B SIDES
It’s more than 40 years since George Michael’s first hit with Wham! To mark this moment, we explore his discography to find the hidden gems you might not have heard...
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‘To Be Forgiven’ (album track)
‘To Be Forgiven’ offers some of Michael’s most reflective and pensive writing. A song about regret and wishing for a simpler life, it showcases the singer’s range, which shines amid a backdrop of acoustic guitar and fascinating vocal arrangements that offer layer after layer of his velvety tones. “Save me”, he pleads, and it is hard not to be drawn into the track and drown in it like a still pool on a summer’s day in the repeated ripples of “I’m going down”.