my favorite song this week

I love covers. It's nothing against the originals, but I like to see what someone else's take is on a song that's already familiar to me.  Sometimes it fails miserably, sometimes it's equally brilliant.  This hip-hop version of Wham's "Careless Whisper" falls somewhere in between. I actually really like the added lyrics, too.  It's not the best I've ever heard, but it's definitely interesting, not only for the genre-switch, but also because I don't believe I've ever even heard anyone do a Wham cover before.  What a shame!  Someone needs to get working on a cover of "Freedom", stat!

Some Wham trivia:
I still have the 7" single of the original song from when I bought it with my allowance in 1984, and I could've sworn, until exactly 30 seconds ago, that "Careless Whisper" was a Wham! song--because that's what it says on the single.  Apparently this is only true for the U.S. packaging, as it was released as George Michael solo originally.