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Performer(s)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Composer(s)

Peter ‘Ped’ Gill

Holly Johnson

Brian ‘Nasher’ Nash

Mark O’Toole

Transcription notes

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Ooohs, aaahs, etc are not included.

Lyrics enclosed in round brackets are generally lines sung as backing vocals, or lines sung over other lines.

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Lyric

Rage, rage, rage, rage
Rage hard

Laugh like the head of Apollo
Young and strong on the wings of tomorrow
Rise up in millions get off your knees
Dispelling the demons

In the valley of danger
We all work together
Sculptures in sorrow with love light to follow on
Sweet head of Apollo

Rage hard, into the light
Rage hard, doing it right, doing it right
Rage hard, against the dark
Rage hard, make your mark

Let the tournament begin
Don’t give up and don’t give in
Strength to rise up, strength to win
Strength to save the world from losing

Rage hard, into the light
Rage hard, doing it right
Rage hard, against the dark
Rage hard

Rage
Rage hard

The blue eyes of children
They shine without fear
Hope is the future with oceans of cheer
(Nothing to fear) There’s nothing to fear

The laughter of angels
Resounding from heaven
Keep fighting the favours of charlatan saviours
Charlatan saviours

Rage hard, into the light
Rage hard, doing it right, doing it right
Rage hard, against the dark
Rage hard, make your mark

Let the tournament begin
Don’t give up and don’t give in

Rage hard, into the light
Rage hard, doing it right
Rage hard, against the dark
Rage hard, make your mark

I don’t know which way to go
My love’s like driven snow
When we pass the test of time
My love you shall be mine

And if only lost and lonely
Is all that’s wrong with me
We’ll be free
Be free, be free

Laugh like the head of Apollo
Young and strong on the wings of tomorrow

Rage hard
Rage hard

Let the tournament begin
Don’t give up and don’t give in

Rage hard, into the light
Rage hard, doing it right

Let the tournament begin
Rage hard
Don’t give up and don’t give in
Strength to rise up, strength to win
Strength to save the world from losing

+ mix

Listen
Do you want to know a secret
Move with me inside the strange world of the twelve inch
Where nothing is as it seems
Where everything has its place
And there’s a place for everything
And anything can happen

Let me take you on a tour of the twelve inch
Using this special extension of Rage Hard as our example

We have begun

It is of course Frankie and Frankie only

Around we go
Under through up and under
Watch out here for the guitar
Let it sustain

Now our favourite
The funky guitar

Always note the sequencer
This will never let us down
Let it have its wicked way

We are sliding good
Building fast

The perky percussion

How does it feel

The god like bass guitar

A hey of backing vocals
Rage

A lust of deep dark synthesizer

And we shall be teased by a long merciless reverb

The break down
So you can lie down

The whip
If you know what I mean
Do what you are told

Those repeat echoes

An essential part of a twelve inch is the climax
Yes
But first
Yes
The anti-climax

The lads with electric disgust

Paul Rutherford here for the smell of it
How does it feel
Hard

Do what you are told
Move with me over the thrill of the twelve inch

Do what you are told
The whip
Do what you are told
The whip
Do what you are told

The fall and the rise
The whip
The fall
The whip

We are sliding good
Building fast
The beginning
And the end

The rush and the thrust
The speed and the sweat

The vocals of Holly Johnson
Yes
We are at the centre of a riff
Rage
Rage hard

The fall
And the rise
The beginning
And the end

The rush and the thrust
The speed and the sweat

It is of course Frankie and Frankie only
You flipping me off

The climax
The climax

Rage…

Narration on ‘+ mix’ by Pamela Stephenson

Versions
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-	05:05
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-	05:03
-	05:09
-	05:01
-	05:06
+	12:12
+ edit	10:05
+ edit	10:04
++	08:30
++	08:41
++	08:36
Compacted	17:12
Edit	04:14
Edit	04:12
Freddie Bastone mix	06:59
Freddie Bastone remix	06:49
Kay Cee remix	07:44
Montreaux Popfest performance version	05:37
Original DJ mix	04:13
Promo video	05:17
Promo video	05:18
SACD 5.1 mix	05:04
Stamped	04:59
Stamped	04:55
Total time:	02:51:13