2) It's a fallacy that Mike Read got the song banned from BBC Radio One. Jon from Scotland, United KingdomSome facts about the song: 1) The original version of 'Relax' by the then-unsigned FGTH was more of a rock song and NOTHING like the up-tempo, pop/synth anthem Trevor Horn would later produce.Esskayess from Dallas, TxThat spurting synch sound near the end, followed by 'hwhaaa!' was pretty indicative of what the song was about.Pj from Dublin, IrelandWhat a total fool the bbc s Mike Read was then.Actualy come to think of it he still is a gobs-te.ban a song because someone is gay' total madness'.then and now.'Relax don't do it' is actually PETA telling the shooter not to put the lion down. They then have to put the lion down with a tranquilizer hence them saying 'But shoot it in the right direction.' They are referring shooting the lion. This song is actually about going to the zoo. George Rustles from Maine, AlYou are all wrong.George from Vancouver, CanadaRumour has it they sing, 'when you want to suck, just do it' on stage.On the LM-1, all sounds can be adjusted, whereas on the LinnDrum, only the toms, snare, congas, and the slapstick could be adjusted, so this was really a step backward. The LinnDrum is often incorrectly referred to as the LM-2, but it's called LinnDrum. The snare drum on both drum machines have a different sound to them. Jon from Honolulu, HawaiiThe drum machine used was actually an LM-1 Drum Computer, not the LinnDrum.I thought the line was 'If you wanna suck, just do it' the wording you use doesn't match this nor what you said the band said about it. George from Vancouver, CanadaI've been searching for the lyrics for this song for YEARS, with no success.'Krisko Kisses', another song by the same group, also has lyrics referring to a homosexual practice. Margaret Thatcher objected to this, and in 1988 the Clause 28 bill was passed banning the promotion of homosexuality in schools. At around about the time of the song's becoming popular, homosexual practices were beginning to be taught about in schools, sometimes in quite graphic detail. Philip from Northwich, CheshireThis song, to me, is basically a sex education lesson set to music.Tom Banks from UkHolly Johnson's brother Jay was our tour guide when we went on the 'Magical Mystery Tour' in Liverpool in 2015.I do know one thing for sure, this song has one of the best lines of any 80's pop song: I'm 100% sure the line is 'sock it to it' You'd hear the word 'Ch' clearly in that line, if that's what it was recorded as, but instead you can clearly hear the 't' in 'to it', which leads me to question anything else he says about their lyrics. Peter Piper from The MoooonI think Holly indulged the public's curiosity.Holly Johnson (was he made a 'Sir' ?) too much fun to be true. Lutz Fehling from LübeckThat all, from 1983 to 1985, what was here mentioned, the in fact three up to four top-hits, also in lots of 'out-crazed' remix-variations, from Frankie GTH (later also two more from 'Liverpool') were at that time 'pure revolution' - I found esp.This sent the song back up the chart for another run it made two more chart runs in 1985.Ī parody of Read's on-air rant was included on some of the releases of the band's third single, 'The Power Of Love.' The BBC threw in the towel and lifted the ban in December 1984 so the band could perform it on the Christmas edition of Top of the Pops. 'Relax' was no flash-in-the-pan: It held the top spot for five weeks and stayed on the chart until October. 'Relax' rose to #2 on January 21, and it hit the top spot a week later, becoming the first banned UK #1 since the steamy Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin duet ' Je T'aime. We have had people coming in asking to hear the record to find out what all the fuss is about.' Some commercial radio stations in the UK put it in hot rotation, boasting they were playing 'the song that BBC banned.' Record stores had trouble keeping it in stock a spokesman at the Aberdeen, Scotland record store One Up explained at the time: 'Banning the record seems to have created an air of mystery about it. This was big news, and many in the UK sought out the song to hear why it was banned.

He didn't know it at the time, but the BBC was planning to ban the single, and did so soon afterward. The song jumped to #6, and on January 11, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read announced on air that he refused to air 'Relax' because of the single's controversial artwork and lyrics. It entered the UK singles chart at #77 on November 12, 1983, and was at #35 when Frankie Goes To Hollywood performed it on Top Of The Pops January 5, 1984. In America, any sexual innuendo contained in this song got little attention, but it caused plenty of controversy in the UK.

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