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]
Sister Sledge singles chronology
"We Are Family (Bernard Edwards Remix)"
(1984)		 "Frankie"
(1985)		 "Dancing on the Jagged Edge"
(1985)

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.[4]

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.[5] It fared much less well in the US where it peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 32 R&B[6] and No. 15 Adult Contemporary.[7]

Charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 10
UK (UK Singles Chart) [5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 75

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. Songfacts. "Frankie by Sister Sledge - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 450–1. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. Alex Henderson. "Sister Sledge | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  7. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 221.
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 276. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.



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