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" |
| Released | June 3, 1985 |
| Recorded | 1984 |
| Label | Atlantic |
| 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]
References
- Archived May 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- Edward Wong (2000-10-11). "Public Lives; Songwriter Who Doubles as Friend of Bill". The New York Times. United States. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- "Sister Sledge - Frankie (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 450–1. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- Alex Henderson. "Sister Sledge | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 221.