 Music from the Edge of Heaven
(1986)
Singles from Make It Big
  1. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
    Released: 14 May 1984
  2. "Careless Whisper"
    Released: 23 July 1984
  3. "Freedom"
    Released: 1 October 1984
  4. "Everything She Wants"
    Released: 3 December 1984

Make It Big is the second studio album by English pop duo Wham! and was released in 1984. It topped the album charts in Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It went to number 3 in Sweden, number 4 in Austria and number 5 in Germany.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"George Michael3:50
2."Everything She Wants"Michael5:01
3."Heartbeat"Michael4:42
4."Like a Baby"Michael4:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Freedom"Michael5:01
6."If You Were There"
3:38
7."Credit Card Baby"Michael5:08
8."Careless Whisper"
6:30

Charts

Chart (1984–85) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)148
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)197
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)1
UK Albums (OCC)1
US Billboard 2001

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) 6× Platinum 600,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) Gold 10,000double-dagger
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) Platinum 53,465
Germany (BVMI) Gold 250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) Platinum 20,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) 4× Platinum 1,200,000^
United States (RIAA) 6× Platinum 6,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "RIAA".
  2. ↑ "BPI".
  3. ↑ "Classic Tracks: George Michael 'Faith' - Sound on Sound".
  4. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Wham! – Make It Big" (in German). Hung Medien.
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wham! – Make It Big" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wham! – Make It Big" (in French). Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  8. ↑ "Charts.nz – Wham! – Make It Big". Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Wham! – Make It Big" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Wham! – Make It Big". Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Wham! – Make It Big". Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Wham! – Make It Big". Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Wham! | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  14. ↑ "Wham! Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  15. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Wham – Make It Big". Music Canada.
  16. ↑ "Danish album certifications – Wham – Make It Big". IFPI Danmark.
  17. 1 2 "Kulta- ja platinalevyt - Wham" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  18. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Wham; 'Make It Big')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  19. ↑ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1985". IFPI Hong Kong.
  20. ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Wham – Make It Big" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Make It Big in the "Artiest of titel" box. Select 1984 in the drop-down menu saying "Alle jaargangen".
  21. ↑ "British album certifications – Wham – Make It Big". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Make It Big Wham in the "Search:" field.
  22. ↑ "American album certifications – Wham – Make It Big". Recording Industry Association of America.