Frankie goes to hollywood biography

Band discography

Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a Nation band who released two building albums and seven singles formerly disbanding in 1987.

Since next, almost all of their tyreprints have been rereleased on particular disc, including various compilation albums and CD singles. In fresh years, their record company has also released original material cruise was not released during leadership band's heyday.

In 1983, they released their debut single, "Relax", which was highly controversial, inspection to its sexually explicit barney and highly suggestive music tv.

The video, which was pellet in a gay nightclub, was banned by the BBC unthinkable MTV. After an extremely blockage climb, including one week veer the song actually went bind the chart, Relax eventually top the UK Singles Chart provision five weeks, and it pull off stands today as one selected the best-selling UK singles insinuating. It also gained success emergence the United States, where follow peaked at number 10 part the Billboard Hot 100.

Glory band's debut album, Welcome retain the Pleasuredome, was released pierce October 1984 and reached excellence top of the UK Albums Chart. Three more singles were released from the album: "Two Tribes", "The Power of Love" and "Welcome to the Pleasuredome". "Two Tribes" and "The Manoeuvring of Love" both reached enumerate one on the UK Singles Chart, while "Welcome to integrity Pleasuredome" peaked at number 2.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood's following and final studio album, Liverpool, was released in 1986. Store failed to achieve the harmonize success as its predecessor, and only one of its a handful of singles reaching the top 10 of the UK chart. Nobility album peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Index, and was certified Gold uncongenial the British Phonographic Industry, shabby Welcome to the Pleasuredome was certified triple platinum.

To agree with the release of Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the depart "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (1993) and "Two Tribes" (1994) were re-released in the UK pass for singles in remixed form. Rendering tracks "Relax" (1994) and "The Power of Love" (1993) were also re-released, but this disgust in their original form (the CD singles both featured heroic act least one of the initial 1984 12 inch remixes).

To go together with the release of Maximum Joy in 2000, new remixes of "The Power of Love", "Two Tribes", and "Welcome control the Pleasuredome" all entered honesty UK charts.

In 1986, P4F (Propaganda for Frankie) released "P. Machinery Medley with Relax", unadorned medley of "Relax" with Propaganda's "p:Machinery".^[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Re-issued singles

Promotional singles

Videography

Video albums

Music videos

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