A couple who despise Wham!'s festive classic Last Christmas are desperate to raise millions so they can buy the rights to the song and ensure they never hear it again. Writer Tomas Mazetti, 55, and painter wife Hannah, 33, are on a mission to make next Christmas the last Christmas they need to endure it.
Appealing to fellow Wham! haters, the couple have so far managed to raise $62,100 (£51,200) for the cause, with 327 joining forces to raise the cash. The rights to the record have been valued at between $15 million and $25 million and are owned by Warner Chappell Music UK.
If they manage to reach their ambitious target, the devilish duo have big plans for the master recording of the 1984 song which includes dumping it in a Finnish nuclear waste site, the Mirror reports.
But with the song currently second in the Official Singles Chart, just behind LadBaby's Food Aid, Tomas and Hannah's mission might not be welcomed by all Brits, or any residents of Club Tropicana for that matter.
Every year Last Christmas ranks high on the list of the nation's favourite festive songs. Hannah, from Sweden, pinpointed her hatred of the song to 13 years ago when she was working in an Oxford cafe.
The painter said her boss overplayed the song and would fire up the tune as part of a Christmas hits CD, not realising the "agony" staff felt when the song repeated on shift.
Hannah, who lives in Gothenburg, said: "I was studying English and worked extra to pay the bills and the owner of the cafe had planned for a super cosy holiday season and had his own made CD with a number of 'hits' on it.
"He was only in now and then, so he didn't fully appreciate the agony the rest of the staff felt when 'Last Christmas' played for the 111th time of the working day.
"It started last Christmas - pun not intended - when we asked friends how much they would be willing to pay NEVER to hear the song again.
"Quite a lot it turned out, and when the song started playing this November we were reminded."
Last year, Hannah's long-held hatred turned into determination when she realised if she could pay to never heard the song again, she would.
"Then someone told us it was theoretically possible to buy the rights to the song and then take it of all streaming platforms," she added.
"We asked around among our friends and word spread.
"It's fun because people either love or hate the idea!
"Maybe next Christmas will be the last Christmas!"
Hannah insists it is 'Everything She Wants' to save her from tears, but her plans still get a mixed reaction. People "love or hate" the idea, according to her.
Even Tomas and Hannah's three kids, August, 16, Julian, 10, and Ada, seven, are happily onboard with their mission to rid the world of the song.
The couple are hoping to raise around $15 million (£12.38 million) so they can enter negotiations with Warner Chappell Music. But they still have a long way to go with only 327 people pledging a total of $62,100.
Hannah joked: "Maybe next Christmas will be the last Christmas!"
They have set a goal of $15,000,000 which will take them to the next stage of negotiating with Warner Chappell Music UK, they said.
If the dream comes true, they intend to dump the master recording in a Finnish nuclear waste site "where it'll rest for at least two million years".
Hannah and Tomas, said they want it to be known they "don't hate Wham!" but reckon the song is overplayed.
"I'm sorry, but this is the way it has to be," she said.
"We don't hate Wham!, but we hate this song.
"It is because it is being played 5,000 times per day, but we felt something had to be done to support the people that suffer like us."
They said their mission has received backlash.
"50% get really angry and 50% get really happy," she said.
"Some people seem to love to hear the song 500 times a day.
"And those people are our enemies.
"They said that there are even worse songs that should be taken off before this - like Mariah Carey's 'All I want for Christmas' - and that if we don't like it we could wear headphones, and that it is strange to want to remove something beautiful for the rest of humanity just because we don't like it."
Warner Chappell Music has been approached for comment.
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