"Relax" is the debut single by English synth-pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood,released in the United Kingdom by ZTT Records in 1983.
"Two Tribes" is an anti-war song by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood,released in the UK by ZTT Records on 4 June 1984. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Presenting a nihilistic,gleeful lyric expressing enthusiasm for nuclear war,it juxtaposes a relentless pounding bass line and guitar riff inspired by American funk and R&B pop with influences of Russian classical music,in an opulent arrangement produced by Trevor Horn.
"Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is the title track to the 1984 debut album by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
"Watching the Wildlife" is the seventh and last single by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Released on 28 February 1987,it is the most radio friendly of the three singles from Liverpool going for a Beatlesque approach with string orchestration and psychedelic guitar riffs.
ZTT Records is a British record label founded in 1983 by the record producer Trevor Horn,the businesswoman Jill Sinclair and the NME journalist Paul Morley. They released music by acts including Frankie Goes to Hollywood,Grace Jones,the Art of Noise and Seal.
Propaganda is a German synth-pop band formed in Düsseldorf in 1982. They signed a recording contract with ZTT Records as early as 1983 and released their first single "Dr Mabuse" in 1984. Followed by their debut studio album,the critically acclaimed A Secret Wish,in 1985. Two of the album's singles,"Dr. Mabuse" and "Duel",were UK Top 30 hits. A second studio album,1234 (1990),was recorded with a markedly different line-up and released by Virgin Records to less success. There have been several partial reformations of the group in the 21st century,with the original vocalists currently active as xPropaganda.
Claudia Brücken is a German singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band Propaganda.
"Tarzan Boy" is the debut single by Italian-based act Baltimora. The song was written by Maurizio Bassi and Naimy Hackett,and released in 1985 as the lead single from Baltimora's debut album Living in the Background. The song was re-recorded and released in 1993,and has been covered by several artists throughout the years.
"The Power of Love" is a song originally recorded and released by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was written by Holly Johnson,Peter Gill,Mark O'Toole and Brian Nash,four of the five members of the band. It was released by the group as their third single.
"Warriors of the Wasteland" is the sixth single by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Released on 10 November 1986 as the second single from their album Liverpool, it stalled at number 19 in the UK Singles Chart,number 7 in Germany and number 13 in Switzerland.
A Secret Wish is the debut album by German synthpop band Propaganda. Released by ZTT Records in 1985,it was produced by Stephen Lipson under the supervision of label boss Trevor Horn. The singles "Duel" and "Dr. Mabuse" were both Top 30 UK chart hits. The track "p:Machinery" was also released as a single and was featured in an episode of the '80s TV show Miami Vice and also on the video "Drum" by Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon for his Whitbread Round the World Race in 1985.
Andrew Poppy is an English composer,pianist,and record producer.
Wishful Thinking is a 1985 remix album by the synthpop band Propaganda.
Outside World is a 2002 compilation album by Propaganda. The album collects remixes,B-sides and extra tracks released on 7-inch and 12-inch records,cassette singles and white-label DJ vinyl pressings during the band's tenure on the ZTT label in 1984/85. It was released as a CD and as a CD with a bonus DVD containing promotional videos and TV commercials.
"Part-Time Lover" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder,released as the first single from his twentieth studio album,In Square Circle (1985). The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100,R&B,dance,and adult contemporary charts,becoming Wonder's final number one hit to date. The song's simultaneous chart successes made Wonder the first artist to score a number-one hit on four different Billboard charts. The song was also released as a special 12" version. Lyrically,it tells the story of a man who is cheating on his wife with a mistress,only to find out in the end that his wife is cheating on him as well.
The Woman in Red:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the second soundtrack album released by American musician Stevie Wonder on the Motown label. Also featuring Dionne Warwick,the album was released in 1984 for the film of the same name. It features Wonder's biggest hit,"I Just Called to Say I Love You",which hit number one internationally and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song,and also features the follow-up hit,"Love Light in Flight" and "Don't Drive Drunk",the song and the accompanying music video for which were used in the Ad Council and the US Department of Transportation's Drunk Driving Prevention public service announcement the following year.
"Into the Lens" is a song written by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. It was originally released in 1980 by progressive rock band Yes,of which Horn and Downes were a part,as a part of the album Drama,before being reworked as "I Am a Camera" for the 1981 album Adventures in Modern Recording by the Buggles,a duo consisting of Horn and Downes;both versions were released as singles,with the Yes single being re-titled "Into the Lens (I Am a Camera)".
"Slave to the Rhythm" is a song by Jamaican singer,model and actress Grace Jones. It was released in October 1985 from Jones' seventh album,Slave to the Rhythm (1985),on which it is titled "Ladies and Gentlemen:Miss Grace Jones". It was produced by Trevor Horn and written by Horn,Bruce Woolley,Stephen Lipson and Simon Darlow. The song peaked at number 12 in the UK and number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Its music video was directed by Jean-Paul Goude.
"p:Machinery" is a song by German new wave/synth-pop band Propaganda,released as the third single from their debut album A Secret Wish. The song reached the top 10 in various countries across Europe,including France and Italy,but was most successful in Spain,where it peaked at number one. In the US,the song reached the top 10 on the dance chart. The opening line for the track was written by David Sylvian,who was approached to produce for the band but ultimately did not.
"The Nine Lives of Dr. Mabuse" is the debut single by German new wave/synth-pop band Propaganda. The song was produced by Trevor Horn and was released on his label,ZTT in 1984. It appears on the debut album A Secret Wish. It was a moderate chart hit in the UK and Switzerland,peaking at numbers 27 and 14,respectively. In Germany,the song reached the top 10,peaking at No. 7.
