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<i>By Ann Powers, Times Staff Writer</i>

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (by Wham!):

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By Ann Powers, Times Staff Writer

"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (by Wham!)

Admit it, you love this pina colada-flavored romp. Aretha Franklin did: after she heard it, she asked Michael to write and produce her next record. I was 20, and way too scared, Michael recalled. He got up the nerve to duet with the Queen in 1987, on the No. 1 hit, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me).

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