Wham! scored the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Everything She Wants” on May 25, 1985. The track was released as part of the group’s album “Make It Big” and followed their 1984 single “Last Christmas.”When the track hit number one, it claimed the top spot from "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. The duo held on at number one through June 1, 1985 when "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears moved into the top spot. George Michael penned the track and recalled how it came together, telling ASCAP In Action magazine: “It’s the only track I’ve ever written that successfully came from a backing track first. I wrote the Linn drum pattern and found a synthesizer program I liked and wrote the backing track in one evening.”