Frankie (Sister Sledge song)

"Frankie" is a song by Sister Sledge that was released as a single in 1985. It is taken from their album When the Boys Meet the Girls.[3]

"Frankie"
Single by Sister Sledge
from the album When the Boys Meet the Girls
B-side"Hold Out Poppy"
ReleasedJune 3, 1985
Recorded1984
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Denise Rich[1][2]
Producer(s)Nile Rodgers[3]

Overview

The song was written by Denise Rich (under the pseudonym "Joy Denny") after dreaming while on a flight from the United States to Switzerland.[2] According to the Now 5 album the song was written about Frank Sinatra.

The song was produced by Chic's Nile Rodgers,[3] who had co-produced the sisters' earlier hits such as "He's the Greatest Dancer" and "We Are Family". The sisters suggested the song to him, but he hated it on first hearing. A week later, he went back to them saying he could not stop singing it and so he insisted that the band recorded it.

A marked contrast to the disco cuts which had made them internationally famous in the late 1970s, this girl-pop number became a hit in the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at number one in June and July 1985.[4] It fared much less well in the US where it peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 32 R&B[5] and No. 15 Adult Contemporary.[6]

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gollark: No it's not. It's like `Maybe` but can apply to any type, it's horrible.
gollark: It's uncool. Down with `None`!
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References
  1. Archived May 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Edward Wong (2000-10-11). "Public Lives; Songwriter Who Doubles as Friend of Bill". The New York Times. United States. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  3. "Sister Sledge - Frankie (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 450–1. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. Alex Henderson. "Sister Sledge | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 221.


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