“Father Figure” was a massive hit for George Michael.
Following its release on Dec. 28, 1987, it climbed the charts to become the fourth single from Michael’s Faith album to top Billboard’s Hot 100, making him the only male British solo artist to achieve the feat. Faith, the album that spawned the hits, also topped the Billboard 200.
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Tragically, 28 years after the chart triumph, George Michael died in the early hours of Christmas Day in 2016 of natural causes.
Now, nearly a decade after his death, “Father Figure” lives again, through a new live version recorded in Paris released Sept. 2. It previews The Faith Tour, an 18-track live album of previously unreleased performances, set for release on Nov. 6.
The album was recorded during the European leg of Michael’s Faith Tour at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. Live versions of all the classic hit singles from Faith are featured on the live set, including the title track, “Father Figure,” “One More Try,” and “Monkey.”
Along with Michael’s familiar hits, the live performance also captured the singer tipping his hat to his heroes and influences with covers of Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade.” He also gave a nod to his early years, performing Wham!’s “Everything She Wants” and “I’m Your Man.”
But that’s not all. George Michael: The Faith Tour concert movie is coming to theaters in North America on Dec. 11.
The Faith Tour live album will be released on vinyl, including a limited-edition picture disc, as well as a three-LP and two-CD deluxe box set including a 136-page book with previously unreleased images from the tour. The album was mixed by Chris Porter and David Austin and mastered by John Webber.
Porter, who also engineered the original Faith album, spoke about the set’s impact in an interview for The Billboard Book of Number One Albums. “We had no idea the album would sell as well as it did,” he said, “but we did know that it would make people see him in a different light.”
The bevy of activity surrounding Michael’s legacy comes as Ella Boh, a Los Angeles-based alt-pop artist, has released a version of Michael’s 1984 No. 1 hit, “Careless Whisper,” originally released on Wham!’s Make It Big album, but issued as a single in Michael’s name helping the singer/songwriter transition into a solo artist.
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