Frankie Goes to Hollywood Lyrics
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Relax
Other Songs Bang Black Night White Light Born To Run Ferry Across The Mersey For Heavens Sake Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Rage Hard Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Suffragette City Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Only Star In Heaven Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Power of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Two Tribes Fury Happy Hi Is Anybody Out There? Kill The Pain Krisco Kisses Lunar Bay Maximum Joy One Night In Bangkok Power Of Love Power of Love '93 [Alternative Mix] Power of Love/Leave the Rest to the Lazy/Twelveztas Five Imagine Rage Hard Roadhouse Blues San Jose Suffragette City (Tag) Teh Power of Love Teh Power of Love [Rob Searle Club Mix] The Only Star In Heaven The Power Of Love The Power of Love (2k) The Power of Love (...Best Listened to Be Lovers) The World Is My Oyster Two Tribes War Warriors of the Wasteland Warrirors Of The Wasteland Watching The Wildlife Watching the Wildlife (Hotter) Welcome To The Pleasuredome Welcome To The Plesuredome Wish The Lads Were Here
Other Songs Bang Black Night White Light Born To Run Ferry Across The Mersey For Heavens Sake Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Rage Hard Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Suffragette City Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Only Star In Heaven Frankie Goes To Hollywood-The Power of Love Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Two Tribes Fury Happy Hi Is Anybody Out There? Kill The Pain Krisco Kisses Lunar Bay Maximum Joy One Night In Bangkok Power Of Love Power of Love '93 [Alternative Mix] Power of Love/Leave the Rest to the Lazy/Twelveztas Five Imagine Rage Hard Roadhouse Blues San Jose Suffragette City (Tag) Teh Power of Love Teh Power of Love [Rob Searle Club Mix] The Only Star In Heaven The Power Of Love The Power of Love (2k) The Power of Love (...Best Listened to Be Lovers) The World Is My Oyster Two Tribes War Warriors of the Wasteland Warrirors Of The Wasteland Watching The Wildlife Watching the Wildlife (Hotter) Welcome To The Pleasuredome Welcome To The Plesuredome Wish The Lads Were Here
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English pop band that formed in Liverpool in 1980. They comprised Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Mark O'Toole (bass), Brian Nash (guitar) and Peter Gill (drums). They were among the first openly gay pop acts and made gay rights and sexuality a theme of their music and performances.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood signed to ZTT Records in 1983. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984), produced by Trevor Horn, achieved advance sales of more than a million, and their first three singles, "Relax", "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love", reached number one on the UK singles chart. The BBC briefly banned them from broadcast for their provocative themes, drawing further publicity. In 2014, the music journalist Paul Lester wrote that "no band has dominated a 12-month period like Frankie ruled 1984".
Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Two Tribes". In 1985, Frankie Goes to Hollywood won the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act and were nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Awards.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second album, Liverpool (1986), sold fewer copies, and they disbanded acrimoniously in 1987. Johnson successfully sued ZTT to leave his contract and began a solo career.
He declined invitations to reunite and tried to block the band from using the name. In 2004, Frankie Goes to Hollywood reunited without Johnson and Nash to perform at a Prince's Trust charity concert, with Ryan Molloy on vocals, and held a tour in 2005. They reunited with Johnson and Nash for the first time since 1987 to perform for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood signed to ZTT Records in 1983. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984), produced by Trevor Horn, achieved advance sales of more than a million, and their first three singles, "Relax", "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love", reached number one on the UK singles chart. The BBC briefly banned them from broadcast for their provocative themes, drawing further publicity. In 2014, the music journalist Paul Lester wrote that "no band has dominated a 12-month period like Frankie ruled 1984".
Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Two Tribes". In 1985, Frankie Goes to Hollywood won the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act and were nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Awards.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second album, Liverpool (1986), sold fewer copies, and they disbanded acrimoniously in 1987. Johnson successfully sued ZTT to leave his contract and began a solo career.
He declined invitations to reunite and tried to block the band from using the name. In 2004, Frankie Goes to Hollywood reunited without Johnson and Nash to perform at a Prince's Trust charity concert, with Ryan Molloy on vocals, and held a tour in 2005. They reunited with Johnson and Nash for the first time since 1987 to perform for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.
Holly Johnson - vocals (1980-1987, 2023)
Mark O'Toole - bass, vocals (1981-1987, 2004-2007, 2023)
Peter Gill - drums (1981-1987, 2004-2007, 2023)
Jed O'Toole - guitars, vocals (1981-1982, 2004-2007)
Paul Rutherford - vocals, keyboards, tambourine (1982-1987, 2004-2007, 2023)
Brian Nash - guitars, vocals (1982-1987, 2023)
Ryan Molloy - vocals (2004-2007)
From: Liverpool, England
Genre(s): Hi-NRG, disco, dance-pop, new wave
Active From: 1980-1987, 2004-2007, 2023