Duo’s Andrew Ridgeley celebrates success of song that is ‘almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets’

Forty years after it was held off the No 1 spot by Band Aid, Wham!’s Last Christmas is the UK Christmas No 1 for the second year running.

Andrew Ridgeley, who was one half of Wham! alongside the late George Michael, celebrated by saying: “Thirty seven years to get to No 1, 39 years to Christmas No 1, and then like London buses they all come along at once! I’m especially pleased for George, he would have been utterly delighted, his fabulous Christmas composition has become such a classic, almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets.”