Wham! powers Reddick's recent surge

Josh Reddick's recent surge is powered by Wham!.

The hirsute Oakland A's outfielder has caught fire since adopting the English pop duo's 1984 hit "Careless Whisper" as his walk-up music, going 4-for-7 with a home run as the team finds themselves amid a six game winning streak.

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“It’s escalated a lot more than I thought it would,” Reddick told The San Francisco Gate about his choice in music. ‘It takes everything in my body to hold back a smile – in the eighth, when it didn’t happen and they started booing, that was pretty happy.”

Should Reddick eventually find himself embroiled in a lengthy slump, he can always dip into George Michael's solo catalog, but until then, his teammates are happy to roll with "Careless Whisper". 

“I love it, I told him that, ‘Dude, I am digging it,’ ” said A's first baseman Brandon Moss “And he can pull it off, I don’t know why, it suits him very well. It’s a great song. It’s awesome, because it’s so unexpected, but also it’s something to laugh at and enjoy every single time.”