a CD single in limited areas of Europe, charting at No. 47 in Sweden. The single was released as a promotional vinyl single in the UK, limited to 500 copies, and therefore could not chart there. Taylor Swift covered "Last Christmas" for her 2007 EP, The Taylor Swift Holiday Collection. Swift's cover peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in January 2008 and at number 46 on the Hot Digital Songs chart in December 2008. On Billboard's Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 chart, which measured chart data 1958–2016, Swift's "Last Christmas" charted at number 56. Hilary Duff covered the song for her 2002 debut album, Santa Claus Lane. This version peaked at number 68 on the South Korean Gaon Chart in 2012. James TW's version in 2018 peaked at number 22 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart, and at number 38 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish singles chart. Backstreet Boys released a cover of the song on September 6, 2022, as a part of their first Christmas album, A Very Backstreet Christmas. It was accompanied by a music video on November 1 the same year and reached number 1 on the Billboard Holiday AC chart. Lauren Spencer-Smith released a cover of the song on November 11, 2022. Her version peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2022. Pentatonix featuring Hikakin & Seikin, on their 2022 album Holidays Around the World. See also List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart Whamageddon References 1984 songs 1984 singles 1995 singles 2006 singles 2007 singles 2009 singles 2011 singles 2013 singles 2015 singles 2018 singles 2022 singles Wham! songs Whigfield songs Billie Piper songs Ashley Tisdale songs Crazy Frog songs Cascada songs Taylor Swift songs Joe McElderry songs Ariana Grande songs Carly Rae Jepsen songs James TW songs Backstreet Boys songs Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Denmark Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Iceland Number-one singles in Sweden Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles UK Singles Chart number-one singles British Christmas songs Songs written by George Michael Song recordings produced by George Michael Republic Records singles Columbia Records singles CBS Records singles Epic Records singles Innocent Records singles Warner Records singles Ministry of Sound singles All Around the World Productions singles Decca Records singles 604 Records singles Interscope