There’s no stopping the Whamageddon.

The holiday challenge, wherein people actively try to avoid hearing Wham’s holiday staple “Last Christmas” for as long as possible between December 1st and December 25th, reached an all new level of difficulty in the United Kingdom, as heavy streaming of the song drove the 39-year-old tune to the number one position on the UK charts.

According to the Official Charts Company, “Last Christmas” clocked up 13.3 million plays during the seven-day chart cycle – making it the most-streamed Christmas No. 1 song. It is the first time in history that the song was named number one for Christmas week.

In other words, a lot of people lost the Whamageddon game and found themselves in Whamhalla this year.

Andrew Ridgeley, the other half of Wham!, called the song the “essence of Christmas,” in a story in People magazine, and said in another interview that Michael just achieved what he always wanted.

“[George] said that he wrote “Last Christmas” with the intention of writing a Christmas No. 1,” he told Official Charts. “It’s mission accomplished! George would be beside himself [that] after all of these years, [we’ve] finally obtained [it].”

When “Last Christmas” was released in 1984, the song was denied the number one position because of a song that also featured Michael and Ridgely, the charity ballad by Band Aid called “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

Wham!, famous for hits like “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” “Freedom,” and “Everything She Wants” broke up in 1986, which led to Michael establishing a successful solo career. He passed away on Christmas Day in 2016. Michael was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.