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[ Frankie Goes To Hollywood – “Relax” (1983 – Video) ] “Relax” is the debut single by English new wave band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1983. One of the decade’s most controversial and most commercially successful records, “Relax” eventually sold a reported two million copies in the UK alone. The “Frankie Say Relax” T-shirt craze further fed the “Relax” phenomenon. It was even banned by the BBC, yet in 1985 the record was awarded Best British Single of 1984 at the Brit Awards. The first official music video for “Relax”, directed by Bernard Rose and set in an S&M themed gay nightclub at Wilton’s music hall in London it featuring the bandmembers accosted by buff leathermen, a glamorous drag queen, and an obese admirer dressed up as a Roman emperor, played by actor John Dair, was allegedly banned by MTV and the BBC, prompting the recording of a second video, directed by Godley and Creme in early 1984, featuring the group performing with the help of laser beams. However, after the second video was made the song was banned completely by the BBC, meaning that neither video was ever broadcast on any BBC music programmes. [ wikipedia ] |
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