George Michael’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!

With Last Christmas sailing up the singles charts again, now's the time to reappraise Michael's best tracks, from sublime pop to haunting elegies

Tucked away on the B-side of The Edge of Heaven, Battlestations is a fascinating anomaly in the Wham! catalogue. Raw, minimal, and influenced by contemporary dancefloor trends - but still very much a pop song - it gives a glimpse of what might have happened had the duo stayed together and taken a hipper, more experimental direction.