I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

George Michael专辑介绍：“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” is a song performed by Aretha Franklin and George Michael as a duet in 1987. It was written by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan. The song was a one-off project that helped Michael achieve his ambition to sing with one of his favourite artists, and it reached number one in both the UK Singles Chart and Billboard’s Hot 100. The song was, remarkably, Franklin’s first and only UK number-one hit, and only her fourth top ten achievement in the country since “I Say a Little Prayer”, nearly two decades earlier. This was also the last of Franklin’s eighteen Top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100. For Michael, it became his third consecutive number-one in the UK since going solo, following 1984′s “Careless Whisper” (though the single was actually from the Wham! album Make It Big) and 1986′s “A Different Corner”. However, as the song was a duet, he was not afforded the same status or level of congratulation as Gerry & the Pacemakers or Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the only two artists to have previously achieved number one with their first three releases. Michael’s previous success (with Wham!, which included four number-ones) was also a factor in watering down the achievement. In the U.S., it was Michael’s fourth #1 hit, counting his Wham! days.