I wanted to make the kind of records that I heard in the discos that I danced in at that time. Funky, electronic sounds, while the musicians in the band were more rock oriented. This I suppose created the sound we know as Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Johnson later found fame as the lead singer and lyricist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood who experienced both controversy and phenomenal commercial success during their heyday in 1983 and 1984. Holly Johnson (born William Johnson; 9 February 1960; legal name William Holly Johnson) is an English artist musician and writer best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and former bassist for Big in Japan. Since then he has performed The Power of Love twice in Germany also performing the song at the opening of Life Ball 2011 in Vienna.

Holly Johnson (born William Johnson; 9 February 1960; legal name William Holly Johnson) is an English artist musician and writer best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and former bassist for Big in Japan.