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• Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a pop music group very popular in the 1980s after the release of the hit song "Relax". Even though the song was a best selling single, the BBC banned the song while it was number six on the chart due to its sexually explicit lyrics and cover art.

• Fast Facts

  1. Years active: 1980-1987, 2005
  2. Origin: Liverpool, England
  3. Labels: ZTT Records
  4. A computer game based on the band was created in 1985
  5. Most of the band reunited in 2005 to play several music festivals in Europe
  6. Three of the band's original members recently formed the band Forbidden Hollywood
  7. "Relax" featured in the 2001 film Zoolander

• Discography

  1. 1984: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
  2. 1986: Liverpool

• Singles

  1. 1983: "Relax"
  2. 1984: "Two Tribes"
  3. 1984: "The Power of Love"
  4. 1985: "Welcome to the Pleasuredome"
  5. 1986: "Rage Hard"
  6. 1986: "Warriors of the Wasteland"
  7. 1987: "Watching the Wildlife"

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