Two Tribes

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"Two Tribes" is a 1984 anti-war dance-pop single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood that became one of the defining protest songs of the Cold War era.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Two Tribes canonical 15
"Two Tribes" 1
Two Tribes (Annihilation) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Welcome to the Pleasuredome ⓘ
artist Frankie Goes to Hollywood ⓘ
associatedMovement 1980s anti-nuclear movement ⓘ
bSide One February Friday ⓘ
War ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 2 ⓘ
chartPositionIreland 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealand 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUK 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 43 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
genre anti-war song ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasRemix Two Tribes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Two Tribes (Annihilation)

Two Tribes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Two Tribes (Carnage)

Two Tribes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Two Tribes (Hibakusha)
labelCatalogNumberUK7inch ZTAS 3 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:28 ⓘ
longVersionLength 9:07 ⓘ
lyricalFocus tension between superpowers ⓘ
mainVocalist Holly Johnson ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Godley & Creme ⓘ
musicVideoTheme parody of US-Soviet leaders in a boxing-style fight ⓘ
nextSingle The Power of Love ⓘ
notableFor being a major Cold War protest song ⓘ
extensive 12-inch remixes ⓘ
performer Frankie Goes to Hollywood ⓘ
previousSingle Relax ⓘ
producer Trevor Horn ⓘ
recordedIn 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel Island Records ⓘ
ZTT Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-06-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
theme Cold War ⓘ
nuclear war ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUK 9 ⓘ
writer Holly Johnson ⓘ
Mark O'Toole ⓘ
Peter Gill ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trevor Horn → produced → Two Tribes ⓘ
ZTT Records → notableRelease → Two Tribes ⓘ
Two Tribes → hasRemix → Two Tribes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two Tribes (Annihilation)
Two Tribes → hasRemix → Two Tribes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two Tribes (Carnage)
Two Tribes → hasRemix → Two Tribes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Two Tribes (Hibakusha)
Holly Johnson → notableWork → Two Tribes ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Two Tribes"
Peter Gill → notableWork → Two Tribes ⓘ
subject surface form: Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Power of Love reached number one on the UK Singles Chart → precededBySingle → Two Tribes ⓘ
subject surface form: The Power of Love
The Power of Love → previousSingle → Two Tribes ⓘ
One February Friday → isBsideTo → Two Tribes ⓘ
Gary Langan → notableWork → Two Tribes ⓘ
Brian Nash → notableWork → Two Tribes ⓘ