"The Power of Love" is the title of the third single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in November 1984. It is taken from the album Welcome To The Pleasuredome. The track was first featured during the John Peel Sessions the band performed on during 1983, which was slower and emphasized the track's original camp ironic content (such as the Hooded Claw being from cartoon The Perils of Penelope Pitstop).
"The Power of Love" followed its two predecessors, "Relax" and "Two Tribes", to the top of the UK singles chart, scoring the band an early December Number One, being pipped at the post by Band Aid for Christmas chart topper.
To commemorate the Christmas release, Godley & Creme directed a nativity themed video for the single, and the artwork for the single was of a more religious bent. The original showing of the video on The Tube the nativity occupied the whole screen, the borders of band members was added for later showings due to pressure from UK broadcasters.
The 12" mix of the song featured actor Chris Barrie's aping DJ Mike Read's banning of the single "Relax".
The single also featured a Christmas message from the band, entitled "Holier Than Thou".
On the cover it is reproduced the Assunta by Titian, a XVI century painting in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari of Venice.
"The Power of Love" is the title of a 1985 single by Huey Lewis & the News written for and featured in the film Back to the Future. It gave the band their first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at #9 in the UK, while appearing on UK editions of the band's fourth studio album, Fore!. The song was nominated for an Academy Award at the 58th Academy Awards.
"The Power of Love" is a famous power ballad co-written and originally recorded by Jennifer Rush. It has been covered by several artists, notably Laura Branigan and Céline Dion, and translated into several languages.
