Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Welcome To The Pleasuredome
"Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is the title track to the 1984 debut album by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
1985-03-18 19:00:00 - Music Video
In March 1985, the album track was abridged and remixed for release as the group's fourth UK single.
While criticised at the time of release and afterward for being a song that glorifies debauchery, the lyrics (and video), just as Coleridge's poem, were about the dangers of this kind of lifestyle. This song, along with "Relax", made Frankie Goes to Hollywood even more controversial than they already were.
Billboard compared it to "Relax," saying that "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" had "less hook, less controversy, more drama."