Frankie Goes To Hollywood

10 CLASSIC CRACKERS Turning 40 In 2024

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Band: THE POGUES

Single: DARK STREETS OF LONDON
Their debut 7″
Released: 1984

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Band: THE SPECIAL AKA

Single: NELSON MANDELA
Released: 8 March 1984
Score: #9 in the UK, #1 in New Zealand

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Band: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

Single: THE KILLING MOON
Released: 20 January 1984
Score: #9 in the UK, #7 in Ireland

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Artist: PRINCE

Single: WHEN DOVES CRY
Released: 16 May 1984
Score: #1 in the US, #4 in the UK

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Band: REDSKINS

Single: KEEP ON KEEPING’ ON
Released: 1984

Pride by U2

Jump by VAN HALEN

In The Ghetto by NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS

Dancing In The Dark by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

I Feel For You by CHAKA KHAN

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD On Top Of The UK Singles Chart With Debut Single ‘RELAX’ 39 Years Ago Today

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Top singles from the past

10 February 2023

Today 39 years ago, on 10 February 1984, controversial Liverpool gang FRANKIE
GOES TO HOLLYWOOD topped the UK Singles chart with their dance floor killer RELAX.

The song was released on 24 October 1983, and immediately banned by the BBC, because
the record’s suggestive sleeve and lyrics, yet it reached, after a slow start, the top spot of the charts, staying there for six weeks.

The single sold more than 2 million copies in the UK alone and won Best Single Award
at the 1985 Brit Awards. In the US ‘Relax‘ repeated its slow UK progress. After its first release, it reached #67 in May 1984. But in January 1985, it re-entered the Billboard
Hot 100 at #70 and eventually reached #10.

Relax if you wanna come…

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