Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 2 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 8 | |
| ↙Singles | 7 | |
| ↙Video albums | 3 | |
| ↙Music videos | 10 | |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a British is a dance pop boy band who have released two studio albums, eight compilation albums, seven singles, as well as eight re-issued singles.
In 1983, they released their debut single, "Relax". The song was highly controversial, due to its sexually explicit lyrics and its music video. The music video, which was shot in a gay nightclub, was banned by the BBC and MTV. The song managed to still top the UK Singles Chart for five weeks. The song also gained success in the United States, where it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome, was released in October 1984 and reached the 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 Power of Love" both reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, while "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" peaked at number 2.
Their second and final studio album, Liverpool, was released in 1986. It failed to reach the same success of its predecessor, with only one of its three singles reaching the top 10 of the UK chart. The album peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry, whereas Welcome to the Pleasuredome was certified triple platinum.
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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CAN [2] |
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NOR [4] |
NZ [5] |
SWE [6] |
SWI [7] |
UK [8] |
US [9] |
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| Welcome to the Pleasuredome |
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3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 33 | |
| Liverpool |
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7 | 72 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 88 |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| AUS [13] |
AUT [1] |
GER [14] |
NL [3] |
NZ [5] |
SWE [6] |
SWI [7] |
UK [8] |
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| Bang! |
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| Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
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5 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 4 |
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| Reload! Frankie: The Whole 12 Inches |
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| Maximum Joy |
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| The Club Mixes 2000 |
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| Twelve Inches |
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| Rage Hard: The Sonic Collection |
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| Frankie Say Greatest |
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| AUT [15] |
FRA [16] |
GER [17] |
NL [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20] |
SWE [21] |
SWI [22] |
UK [8] |
US [23] |
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| 1983 | "Relax" | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Welcome to the Pleasuredome | ||
| 1984 | "Two Tribes" | 16 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 43 | |||
| "The Power of Love" | 8 | 20 | 4 | 10 | — | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — |
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| 1985 | "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" | 20 | — | 9 | 14 | — | 9 | — | 20 | 2 | 48 |
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| 1986 | "Rage Hard" | 12 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 4 | — |
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Liverpool | |
| "Warriors of the Wasteland" | — | — | 7 | 26 | — | 30 | — | 13 | 19 | — | ||||
| 1987 | "Watching the Wildlife" | — | — | 23 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | |||
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| AUS [27] |
AUT [15] |
FRA [16] |
GER [17] |
NL [18] |
SWI [22] |
UK [8] |
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| 1993 | "Relax" | 22 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | Bang!... The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood |
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| "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | |||||||
| "The Power of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||||||
| 1994 | "Two Tribes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | ||||||
| 2000 | "The Power of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | Maximum Joy | |||||
| "Two Tribes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||||||
| "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | |||||||
| 2001 | "Relax" (remixes) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Twelve Inches | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Format |
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| 1987 | From a Wasteland to an Artificial Paradise | Laserdisc |
| 1993 | Shoot! The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood | Laserdisc, VHS |
| 2000 | Hard On | DVD |
| Year | Title | Director[28] | Notes |
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| 1983 | "Relax" | Bernard Rose | Original version, banned by MTV. |
| 1984 | "Relax" | Godley & Creme | |
| "Relax" | Brian De Palma | Extract from Body Double. | |
| "Two Tribes" | Godley & Creme | Three different length versions exist. | |
| "The Power of Love" v.1 | |||
| "The Power Of Love" v.2 | |||
| 1985 | "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" | Bernard Rose | |
| 1986 | "Rage Hard" | Paul Morley, David Bailey | Voted the worst music video of 1986.[29] |
| "Warriors of the Wasteland" | Nick Burgess-Jones | ||
| 1987 | "Watching the Wildlife" | Mike Perterly, Josh Thorne | |
| 1993 | "Relax" | Ollie J Mix | |
| "Two Tribes 1993" | |||
| "Welcome To The Pleasuredome 1993" | |||
| 2000 | The Power Of Love | Rob Searle Club Mix | |
| Two Tribes | |||
| 2009 | "Relax" | n/a |