Frankie Goes To Hollywood Frankie Goes To Hollywood were a prominent British synth-pop band formed in Liverpool in 1980. Fronted by the charismatic Holly Johnson, the group exploded into global stardom in 1984 with their controversial debut single, “Relax”. The track’s sexually explicit themes led to a famous BBC radio ban, which paradoxically propelled it to number one. Produced by Trevor Horn, their signature wall-of-sound production style yielded subsequent chart-topping hits like “Two Tribes” and “The Power of Love”. Despite intense commercial success and iconic “Frankie Say” T-shirts, internal friction caused the band to split in 1987.