Editing Two Tribes (section)

{{short description|1984 single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood}}
{{About|the song by Frankie Goes to Hollywood|the Dutch video game developer|Two Tribes (company)|the BBC game show|Two Tribes (game show){{!}}''Two Tribes'' (game show)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Two Tribes
| cover      = Two Tribes single.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
| album      = [[Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]
| B-side     = {{hlist|"One February Friday"|"[[War (The Temptations song)#Frankie Goes to Hollywood version|War]]"}}
| released   = 4 June 1984
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Hi-NRG]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Paul |last= Lester |author-link= Paul Lester |url= http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=486 |title= Revolutions per minute – The Power of Love |website= [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |publisher= [[ZTT Records|ZTT]] |access-date= 31 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="80s disco">{{cite web|website=[[Evening Standard]]|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/box-of-sin-album-gay-1980s-highenergy-disco-b1109604.html|title=Only one kind of music makes clubbers dress up like this|last=Flynn|first=Paul|date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref name=wapo/>|[[disco]]<ref name="80s disco"/><ref name=wapo>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title='Pleasuredome': Little Pleasure|date=3 November 1984|last=Brown|first=Joe|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1984/11/04/pleasuredome-little-pleasure/a7542692-128d-4162-9ee9-3f1970493c3f/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=[[The New York Times]]|title=THE POPLIFE; FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD|date=14 November 1984|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/14/arts/the-poplife-frankie-goes-to-hollywood.html}}</ref>|[[synth-pop]]<ref name="Weisbard & Marks 1995">{{cite book|editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |year=1995 |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |location=New York |isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=155}}</ref><ref name= "Marsh 1989">{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=[[Plume (publisher)|Plume]]|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=450}}</ref>}}
| length     = 3:56 <br> 3:23 (edit)
| label      = [[ZTT Records|ZTT]] {{small|(ZTAS 3)}}
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Peter Gill (FGTH drummer)|Peter Gill]]|[[Holly Johnson]]|[[Mark O'Toole (musician)|Mark O'Toole]]}}
| producer   = [[Trevor Horn]]
| prev_title = [[Relax (song)|Relax]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|The Power of Love]]
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pO1HC8pHZw0|"Two Tribes"}}}}
}}

"'''Two Tribes'''" is an [[anti-war song]] by British band [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]], released in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] by [[ZTT Records]] on 4 June 1984.<ref name="ChartArchive.org">{{cite news|url=http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1984/24%20-%2016%20Jun%20Record%20Mirror%20Singles.jpg|title=Record Mirror|date=16 June 1984}}</ref> The song was later included on the album ''[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]''. Presenting a [[Nihilism|nihilistic]], gleeful lyric expressing enthusiasm for [[nuclear war]], it juxtaposes a relentless pounding bass line and guitar riff inspired by American funk and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] pop with influences of Russian classical music, in an opulent arrangement produced by [[Trevor Horn]].

The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, helped by a wide range of [[remix]]es and supported by an advertising campaign depicting the band as members of the [[Red Army]]. It entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] at number one on 10 June 1984, where it stayed for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]" climbed back up the charts to number two.<ref name="www.number-ones.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://www.number-ones.co.uk/Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood-number-ones/Two-Tribes.html|publisher=number-ones.co.uk
|title=Number-Ones.co.uk|date=2014}}</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 437–9}}</ref> It was the longest-running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012,<ref name="guardian nov2012">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/04/uk-million-selling-singles-full-list |title=UK's million-selling singles: the full list |author= Ami Sedghi |newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 November 2012 |access-date=4 November 2012 }}</ref> being in the Top 30 [[List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom|best-selling singles in the UK]] as of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/|title=The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart |website=Official Charts}}</ref>

Songwriters Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 [[Ivor Novello award]] for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.<ref>Lister, David, ''Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion'', [[The Independent]], 28 May 1994</ref> In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 14th-favourite [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|1980s number one]] in a poll for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/ | title= The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut  | work=Metro | first=Caroline | last=Westbrook | date=25 July 2015 | access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>