For a lot of its a beloved Christmas basic, however one couple hate Final Christmas by Wham! a lot they’ve launched a fundraiser to purchase the track rights so can take it off the air without end.
Tomas Mazetti, 55, and spouse Hannah, 33, have already raised greater than £50,000 to banish the track to the historical past books – however with the rights estimated to be value wherever within the area of £20million they nonetheless have an extended method to go.
Hannah stated her hatred of the tune began 13 years in the past when she labored in a restaurant in Oxford, the place the boss performed the track on repeat.
Tomas Mazetti, 55, and spouse Hannah, 33, hate Wham! hit Final Christmas a lot that they’ve already raised greater than £50,000 to buy the rights and banish the track from airwaves
Final festive season she was speaking to mates about how a lot she disliked it nonetheless – and the way a lot she would pay to by no means hear it once more, inspiring this 12 months’s on-line fundraiser.
Thus far, 327 folks have pledged $62,100 (£51,547), however the mum-of-three has a mammoth job forward of her.
The rights are at the moment owned by Warner Chappell Music UK and are valued at between $15m and $25m.
Hannah, a painter, who lives in Gothenburg in Sweden, stated: ‘I used to be finding out English and labored further to pay the payments.
‘The proprietor of the cafe had deliberate for an excellent cosy vacation season and had his personal made CD with a lot of ‘hits’ on it.
‘He was solely in every now and then, so he did not totally respect the agony the remainder of the employees felt when Final Christmas performed for the 111th time of the working day.
‘It began final Christmas – pun not meant – after we requested mates how a lot they might be prepared to pay by no means to listen to the track once more.
‘Quite a bit it turned out, and when the track began taking part in this November we have been reminded.
Tomas with the couple’s three youngsters August, 16 (entrance), Julian, 10 and Ada, 7, who’re supportive of their dad and mom’ fundraiser to rid the world of the Christmas hit single
‘Then somebody advised us it was theoretically attainable to purchase the rights to the track after which take it of all streaming platforms!
‘We requested round amongst our mates and phrase unfold. It is enjoyable as a result of folks both love or hate the thought!
‘Possibly subsequent Christmas would be the final Christmas!’
The couple’s three youngsters, August, 16, Julian, 10, and Ada, seven, are additionally on board with the mission to rid the world of the track.
They’ve set a objective of $15m which can take them to the following stage of negotiating with Warner Chappell Music UK, they stated.
If the dream comes true, they intend to dump the grasp recording in a Finnish nuclear waste website ‘the place it will relaxation for at the least two million years.’
Hannah and Tomas, a author, stated they need it to be identified they ‘do not hate Wham!’ however really feel the track is overplayed.
‘I am sorry, however that is the best way it needs to be,’ she stated. ‘We do not hate Wham!, however we hate this track.
‘It’s as a result of it’s being performed 5,000 occasions per day, however we felt one thing needed to be executed to assist the those who endure like us.’
Late pop singer and Wham! member George Michael, pictured in 1984, when Final Christmas was initially launched and have become a smash hit within the UK charts
They stated their mission has obtained backlash.
’50 per cent get actually offended and 50 per cent get actually pleased,’ she stated.
‘Some folks appear to like to listen to the track 500 occasions a day. And people individuals are our enemies.
‘They stated that there are even worse songs that ought to be taken off earlier than this – like Mariah Carey’s All I Need For Christmas – and that if we do not prefer it we might put on headphones, and that it’s unusual to wish to take away one thing stunning for the remainder of humanity simply because we do not prefer it.’
Warner Chappell Music has been approached for remark.
