If you and your family are having a hard metre agreeing on aChristmas movieto watch next week , how about a short film alternatively ? And by “ curt movie , ” we mean the new high - definition edition of Wham ! ’s “ Last Christmas ” euphony video .

grant toGeek.com , Sony Music Entertainment remastered the video and release it on YouTube on Friday , December 13 . In just four days , it ’s been watch almost 4 million times — and for good intellect .

In the now-4 K television , you’re able to see each fibril of George Michael ’s carefully styled golden pilus entrap his perfect nerve as he broods over the perm - up , articulatio humeri - padded girl who broke his heart the old year . This rendering may boast sharper scenes and bright colours than the archetype , released 35 years ago , but it ’s still bathe in that same characteristic ’ 80s glow . If you ’re old enough to have lived through the ’ 80s , steel yourself for undulation of nostalgia before you hit the play button below .

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Apart from the fact that the Sung dynasty takes place duringChristmas , it ’s not really aChristmas song . There ’s no cite of sleighs , reindeer , Santa Claus , chestnut , or any other typical holiday imagery , and the bells you could try in the background are arguably overshadowed by the sweet , sweet auditory sensation of the synthesizer . The euphony video , on the other hand , is practically a retroChristmas cardcome to life : The friends convene at a ski society , where they decorate every available surface withtinsel , garnish in their well ( and biggest ) vacation sweaters , and pine for each other .

In our view , see it all trifle out in 4 K aureole is even worth losing Whamageddon for . Wondering what that is ? Find out — along with nine other surprising “ Last Christmas ” facts — here .

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