But there still may be no better version than the original Wham! version with George Michael and Andrew Ridgely. It's not just a great song, but also high comedy in watching the video. Here are my second-by-second highlights.
0:06 ooooohhhh aaaaahhhhh ooooohhhheeeeeaaaa, with a beautiful mountain background.
0:22 big wave! big wave!
0:35 'wait, I could have been with George Michael and I got stuck with this guy?'
0:41 George hugs. Girlfriend coldly shakes hands.
1:07 So, there are houses with no roads, and you have to walk there? Geez.
1:12 Twirly guy decorating tree!
1:18 So happy to be putting out plates!
1:28 Dorky guy with dorky smile bringing in firewood tracks in snow. Thanks, Bill.
1:40 STOP DUMPING SNOW ON THE FLOOR, BILL!
1:52 Whee! We get to go outside and play!
1:54 Blue steel pose alert!
2:06 Cake on fire!
2:32 Oh, that was cold. She knows what she's doing looking at him that way. Which leads to...
2:36 Pouty eyes!
2:43 'Crap, I didn't know shooting this video was going to be an all-day thing. I am sooooo bored.'
2:58 FLASHBACK alert! Is she trying to escape from him? Play hard to get? Do we need an intervention? What's going on here?
3:15 She is SO COLD. Se gave Andrew the cheap knock-off jewelry George had got for her last year when he was a nobody, but now Andrew wears it upside down. Forget it George, she's done.
3:24 'We have to walk back to that stupid gondola? Good thing we're all dressed so brightly that nobody will shoot us!'
3:37 FLASHBACK? Are they back together? ??? Last year? This year? So confused...
4:07 Incoming gondola alert! Move out of the way!
4:22 Well, I'm glad they could end up as friends. Glad they are all happy.
