the double a-side single "last christmas/everything she wants" became the highest-selling single ever to peak at no. 2 in the uk charts. it stayed at no. 2 for five weeks and, as of december 2018, was the 12th best-selling single of all time in the united kingdom, selling over 1.88 million copies in the uk. wham! donated all their royalties from the single to the ethiopian famine appeal to coincide with the fund-raising intentions of band aid's "do they know it's christmas?", the song which kept them out of the top spot. nevertheless, band aid's success meant that michael had achieved #1 status in the uk within three separate entities in 1984—as a solo artist, as one half of a duo, and as part of a charity ensemble.