Albums by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
ALBUMTwelve InchesFrankie Goes to Hollywood
ALBUMLiverpoolFrankie Goes to Hollywood
ALBUMBang! (Here Comes A Supernova)Frankie Goes to Hollywood
ALBUMWelcome to the PleasuredomeFrankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Popular Music Videos
Relax
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Two Tribes
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Power Of Love (Lyric Video)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Artist Biography
’80s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood earned a record deal with Trevor Horn’s label, ZTT Records, on the strength of an early 1983 radio session.
∙ The group’s name was inspired by a Guy Peellaert painting featuring Frank Sinatra and an imaginary newspaper headline, “Frankie Goes Hollywood.”
∙ Lead vocalist Holly Johnson had performed in the Liverpool punk band Big In Japan alongside Bill Drummond (The KLF) and Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds).
∙ After being banned by the BBC for its sexually explicit lyrics, “Relax” topped the UK charts in 1984 and is still one of the country’s best-selling singles ever.
∙ They hit No. 1 with their first three UK singles—“Relax,” “Two Tribes,” and “The Power of Love”—making them only the second act beside Gerry & The Pacemakers to do so.
∙ Their massive popularity spawned a 1985 home computer game and a T-shirt craze featuring such slogans as “Frankie Say Relax Don’t Do It!”
Hometown
Liverpool, England
Genre
Rock