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Track: For Heaven's Sake
Artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Album: Liverpool

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Name: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Spotify Genres: synthpop, hi-nrg
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English group, formed in Liverpool, UK in 1980; comprised William [a=Holly Johnson] (vocals - b.February 19, 1960), [a=Paul Rutherford] (vocals, keyboards - b.December 8, 1959), [a=Brian Nash] (guitar - b.May 20, 1963), [a=Peter Gill] (drums - b.March 8, 1964) and [a=Mark O'Toole] (bass - b.January 6, 1964). Following an appearance on Channel 4 TV show "The Tube" performing "Relax", the group were signed up by [a=Trevor Horn] and [a=Paul Morley]'s new [l=ZTT] record label. With the benefit of Horn's production skills and Morley's off-the-wall marketing ideas, "Relax" came out in October 1983 and slowly but surely took off. It was already a top ten hit when, in January 1984, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read suddenly realised what the song was actually [i]about[/i], leading to a total BBC ban on the disc. From this moment on, Frankie Goes To Hollywood became not just a pop group but a phenomenon. The record went to number one in the UK, and was a smash hit across Europe and even in the USA. "Frankie Says" T-shirts (some dreamt up by Morley, but far more the creations of small-time bootleggers) became the fashion statement of the year, and anticipation was at such a fever pitch that every subsequent FGTH release that year - two singles and a double-LP - went straight in at number one in their home country, an unprecedented achievement and a triumph for ZTT. Now established as huge stars in the UK and Europe (though like so many other "British invasion" acts they were doomed to One-hit Wonder status in the US), Frankie spent much of 1985 on tour before starting work on their second album, the [a=Stephen Lipson]-produced "Liverpool". Trailed by the popular single "Rage Hard", the album came out in October 1986 but failed to reach the sale levels of "Welcome To The Pleasuredome". It was the beginning of the end for Frankie Goes To Hollywood - six months later, Johnson announced he was leaving the band for a solo contract with MCA. In the subsequent high-profile legal battle, ZTT lost their claim of contract-breaking against Johnson, a ruling which effectively brought the curtain down on the label's golden age. Rutherford quit too, leaving a diminished group who subsequently disbanded without releasing anything. The original line-up reunited to play one song, "Welcome To The Pleasure Dome", during the National Lottery's Big Eurovision Welcome concert on 7th May 2023.

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Release: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome Dortmund
Year: 1987
Genres: Electronic, Rock
Styles: Synth-pop, Pop Rock

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Leave them behind, those clouds of trouble We have to find a world that's new Buy a new dress and go out dancing Do all the things you wanna do For heaven's sake, you have to break away Unchain yourself, from the mood of today We don't need aggression We don't need recession Just give us some money Our life could be sunny too We don't need regression Nor means of repression Our life could be sunny too ,ooh Our lives should be so full of laughter With endless joy to follow after Summer comes to girls and boys Never too late, but to enjoy, to enjoy Oh come on down from your ivory tower Unlock the doors and give us flowers We've wored for you now for too long We've done what's right, you've done us wrong For heaven's sake, we got to break away Unchain yourself, from the mood of today We don't need regression Make your impression Oooh, world is waiting We need to go out dancing Oooh, world is waiting We need a new T.V. Oooh, world is waiting We don't need fear and fighting Oooh, world is waiting We don't need history She should buy us all a drink She should buy us all a drink She should stop the pain, stop the pain She should buy us all a drink Yeah We don't need recession Nor means of repression Just give us some money Our life could be sunny too Just give us some money Our life could be sunny too, ooh She should stop and think, stop and think, oooh We don't need regression Nor means of repression Just give us some money Our lives could be sunny too, ooh