Synopsis

George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley play two unemployed young men roaming the streets of London, turning idleness into a lively lesson in self-confidence and enjoying life on their own terms. Their leather-jacketed street scenes are intercut with energetic group performances, where Shirlie Holliman, Dee C. Lee, dancers, and the rest of Wham! perform against a stark white backdrop marked with large red "WHAM!" lettering. The contrast between moody urban imagery and exuberant choreography reflects the song's playful celebration of unemployment, independence, and youthful defiance.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was filmed in London in February 1983 to support the January reissue of "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)". The original June 1982 release had failed to enter the UK singles chart.

• The reissue benefited from the breakthrough of "Young Guns (Go for It)" and reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart.

• Shirlie Holliman and Dee C. Lee appear alongside Michael and Ridgeley. Holliman was Ridgeley's girlfriend at the time and had been part of Wham!'s early live presentation.

• The song was one of the earliest examples of British pop adopting a rap-based format for the mainstream. Its repeated references to DHSS, the former British Department of Health and Social Security, made unemployment part of its central musical and visual identity.

• "Wham Rap!" began as one of the first songs written by Michael and Ridgeley after their previous group, the Executive, broke up. A primitive demo helped the pair secure their recording contract with Innervision Records in 1982.