One of the Eighties decade’s most controversial and most commercially successful records, “Relax“ by Frankie Goes To Hollywood eventually sold a reported two million copies in the UK alone, easily ranking among the ten biggest-selling singles ever. Relax remained in the UK Top 40 for 37 consecutive weeks. The single stalled at number 67 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in May 1984 but ranked number one for the year on Los Angeles “alternative rock“ station KROQ.
Far Out Magazine: The BBC has banned many songs over the years for being of a controversial nature, but none have been done more infamously than the blacklisting of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Relax’.
The track was a celebration of hedonism and living life on the edge. There was no filter on ‘Relax’, which didn’t sit right with the powers that be in 1984. Broadcasters were disgusted by the unapologetic attitude that Frankie Goes To Hollywood proudly showed off on the track. The fact the group featured two homosexual m
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