In 1984, the band went to Studio Miraval in Southern France to record their second studio album Make It Big. It was directed by Chris Smith and relies primarily on rare archive footage and audio interviews by the duo, including television appearances, concert footage, private home video, behind-the-scenes outtakes, and family comments all linked together using scrapbooks created by Ridgeley's mother. In January 1991, Ridgeley joined Michael on stage for a few songs at the encore of his performance at the Rock in Rio event at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He performed backing vocals for David Cassidy ("The Last Kiss"), and also for Elton John on his successful singles " Nikita" (UK No. Although only half finished at the time of recording, it became one of the three home demos hastily made on a hired porta-studio which led to their first record contract with Innervision Records.

Blue" was first available on CD and on streaming services in 2023 with the edition of The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven, the duo's last compilation album released. Michael was keen to create music targeted at a more sophisticated adult market rather than the duo's primarily teenage audience, and therefore, he and Ridgeley officially announced the break-up of Wham! Although not on the album, " Club Fantastic Megamix" (a medley of songs from the album) was released against the band's wishes by Innervision soon after Fantastic, and whilst they were in proceedings to leave the label. Screen International film critic Fionnuala Halligan wrote "The quality is far above the norm for this type of memoir assemblage, even if the substance is full of air bubbles. and a portion of " Careless Whisper" recorded in Ridgeley's front room, eventually signing a record deal with Innervision Records in March 1982.

On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". were still unknown, the song was re-released the next year after the success of “Young Guns (Go for It)! a track that includes blipping synths, frenetic bongos, plastic horns—and little space for chin-stroking solemnity. Chicago Sun-Times's Richard Roeper summed up the film as "The end result is a feel-good documentary about a feel-good band who were never destined for a decades-long run but had one hell of a good time dancing at the top of the pop charts for a few crazy years. Shortly after the breakup, Ridgeley moved to Monaco and tried his hand at Formula Three motor racing.

Smith, Lyons (editor), Halfon (producer), and Black (archive producer) spent a number of days in Ridgeley's studio during the recording.

It also reached the top ten most-viewed film list in 23 countries during the same week including Ireland, Greece, Cyprus, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Malta, Iceland, Belgium, Netherlands and Canada. really were the leather-clad rebellious miscreants they made themselves out to be in the video for “Bad Boys”, the album’s punchy opener, is debatable. Now signed to Epic Records, except in the US and a few other countries on Epic's sister label Columbia Records, Wham! Announcing the break-up, Michael said: "I think it should be the most amicable split in pop history. Enjoy What You Do)" which failed to enter the UK singles chart, was an opportunity to appear on Top of the Pops in November 1982 performing " Young Guns (Go for It)" which rose in the chart from 42 eventually reaching number 3.