George completed four songs for his final album, including This Is How (We Want You To Get High). However, fans shouldn’t expect a sudden glut of posthumous material to be released. The media love knocking big stars down – but they also love a comeback kid, and George was like Lazarus.” “They’re moving, personal albums and George was ready to come back with something brighter. Around Older and Patience, there was a lot of loss in George’s life. “After he completed 25Live and Symphonica, George wanted and knew he needed to come back with an album,” James explains. But celebrating a quarter of a century in music led to his wild 25Live tour, before the sumptuous orchestral shows of the Symphonica concerts. Having become freaked out by the intense touring demands of Faith, George lost his love of live work for some years. Since Patience in 2004, George had thrown himself back into touring. George was excited by it, as was everyone who worked with him on it.” “It was an upbeat album, a 21st century Faith. “The album George was making when he passed would definitely have been a return to form,” says James. He co-wrote more songs with George than anyone since Andrew Ridgeley and knows better than anyone the care George took in the studio to get his songs just right. James isn’t a high-profile name – but he was a key part of George Michael’s career for the last 19 years of his life. This Is How (We Want You To Get High) was co-written and co-produced by George with James Jackman.
This Is How (We Want You To Get High) is classic George Michael – a social commentary song that, despite its hard-hitting message about drug and alcohol abuse, is an absolute banger. When the soundtrack album to festive romcom Last Christmas was released earlier this month, it offered the first taste of the music the star had been working on. After Wham! split in 1986, George made five albums including covers set Songs From The Last Century before his death aged just 53 in 2016.
T he exact amount of music George Michael made has been a constant source of speculation. Just how much music did he make in addition to his five solo albums? How much of it will we get to hear after his passing? How did the star’s close-knit team earn his trust? And did he secretly get Daft Punk to produce one of his singles? George’s team rarely talk publicly, but James Jackman – the star’s co-writer and co-producer since 1997 – gives Classic Pop the first in-depth insight into the icon’s later career… George Michael’s working methods have always been a source of mystery.
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