Thank the lord you didn't watch the unedited version of this video..

@midtwnscott

7 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@neptune9

7 күн бұрын

Amen! It's an abomination!

@jofoster1596

7 күн бұрын

😂

@GJarr2

7 күн бұрын

Would of been funny though.

@HappyOne3

7 күн бұрын

🤣

Watch the official video and you'll soon see what the song is about.

@xentothemoon

4 күн бұрын

Exactly! + the official video is awesome. ❤

@mikepaulus4766

3 күн бұрын

There's two videos. The first one was banned, the second one Holly is walking around with a flashlight 🔦 The first one shows what the song is about.

@lwh7301

2 күн бұрын

No need for video to know what it's about. Just use your imagination.

This is one of those songs that will ALWAYS get me on the dance floor.

Frankie says : React to Two Tribes. BANGER!

@Masterfeedbackprod

5 күн бұрын

Two tribes is a better song and video plus if you go down the rabbit hole their are multiple different 12" versions it was the first time (or one of the first times) that multiple versions of the same song was used to sell more copies of what was seen by the charts as the same song (today artists use different colours for the art work or deluxe editions)

@petermorgan4720

5 күн бұрын

Absolutely!! Relax hit number 1 in the UK for some time despite being banned by the major radio station of the time, and then fell down to #35 in the charts. They then released Two Tribes which again got to #1, and Relax then rose up the charts again to occupy #2 slot, so Frankie Goes to Hollywood occupied #1 and #2 positions in the charts, one of only a few groups to have done so. For Two Tribes check out the Annihilation Mix... kzread.info/dash/bejne/inx6steBZcyrp9o.html "Tag the bodies for identification purposes"

@kelsosemail

5 күн бұрын

YES! Relax was the HIT, and EVERYBODY (from that time) knows this song. What FEWER people know is that ALBUM is a masterpiece!!

@AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk

5 күн бұрын

Yeah, Two Tribes is amazing! Love the continual bass line.

@MacTopher

5 күн бұрын

Definitely need the video for that one

This is one of the most quintessential 80's songs. And yes, Frankie is talking about what you think he is.

@dccraig03

7 күн бұрын

IF they watched the official music video, they would have had that confirmed as well...

@joiedevivre2005

7 күн бұрын

I loved the look on Amber's face when she got an inkling of the subject matter.

@gwts1171

7 күн бұрын

There's actually no one named Frankie in the band. Holly Johnson was the singer. The name was taken for an advertisement for Frank Sinatra's first film. I'm not trying to be a wise-ass, just trying to inform! I'm a trivia nerd. :)

@shyman99

7 күн бұрын

Note how at 1:24 Amber anticipates the change before it occurs. That's more evidence they either know some songs already or they listen to them in advance of their taping.

@robertnewcomb4941

7 күн бұрын

Try. Future so bright I gotta wear shades by Timbuk 3. and. Tuff enuff by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. And Jay & Amber I hope you two know what this songs about you know relax don't do it when you wanna cum

"I don't know what the song is about. I don't even wanna know what the song is about" = I know what the song is about.

@anjiharrell6175

7 күн бұрын

😂 Right

@michaelsander6039

7 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@alamc200

7 күн бұрын

Yes, if they saw the official music video that was initially banned it the UK they would have a pretty good idea what it's about.

@juliemarsden1858

7 күн бұрын

​@@alamc200😂😂😂😂

@richardrichard9631

7 күн бұрын

Dam, I remeber when this came out. Being in the clubs, moving through crowds. Feeling the heat and going on to the dance floors. Dam I miss those times.

"Relax? Is he..." Yes. Yes he is. If there's ever been a song that's definitely about that, it's this one.

@svenlima

4 күн бұрын

+seamus.... Well, what about "baby you can light my fire" (The Doors") and "I give you every inch of my love" (Led Zeppelin) and "Komm zieh dich aus, ich möchte dich nackt sehn" = "Common take off your cloths because I want to see you naked" (Georg Danzer) ? 😛

This song was massive in the clubs here in Australia during the 80s. The drums and bass make this one of the best dance songs ever . Holly Johnson has a remarkable voice

@jenniferallred9367

2 күн бұрын

I had a white one in the US

This sparked the famous 80s "Frankie Says Relax" t-shirts that were everywhere.

@heidichristensen7919

7 күн бұрын

I was in London in 1984 and yup, saw them everywhere. Don’t remember them here in the US though.

@pauld6967

7 күн бұрын

​@@heidichristensen7919The same was true when I was stationed in West Germany at that time.

@chrischar9428

7 күн бұрын

In police academy

@neil364

7 күн бұрын

Frankie says... t shirts are as iconic as almost any ever made. I bought the album for my nephew, but even though the 70s was my time, I was a fan of this song, and songs like this are recognisable as evergreens even at the time.

@susanharmon2740

7 күн бұрын

​@@heidichristensen7919they were here. I had one.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love.

@xcronex

7 күн бұрын

Yes two tribes! I think that video is acceptable 😂

@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13

7 күн бұрын

💯💯

@welshrabbit5

7 күн бұрын

Don't forget Welcome to the Pleasuredome

@notanotherenigma7759

7 күн бұрын

Ferry across the Mersey and Born To Run were both fire too.

@juliemarsden1858

7 күн бұрын

The power of love is my absolute favourite

HOLLY JOHNSON SINGING THE POWER OF LOVE will blow you away. One of the great 80's vocalists

@nickharman4584

6 күн бұрын

I love the Rob Searle remix of TPoL

@jennyfuddpucker3481

6 күн бұрын

ah man , frankies power of love , i love it so much i remember the video like a bible theme , goose bumps each time i hear it , love his voice

@happybunny8704

6 күн бұрын

My fav reminds me of Christmas

@chrisbayliss3532

6 күн бұрын

Still my fav xmas song of all time ,great video too !

@helenatyeo6840

4 күн бұрын

My fav 😊

This song was banned in Britain on radio & TV, which of course aided in its huge success. Love it!!

@malkum61

4 күн бұрын

Mike Smith (dickhead) got it banned on Radio 1 UK, guaranteed it was a massive success 😀

Oh man! Yes, get lost in the beat. 😂 The song was banned by the BBC in England. The video is pretty wild.

@ncexnyc4466

7 күн бұрын

The video being "pretty wild" is a major understatement.😎

@MikePhillips-pl6ov

7 күн бұрын

Which in doing so, sent it to no.1

@pipoo1

7 күн бұрын

@@MikePhillips-pl6ovI think it was actually already No 1 when it was banned which made the BBC decision even more bizarre at the time.

@ffotograffydd

7 күн бұрын

Britain.

@anglosaxon5874

7 күн бұрын

That same worthless marxist biased organisation [which I refuse to pay the tv tax for] would love it today!

I think Amber got the message but was too embarrassed to say but Jay had no idea 😂😂

@SERGEANTROCKSHEADBANGERSBALL

7 күн бұрын

That's because homie is musically inept.

@Carrie-so3ro

7 күн бұрын

@@SERGEANTROCKSHEADBANGERSBALL J. generally focuses mostly on the musical content while Amber has a heavier focus on lyrics - that's all. It doesn't mean that anyone's inept. Just a different focus.

@ragulper

6 күн бұрын

First time you hear this, it's easy to get lost in the sauce. The music is just so good you just jam to it. I think it took me a few listens until I started to pay attention to lyrics.

@DiGiDaWgZs

6 күн бұрын

Jay is simply a shallow listener. He's been doing this for ages and he has never been able to critique properly. Seems to me that he hears well but doesn't listen much.

@michaelproulx5795

6 күн бұрын

ummm yeah.i'm amazed at times of the things he "doesn't get"

This track got banned from the radio in 1984 because of it's obscene lyrics and went straight to number 1 for 5 weeks 😂

MASSIVE HIT in the '80's. Can't be understated.

@patrickdowdle5121

4 күн бұрын

Yes it went top 10 in 23 countries and to number 1 in 10 of those

Fun Fact - This song was banned in the UK in 1984 by the BBC for its suggestive lyrics. It reached number 1 on the UK Top 40 on 28 January 1984, and sold 2 million copies after spending 37 weeks in the charts (35 of those 37 weeks it wasn’t played on the radio due to the ban). Any child of the 70’s remembers having a Frankie says Relax t-shirt. As you can imagine it is still a firm favourite in all the gay clubs, even to this day and this song is guaranteed together everyone up and dancing!

@Carrie-so3ro

7 күн бұрын

This song was loved even in straight clubs then - & it appears this "newer" generation can appreciate the music of it still too.

@MikePhillips-pl6ov

7 күн бұрын

It's still a firm favourite in clubs, end of. Everyone in the UK was into this at the time - and still are! (I was in my early 20s when this was first on the scene so I danced more than a few times to it!) Also since you're a Brit in Britain talking about a British song (am guessing from your comments and the way you spelt favourite), we don't say 'fun fact' here! If it's a fact, no need to announce it like they do in the US! 😉 You are right about the t-shirts.

@Shaun.ALAW.

7 күн бұрын

This debut song by Liverpools Frankie, was banned by the BBC, catapulting it to Number 1 in the charts, the album that was due became the biggest selling pre-release in Britain. So welcome to Frankie and welcome 'To the Pleasure Dome'

@craigs3007

6 күн бұрын

It's number 1 in the charts, but we can't play it - LOL

@KiltedHammer

6 күн бұрын

Small nitpick here, the shirts actually read "Frankie say relax" (as if Frankie is related to Confucious).

I’m surprised you did this song. Yes, it’s dirty, dirty, dirty . And an awesome 80’s classic. “Two Tribes” is another really great Frankie song

@crucialtaunt5717

7 күн бұрын

The video is an o r g y without the s e x!

@stcrombie

7 күн бұрын

😆😆😆

@tinalinge2782

7 күн бұрын

Certainly nothing compared to the garbage today.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood are from Liverpool, home of the Beatles. Holly's mum lives at the top of our road and she is lovely.

You know if you guys want to jump out of your seats and start dancing around the room, there's nothing stopping you, right?

This is a dirty pick for you two!

@tylerhackner9731

7 күн бұрын

It’s honestly tame in comparison to stuff I’ve heard lol

@timsanford5310

7 күн бұрын

@@magneto7930 That's just like your opinion dude.

@santiagohardy2728

7 күн бұрын

Equally unexpected too!

@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13

7 күн бұрын

@@magneto7930 It’s awesome! And so is the band “Garbage” awesome too! 😅

@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13

7 күн бұрын

I’d also like their reaction to George Michael’s song, “I Want Your Sex.”

The long version is absolutely the best version. Not the shortened up for radio version. The long musical intro is next level. You listening to the wrong version.

@thundernels

7 күн бұрын

They got what they needed out of it

@hayesboy2481

7 күн бұрын

The New York mix

@InvestBetter.

7 күн бұрын

The radio edit is outstanding, at just the right length to make you want more, not less, but I haven't ;listened to the LP version. I'll check it out....

@proudliberal605

7 күн бұрын

@@thundernels Listen to the RSR reaction. They imagined it playing at the club. The radio version was not playing at the club. Not the famous clubs anyway. In a New York Disco, the long version (New York Mix) was THE version. At the Playboy mansion, the long version (12 inch) was THE version. For the "club feel", the New York Mix captured it best.

@PaulWhytcross

7 күн бұрын

@@InvestBetter. The version on the Welcome To The Pleasuredome album isn't as good as this 7" single mix (IMO). They remixed it for the album and gave it a "(Come Fighting)" subtitle. It's not quite as frantic as this version. I really like the 12" "New York Mix" (aka "US Mix") but I agree with you that the 7" version is the best.

The entire double LP Welcome to the Pleasuredome is an aural explosion and experience - Frankie Say Welcome!!!

I was surprised how original and funky this song was when it came out in the early 80s. Love the synthesizers and drum programming. Very prevalent in music during that decade. To this day in 2024, someone somewhere is cranking up their volume knob on the stereo to this incredible song!

@mattbird7162

3 күн бұрын

Thats not the only knob they’re cranking…

@AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk

3 күн бұрын

@@mattbird7162 Hilarious! And you’re right about that.

@AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk

3 күн бұрын

@@mattbird7162 When I first heard Relax, I was too young to understand that it was a rallying anthem for the gay movement coming out of England. I just thought it was an amazing song. Still do.

@AnthonyWilliams-ot1yk

3 күн бұрын

@@mattbird7162 I won’t disclose where I stand on homosexual behavior however, some dig their music and some don’t. Freedom of choice is a beautiful thing.

"Two Tribes" is another classic song by them

@philhebden374

6 күн бұрын

There were a couple from the second album "Liverpool" like rage hard and warriors of the wasteland that are worth a listen. I'm a 51 year old Brit so it brings back memories

This tune was unlike anything we’d ever heard before when it came out!

Frankie were absolutely huge, here in the UK, back in the mid 80's, when after this first mega hit, they followed it up with 'Two Tribes' which for me is even better. Memories of it being used as the theme for a American Football highlights show back then. The perfect marriage of tune and show/sport.

This song was part of the sound track to Body Double. The entire song is played during one scene, not just the chorus.

@emilywilhite5807

2 күн бұрын

I was waiting to see if anyone else would mention that. Not a great movie but I’ve always loved it. I might even have to watch it tonight.

I’ve gotta say…..I’m actually shocked it took this long! This song was HUGE HUGE in the 80s. In 1987-88, I was studying abroad in Seville, Spain. I remember about 3 of us guys and 3 girls went to a club on a weeknight. We started dancing when the girls noticed they were the only females in there while we were dancing to “Frankie”. It so happened to be gay night at that club in Spain. But we were still very welcomed inside! Great times! 😄😃

@ezpzeee

7 күн бұрын

Yeah, so Funny... Spain is STILL mostly catholic. But, clubs are clubs anywhere!

@Xiroi87

7 күн бұрын

@ezpzeee mostly catholic? Spain was the third country in the world to legalise same sex marriages, some 9 years after this song was released, and you are surprised there are gay clubs?

@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13

7 күн бұрын

@@Xiroi87 Personally, I wasn’t surprised that a club in Spain would have a gay night. However, we were in a foreign country. And since we were still getting acclimated to Spain, we wouldn’t have known what to expect. I also encountered several cross dressers in my nine months in Sevilla too. So even 36 years ago, Seville, Spain seemed to be a very open-minded city which is what I like.

@charliegeorge9393

6 күн бұрын

first released in late 1983

@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13

6 күн бұрын

@@charliegeorge9393 Yes, and it was one of the most popular dance song’s throughout the 80s from 1983 onward. “Relax” was still being played a lot in Spain’s dance clubs for the entire 9 months I was in Spain. “Relax” was actually RE-released as a single in the UK in 1993…..and it hit the Top 5 AGAIN in the UK in 1993. It even hit No. 1 in the UK in early 1984.

Yep, Amber, that's what its about!

I love this song! There's NO WAY you can be still for it! If you're not up dancing to it, you're in your seat be-bopping to it!! You check out their songs Two Tribes and The Power of Love! Frankie Goes to Hollywood were amazing in their day!!

Probably the best 80's song ever.

Cool fact: the Frankie in the band name was Frank Sinatra. It was taken from a newspaper headline that said Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Produced by Trevor Horn, leader of the Buggles (Video Killed the Radio Star). He has also produced ABC (Look of Love), Yes (Owner of a Lonely Heart), Seal (Crazy, Kiss From a Rose and others), Pet Shop Boys and countless other acts.

@marinergal2810

7 күн бұрын

ABC! Pet Shop Boys!

@jay-bt2lu

7 күн бұрын

Trevor horn band did the music for this song...aka the art of noise

@jodonnell64

7 күн бұрын

Don't forget that Trevor and Geoff Downes (his partner in The Buggles) were also MEMBERS of Yes for one album - Drama. Jon Anderson (vocals) and Rick Wakeman (keyboards) had left Yes, and Trevor and Geoff had mentioned to Yes bassist Chris Squire a couple songs they had, and Chris asked them to fill in for Jon and Rick. Tempus Fugit and Machine Messiah are a couple of great songs from that album.

@lilaelsi5766

7 күн бұрын

And the music was recorded by Trevor’s then another act: Art Of Noise. Trevor wasn’t satisfied with the real band sound, so he decided to use another musicians…

@philhebden374

6 күн бұрын

There was a very good concert done for the prince's trust which is a tribute to the work of trevor horn.

All power to the genius of Trevor Horn and his superb production.

People crammed the dance floor when this song came on. You definitely need to view the official video…. 😂😮

"The Power of Love" is another great song by these guys.

@michellemunson4745

6 күн бұрын

Its always on every playlist i have. Its just beautiful, i love Holly's voice. Oh... and it has to be loud LOL

GREAT, NAUGHTY SONG from the 80s!! Was GREAT in a night club: SUPER LOUD!!! Thanks for the reactions, You-Two!! :) HUGS!

You couldn't walk on the streets of Los Angeles in 1984 without seeing the t-shirts everywhere.

I was just getting into music as a kid in little old sleepy England when this tune came on the radio...And it blew my F*****G mind! It was like NOTHING i'd ever heard before! It was so much in the future. And even today, it stands up to the test of time, I'm talking nearly 40 years ago! I Iove it, I love it, I love it! What a quality tune!

OMG, this song was SUCH a banger in the clubs back in the 80s! EVERYONE was on the dance floor. And I bet they still would be today!

A Banger, haha, thats one way to put it.

@durv13

7 күн бұрын

head , banger for sure lol

@SERGEANTROCKSHEADBANGERSBALL

7 күн бұрын

When he said that, I laughed out loud! Here's the comment I left. "Steely Dan? WTF? What the actual French Toast are you talking about, Jay? There is ZERO Steely Dan in this song, homie. You missed this song's meaning so much, while you're still waiting for the pitch the ball's already in the catcher's mit! (No pun intended) And then you said, "I can only picture what the club was like back in the 80's when this song was playing." No Jay, it's not a club you would go into. So eyeah, there's that!"

@Carrie-so3ro

7 күн бұрын

@@SERGEANTROCKSHEADBANGERSBALL This was played in ALL the clubs!!

@RobertoSantana61

7 күн бұрын

The lyrics are simple but it says a Mouthful.

@durv13

7 күн бұрын

@@SERGEANTROCKSHEADBANGERSBALL lmfao.

This was a song that I used to listen to as a teen when my mom made me clean up, getting lost in it as well as dancing at a teen club. Good times!

Words could not explain how huge this song was in the 80s on both sides of the pond.

You listened to the short radio version. This band has a sense of humor about ... their provocative themes. Their debut album, "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (1984), achieved advance sales of more than a million, and their first three singles ("Relax", "Two Tribes" and "The Power of Love") all reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. The entire album is good.

The original British video is crazy .... I'd have died if you'd watched it

This song came out when AIDS was a scary new threat, it was about keeping yourself to yourself.

I was a teenager when this came out and had no idea why the BBC banned this song and its video but as an adult found out why 😂

@fayesouthall6604

11 сағат бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I was thoroughly addicted to MTV when this song came out. I remember Martha Quinn politely saying that there is an X-rated version of the song that they couldn't show on MTV.

@rogergroover4633

7 күн бұрын

Yeah they created the PG video with the lasers and smoke for American television.

@michaelproulx5795

6 күн бұрын

not really x-rated .just takes place in a leather bar is all lol

@The_Dudester

6 күн бұрын

@@michaelproulx5795 Just rewatched it. There are a couple of scenes where a female nipple comes into view and one scene of a simulated golden shower. Also, MTV, back then, catered to teens (13-19) and a gay bar is no place for a teen. My college GF took me into a gay bar to see my response and she said I clung to her "for dear life" and she was amused by that.

@unjaded2

6 күн бұрын

naw , it was just to queer for the times. only girls in thongs shaking it down was acceptable

@AndersonDawesWasRight

6 күн бұрын

X-rated is a big strong. But the BBC refused to play the song on the radio due it it's overt sexual content. I think the record company decided to respond by making a video that would instantly be banned from TV air play. It worked, telling teenagers that something is banned as too sexual will 100% make them go buy it.

This was such a big thing when I was in high school in the 80's. Students wearing T-shirts that said "Frankie Say Relax."

This song got banned by the BBC and because of that it went to Number 1 in the charts, Brilliant song from a great decade.

There is one thing that needs to be said about Frankie: Holly's voice. There aren't that many guys who are able to express rough ecstasy like him. It's the reason no one covers FGTH songs - you can't.

This is 40 years old!!

@michellepearce5278

7 күн бұрын

Bite your tongue. 😂

@ricomajestic

7 күн бұрын

Incredible isn't it that 40 years just flew by!

@Problembeing

7 күн бұрын

Way to make me feel OLD lol

@chrisoakley5830

7 күн бұрын

Everything from the 80s is 40 some years old. ❤ Love the 80s!

@shyman99

7 күн бұрын

I've been hit by a lot of laser beams in that time and I have returned the favor as well. 😉

I was 16 in 1982, simply the best decade in my opinion. No internet no mobile phones. The social scene was amazing and life was a whole lot simpler. Plus the music was incredible. Imagine this banging out in the 80's.

@juneseghni

6 күн бұрын

Agreed , I was 18 so legal drinking age UK. Fun times.

@utha2665

6 күн бұрын

I was 15 in 82, such a great decade and the music is still BY FAR my favourite.

@loristone9242

6 күн бұрын

We used to go to the teen club and the dance floor would be PACKED when this song played. So much fun to dance to. We would all get still and kneel down low to the ground when it got quiet in the song and then all jump up at the same time when it comes back up. Most of us had no idea what the song was about. But we loved the FRANKIE SAY RELAX tshirts and the song.

@KC_sonic-on

3 күн бұрын

agree with you ​@@utha2665 ‘82 is a genius year for music 🙌🏼🌟🙌🏼 tho RELAX was released end of 1983 and became a hit and global #1 from January 1984 💥

as a child of the eighties i love watching you two young people listen to this masterpiece for the first time. i could tell the song affected you just like us on the dance floor back then. AND YOU DID IT WITHOUT ANY CHEMICALS!

The song banned for lyrical content, yet our P.E teacher used it for aerobics when I was 12 in 83

@clivejones1152

2 күн бұрын

I love you call it aerobics

You can't forget Welcome to the pleasure dome by them.

@nickimontie

7 күн бұрын

That whole album is fire!

@santiagohardy2728

7 күн бұрын

Yesss! I used to own a copy of it on vinyl.

@2715bunky

7 күн бұрын

My favorite live version is kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJarsNSAZLC6nKg.htmlsi=KXuINXJ_d-HEcBTc

This song is exactly what you think it's about.

As a reminder, if you haven’t checked out The Proposal do it now. If you have, watch it again knowing this song

The song is Frankie, the sound is Trevor Horn.

As a teenager in the early 80s, the teenage NuWave clubs were where it was at. You heard songs like RELAX and so many others, from so many other Great Bands you would want too listen too. Socializing, dancing, it was the ultimate teenage experience.

This song was HUGE around 1985!! Everyone had those "Frankie says" shirts!

@3DJapan

6 күн бұрын

Frankie say.

Back in the day, I remember reading an interview with Frankie, who said that Trevor Horn the producer, told the group to go out, hit the clubs and get into the vibe, and then come into the recording studio in the early hours of the morning and record the song. The song was 'Relax', and it created quite a stir in the charts in the UK. Everyone was talking about it. I think it was banned by Radio One, who were the biggest radio station in the country. Of course it went straight to number one in the charts! I still have the 12 inch single of it somewhere and the cover art is great. They followed it up with Two Tribes and had a huge success with that. Holly Johnson the lead singer, is from Liverpool and the band started up there. I'm so glad I was in my twenties when it all happened. Great music. Good times.

40 years old now and still a banger

I had zero business dancing to this as a child in the 00s I don’t know what my parents were thinking letting me listen to this BUT in the same breath ITS SUCH A VIBE! 😂

@ChrisW-17

7 күн бұрын

I was hovering around 10 when this came out. And yeah, not a clue what it was about, but loved bopping along to the song.

@zoemn24

7 күн бұрын

@@ChrisW-17 The surprise I had when I eventually got to the age when I could kinda understand things that they (my parents) mentioned to me that they had this song banned everywhere on radio the first thing out of my mouth “Why?” 😂

@steveb7429

7 күн бұрын

Well as a teen in the 8o’s I didn’t really think about the lyrics too much because the song is such fire. Really fun dance music.

@gigi-ij1hk

7 күн бұрын

Kind of shocking that this got any airplay in the '80s, considering it was released just at the moment the industry was being pressured to put warning labels on records

@mysticmavens811

7 күн бұрын

My mom bought me a Frankie Say Relax t-shirt 😂

Yet another song in the grand 80's tradition like She-Bop, Turning Japanese, and Dancing with Myself.

@nancysmith8626

7 күн бұрын

Heh!

@Skywalker567

7 күн бұрын

And don't forget I Touch Myself by The Divinyls and Into the Groove by Madonna

@kpiperjr

7 күн бұрын

@@Skywalker567 And "Whip It!"

@mattgarfinkle978

7 күн бұрын

Blister in the Sun

@Jessica_Roth

7 күн бұрын

Are we sure this is SELF-love? All those lads in the club in the video (and Holly Johnson's public sexuality) made me think it was an experienced, er, hand telling a nervous first-timer to relax and (as Bruce Springsteen sang about something COMPLETELY different) "we'll get to that place where we really want to go", together. Or perhaps I simply have a dirty mind.

I'm a UK oldie, I was there at the time, and YOU CANNOT BEGIN to imagine how big this song was at the time... nightclubs would play it 4 or 5 times a night, everyone was wearing FRANKIE SAYS t-shirts, absolute madness... The song itself is a combination of many different versions recorded by super-producer Trevor Horn, including one not even including the band! (The big "whooosssshhh" at the end is the [heavily manipulated] sound of the band jumping into a swimming pool at the end of the pop video!)

This song was on perpetual rotation in 1984 on MTV. HUGE hit!!!

"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", "Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt 3)" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

@Problembeing

7 күн бұрын

YES!!

@neilbertuk1

7 күн бұрын

@@Problembeingthe session guys for recording “Relax “ were Ian Dury’s band, The Blockheads!

@angelacunningham

6 күн бұрын

The great punk poet himself wonderful suggestions loved and still love Ian Dury

@JohnBailey-ux9vv

6 күн бұрын

Billericay Dickie 🤣

@Problembeing

6 күн бұрын

@@neilbertuk1 I used to absolutely love these guys as a kid.

I use to jam out to this song without even knowing the words and meaning. So catchy but too cool if your mom is a big church goer.

@steveb7429

7 күн бұрын

As a teenager in the 80’s I understood the lyrics , but I found the actual music way more interesting - such a banger song to dance to. Pun intended.

@Carrie-so3ro

7 күн бұрын

@@steveb7429 It's hard to (there I just did it - again), say ANYTHING about this song without there being some sort of pun.

Greatest band of the 80s!

Two Tribes is a must listen, absolute killer Bass line

This song was EVERYWHERE in the mid-80's. It lives on today in 80's themed events & gay clubs. And yes, I had a "Frankie Says RELAX" t-shirt.

Sold millions in the UK. One of the biggest selling singles of all time. Try Two Tribes and Welcome To The Pleasure Dome next. Jay will love the bass lines.

Heroes of the 80's. So many songs from them were beyond the time.

80's guy here, and my playlist is full of these 80's bangers. Good time to be young.

This song is meant to played LOUD and I bump it in my car!!

@jomorales8446

6 күн бұрын

Yes! I was blasting this at a stop light one morning on my way to work. There was a motorcyclist in front of me, he heard the song and started bobbing his head to the beat and turned to me with a smile and a thumbs up!

one of the best engineered albums of the 80's... just incredible on headphones

@gigi-ij1hk

7 күн бұрын

Trevor Horn is UNDEFEATED

The fact I was 11 when this song came out and clueless what this song was about, my parents must have been as well because I was wearing a Frankie Says Relax shirt lol

The genius behind the sound was Trevor Horn…producer of so many 80’s wonders

Ohhh, the 80s childhood experience. You could not escape this song on radio when it came out, nor did you want to, ha.

This song was originally on the 80's movie Body Double, which is a really cool movie worth checking out as well.

This song is about exactly what you think it’s about and was actually banned for a while in England before it became too popular to suppress. They had one other really huge hit at the time called ‘Two Tribes’. The video for that one can and should be viewed as it’s pretty timeless and also pretty funny. Both songs came from their debut album “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”. It’s a stone cold classic double album and any track off of that is worth a listen. The title track is a standout but is nearly 20 minutes long. They only released one other album called “Liverpool”. It wasn’t nearly as successful as their debut, despite being the most expensive to produce at the time, but there are a couple of worthwhile tracks there as well.

The "production" on this song is super-mega-hyper-nuclear next-level.

This song was also very prominently featured in the movie Body Double. The band actually appears in the movie in a particularly titillating scene.

@norwegianblue2017

7 күн бұрын

That movie was crazy!

@michaelhoadley6932

7 күн бұрын

Great movie.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

6 күн бұрын

The scene is on a porn movie set, it is even less titillating than the "banned" video. It is a great scene, but compared to the rest of the movie it is a day at the office.

@darrennottensteiner9109

5 күн бұрын

Bodyb double music vidio was insane with the actual band in the movie

@hgianos65

5 күн бұрын

Great movie

I WAS A STUDENT IN THE UK IN '84 AND THIS SONG WAS MASSIVE! WAS #1 FOR MOST OF THE YEAR AND IN CONSTANT PLAY IN THE CLUBS/ON RADIO. IT WAS BANNED BY THE BBC(GOV'T RADIO) DUE TO THE LYRICS BUT WAS PLAYED EVERY WHERE ELSE. A CLUB BANGER THAT PACKED THE DANCE FLOOR FOR SURE!

Power of Love is their ballad and it is absolutely magnificent

I was fortunate to have seen Frankie Goes to Hollywood perform in Milan, Italy, circa 1987. They were fabulous. Every song made your body want to move. They were the opening act for The Eurythmics. Unfortunately the Italian audience preferred sitting whereas my friends and I danced.

The band name came from an old ad announcing the film debut of Frank Sinatra.

Naughty, naughty song. This was one that you had to make sure your parents didn't catch you listening to or watching the video on MTV, VH1, or Night Tracks. The lyrics are crystal clear, there's no mistaking what he's saying/talking about. Classic 80s, definitely naughty 🤭

@eggy1962

6 күн бұрын

Nowhere near as naughty as ….Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Wake Up and Make Love To Me…..lmao

@MsJourneyfan

6 күн бұрын

@@eggy1962 Never heard of them, so I looked up the song ..... OH MY! Super naughty 🤭

@CreepyComfortAndCrime

5 күн бұрын

When my Mom found out what it was about, she threw out my record immediately lol

@MsJourneyfan

5 күн бұрын

@@CreepyComfortAndCrime Right? 😂 And this is tame compared to song lyrics today

I worked at his families home. Done work for hollys mum. Lovely woman. 👍

This song is meant to be FELT as much as to be heard. Big speakers and a good amp (the bigger the better) you wont be disappointed!

Also , Culture Club, Church of the poisoned mind

Y’all had some quality chair dancing going on! I love that you sat back and enjoyed the music. 😊

Every nightclub in the 80's everywhere played this one. Some saved it until midnight and had all the lights, smoke ,and mirrors going full pop. 😆

The Power of Love - beautiful!

When CDs first came out, this was the very first CD I ever purchased. Next Frankie songs to check are 'Two Tribes' and 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'

Why aren’t you watching the video? It is equally energizing

@brendaedwards6741

7 күн бұрын

Your comment did make me laugh. Can you imagine their faces watching the video 😂

@MikePhillips-pl6ov

7 күн бұрын

​@@brendaedwards6741yes, but the clean video is good too

@JamesBond-ib9tq

7 күн бұрын

This is a PG rated show and I don't think especially the unedited video is appropriate here.

@brendaedwards6741

6 күн бұрын

@MikePhillips-pl6ov The one with the lasers? That's my favourite version. The uncensored video is too much for me - especially the guy with the banana 😱 It also shows off Mark and Paul's awesome bass playing and dancing skills (respectively). The comment made me laugh, but I was glad they didn't react to the uncensored video!

@joebloggs396

6 күн бұрын

The music really doesn't need a video, unlike trash music.

Relax. When you want to come…🙃 This song PACKED the dance floor! Great song!

In the UK, at one point in June 1984, this former huge No. 1 fell to No. 3 in the charts, and their follow up "Two Tribes" was No. 1. They owned the UK chart that year, amongst some very stiff competition. Almost to the point everyone was sick of it! But it's still an incredible piece of work, and a cultural touchstone in 80s pop music.