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| Welcome to the Pleasuredome | ||
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| Single by Frankie Goes To Hollywood | ||
| Released | 18 March, 1985 | |
| Recorded | May - June, 1983 | |
| Genre | Dance, New Wave | |
| Record label | ZTT | |
| Cat. # | ZTAS 7 | |
| Producer | Trevor Horn | |
| Frankie chronology | ||
| The Power Of Love ( 1984) | Welcome To The Pleasuredome ( 1985) | Rage Hard ( 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa) |
Welcome to the Pleasuredome is the title of the fourth single from Frankie Goes to HollywoodFrankie Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) were one of the biggest, most controversial and most marketed UK pop acts of the 1980s whose impact was only equalled by their remarkably short shelf-life. Background Emerging from the late 1970s Liverpool punk movement (k, released in 1985. It is taken from the album of same name.
The lyrics of the track "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" were inspired by the 56-line poem Kubla KhanKubla Khan is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about the Mongol/ Chinese emperor Kublai Khan, of the Yuan dynasty. Coleridge claimed that it was written in the autumn of 1797 at a farmhouse near Exmoor, but it may have been composed on one of a number of, written by English poet Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThis page is about the nineteenth century English poet. For the twentieth century classical composer, see Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( October 21, 1772- July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher and, along with his.
The "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" was the first release by the band not to hit top spot on the UK singles chart. Although it only reached Number 2, being kept off top spot by the Phil Collins - Philip Bailey duet "Easy Lover", "Pleasuredome" spent a total of 11 weeks in the chart.
The intro to the 12" mixes included a spoken word introduction by the actor Geoffrey PalmerFor the British actor, see Geoffrey Palmer (actor For the English lawyer, see Geoffrey Palmer (attorney The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer AC, KCMG (born 21 April 1942), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from August 1989 until.
The video, by Bernard Rose , feature the band stealing a car, going to a carnival and encountering all manner of "pleasureable" activities. The audio soundtrack of the video was included as a track on the cassette single.