Song · Frankie Goes to Hollywood
“The Power of Love” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
From the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
“The Power of Love” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1991 and 2006. It was first released in 1984 on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Its best result is #48 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,283 alternative song of all time.
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"The Power of Love" was the third single from Welcome to the Pleasuredome, Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 1984 album, and it's a sweeping, full-hearted ballad with all the grandeur of a cathedral choir loft. Trevor Horn produced it with extra production from Stephen Lipson, Anne Dudley helped arrange it and played keyboards with Andy Richards, and Holly Johnson sings it with Peter Gill, Brian Nash and Mark O'Toole behind him; the four of them share the writing credit.
The video staged the Nativity and the sleeve showed the Assumption of the Virgin, so it has been treated as a Christmas song ever since, though the words never mention Christmas at all. It spent a week at number one in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 48 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 184 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2001 | 295 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 203 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 180 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 327 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
Also listed as: The Power Of Love; Power of Love.
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