Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Did You Know?
February 18, 2018Music facts, music trivia, interesting stories and much more. Introducing the "Did You Know" page about British band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British band that were formed in Liverpool, England, in 1980. They consisted of Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford on vocals, Peter Gill on drums and percussion, Mark O'Toole on bass guitar and Brian Nash also on guitar.
An interesting facts comes from their song "Two Tribes". It was inspired by US president Ronald Reagan's belief that Christ would return after a nuclear war.
The "Two Tribes" mentioned in the song are America and the Soviet Union, who were at the time engaged in the Cold War, thus threatening the entire world and planet.
In 1985, Frankie Goes to Hollywoodvwon the Brit Award for Best British Newcomer, and also received Grammy Award and MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best New Artist.
Songwriters Holly Johnson, Mark O'Toole and Peter Gill received the 1984 Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for the band's song "Two Tribes", and in 2015, "Two Tribes" was voted by the British public as the nation's 14th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for made for ITV.
The song "The Power of Love" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, deals with spirituality and religion.
"The Power of Love" was the group's third single, and proved they were not afraid to tackle controversial subjects. Their song "Relax" was about sex and the song "Two Tribes" was about politics.
Dalton Harris, the winner of the 2018 series of the UK version of The X Factor, recorded this song as his winner's song.
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