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Written by the group's lead singer Holly Johnson, bassist Mark O'Toole and drummer Peter Gill, "Relax" was the first Frankie Goes to Hollywood single, and by far their biggest American hit (they had two other chart-toppers in their native UK: "Two Tribes" and "The Power Of Love").
The basic idea of "relax, don't do it" came to Johnson one day in winter 1982 when he was late for …
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Amid 80s homophobia and repression, this gleeful banger about banging thrust its way to the top of the charts, its success boosted by a BBC ban Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Relax, the ultimate banger about banging, made little impact on its first release on ZTT Records in late 1983.
"Relax" is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in 1983. Frankie Goes …
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Frankie Goes To Hollywood are a Liverpool five-piece fronted by singer Holly Johnson who scored one of the most controversial Number 1s of all time in 1984's Relax …
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The song was made available in several different mixes, all created by the original production team.
"Relax" is the debut single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the United Kingdom by ZTT Records in 1983.
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