Watch George Michael in an Early Version of Carpool Karaoke [VIDEO]

He was the first "guest" with James Corden back in 2011 for a British comedy sketch.

So...you're saying we can thank George Michael for this? Cool.

Watch James (below) tell Stephen Colbert earlier this year about how he wanted to start the sketch by picking up George Michael from prison, and how that morphed into Carpool Karaoke: