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Breeze · 07-08-2019, 08:45 AM

23. Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax (1985)

Total Points – 418
Charts – 3
Top 40 – 1
Top 20 – 0
Top 10 – 1
Highest Ranking – 5

The band took their name from a pop art painting by Guy Peellaert of Frank Sinatra that was featured in The New Yorker magazine with the headline “Frankie Goes to Hollywood”. This song was banned by the BBC while it was already at #6 on the UK Singles Chart. It went on to reach #1 for 5 weeks. Amazingly, it also rallied from a declining position following the release of their second single “Two Tribes”. The song once again began to climb the charts getting all the way to #2, giving Frankie Goes to Hollywood the top 2 singles on the chart. This hadn’t been achieved since the early 60s when the industry focused more on singles rather than albums. Eventually, this song sold over 2 million copies in the UK alone and is the 7th best selling single of all time on the UK Singles Chart. After their 3rd single “The Power of Love” reached number 1 in the UK, they became only the second band in history to have their first 3 singles to top the UK charts, tying Gerry and the Pacemakers from the 1960s. In the US, this song upon initial release only got to #67, but a re-release saw it claw its way up the chart to peak at #10. The “Two Tribes” follow up made it to #43, but “The Power of Love” which was a #1 in the UK, didn’t chart on the Hot 100. However, “Welcome to the Pleasure Dome” did chart, topping out at #48. Relax won Best British Single at the 1985 Brit Awards.

07-08-2019, 08:45 AM	#164
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	23. Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax (1985) Total Points – 418 Charts – 3 Top 40 – 1 Top 20 – 0 Top 10 – 1 Highest Ranking – 5 The band took their name from a pop art painting by Guy Peellaert of Frank Sinatra that was featured in The New Yorker magazine with the headline “Frankie Goes to Hollywood”. This song was banned by the BBC while it was already at #6 on the UK Singles Chart. It went on to reach #1 for 5 weeks. Amazingly, it also rallied from a declining position following the release of their second single “Two Tribes”. The song once again began to climb the charts getting all the way to #2, giving Frankie Goes to Hollywood the top 2 singles on the chart. This hadn’t been achieved since the early 60s when the industry focused more on singles rather than albums. Eventually, this song sold over 2 million copies in the UK alone and is the 7th best selling single of all time on the UK Singles Chart. After their 3rd single “The Power of Love” reached number 1 in the UK, they became only the second band in history to have their first 3 singles to top the UK charts, tying Gerry and the Pacemakers from the 1960s. In the US, this song upon initial release only got to #67, but a re-release saw it claw its way up the chart to peak at #10. The “Two Tribes” follow up made it to #43, but “The Power of Love” which was a #1 in the UK, didn’t chart on the Hot 100. However, “Welcome to the Pleasure Dome” did chart, topping out at #48. Relax won Best British Single at the 1985 Brit Awards. Last edited by Breeze : 07-08-2019 at 09:56 AM.