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Track: The Only Star In Heaven
Artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Album: Welcome To The Pleasuredome

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Name: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Spotify Genres: synthpop, hi-nrg
Followers: 903,834
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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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Enjoy it or get out the game It's such a shame to lose a game So use your brain and play it sane It's just a game i another plane And when I call you on the phone Then show me that you're really home Let's share this thing and I will sing Live life like a diamond ring I can tell you something, shoop shark That you oughta know, know Feel my feeling Go to let it show show show *Got to shake you tail To break away FISH Got to shake you tail To make a wave SHARK *(Repeat) Get hot Red hot *Everybody create Create your bait Everybody create Before it's too late Live life like a diamond ring Live life like a diamond ring *(Repeat) *You're the only star in heaven You're the only star that shines You're the only star in heaven Now that only star is mine Mine - YEAH On my way to Hollywood The minute I get there And this is how you get there YEAH YEAH Love, love You gotta fan a flame (FLAME FLAME FIRE) You gotta fan a flame (FLAME FLAME FIRE) You gotta fan a flame Called love, love Space is a place (LET ME OUT) Space is a place (LET ME OUT) Space is a place called love, love Give me a sign *(Repeat) Play it OH OH OH Only star in heaven On my way to Hollywood The minute i get there The minute i get there For love I stake this place Say it again Stake this place for love You're the only star i heaven - YEAH You're the only star that shines
Let me out You're the only star i heaven Now I know that star is mine