I graduated in 1985. What a great time to be alive. I wouldn't trade my youth for the crap these kids have to deal with and grow up in today, for nothing. I feel sorry for the. No cell phones, no computers, video games weren't addictive or taking up ones entire youth. Freedom and happiness. The world was a much better place. Or maybe it just seemed like it, I don't know. I do know that I loved the era I grew up in, and am grateful for it.

Oh how I miss the 80’s. This song will never get old.

@mindynewton2967

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@blakeparish1136

Жыл бұрын

Best version ever!

Man If one wish of mine could be filled I'd wish to do the 80's all over again.....

@steverichard2786

4 жыл бұрын

Man I soooooooo fuckin agree

@Coasterdude02149

3 жыл бұрын

@@steverichard2786 I second that

@chaunceymabe5497

3 жыл бұрын

Big hair. Big jackets. Shitty primitive technology

@jefffederer1807

2 жыл бұрын

70' s were the best for music

@htownchucky3992

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in August '76. The 80s were so exciting, I even wondered what the future held. It was so common to hear 'rock and roll will never die'. I try to relive that time period, with singing karaoke. If you want to look me up, visit a venue in Houston, Texas, my stage name is 'Rokker'. I had a classmate in grade school, who is the lead singer of 'Blue October'. Me, I was in the NAVY (1999-2008).

They look like they’re having so much FUN.

@OptimisticCynic715

Жыл бұрын

Probably wishing they were back in the censored video.

It's physically impossible to play this too loud. Quintessentially one of the best of the 80s. I seriously regret never getting a Frankie Say Relax tee 👕

@billylove2926

2 жыл бұрын

I had one. Played softball tourneys in it while my teammates used jerseys. Stood out really well

@ec7888

Жыл бұрын

100% agree

@rolfmoren6682

Жыл бұрын

Oooh!! It is impossible get too loud on this one. It's just a marvel of the time

@Atomykpimp

Жыл бұрын

It’s one of those songs I wish I had concert speakers in my house. Standing in the middle of the stack and literally blow out every window in my house listening to Relax and it being the last song I ever hear as I’ll probably be deaf too, but what a way to go!

@jayatfreelance

10 ай бұрын

Shouldn't it still be possible? I got a replica of the one from "Big Trouble In Little China"!

The bass hits you in the gut. One of the best produced songs ever!!!

@rickjohnson8707

2 жыл бұрын

I KNOW RIGHT

@luannabbate2624

Жыл бұрын

@@rickjohnson8707 The funny thing is that when this song came out and all the KIDS were wearing the Relax Tees, they didn't realize that the video was based on the Ramrod Gay coulture. From NY , I remember those days🤤

@sonicsrasta

Жыл бұрын

Trevor Horn

@sonicsrasta

Жыл бұрын

Ie Video Killed the Radio Star - this song is as much his as the band’s

One of the best live concert music videos ever. Period. Period.

@babymammoth34

2 жыл бұрын

@gemini rose Nope. It's authentic. The band has stated so several times.

@Jeromus1970

2 жыл бұрын

@@babymammoth34 I thought it was a concert staged specifically to shoot a video that could actually be shown on American TV. American TV wouldn't touch the first one with a 10-foot pole and MTV even rejected the second one.

@insulincarl

2 жыл бұрын

@@babymammoth34 I'm pretty sure it's a remix of this performance on "The Tube" kzread.info/dash/bejne/a42ho6SidNm8pNY.html

@TrojanRuss

2 жыл бұрын

This is the video that was shown on loop on MTV at the time, so when I saw them at Irvine Meadows in Orange County, California, in 1985, naturally the fans took over the stage. It didn't help that at the beginning of the encore, Holly Johnson told everybody in the crowd to come closer. I had tenth row seats, but me and my friend Ruben ended up standing on the arms of the chairs in the third row to watch the madness unfold, and madness it was. Basically, after one song (Relax) for the encore, the band ran off the stage, they turned on all the lights and told everybody to go home. I got pelted with so much garbage I was a walking trash can heading to the car. Still one of the best concerts I ever saw (and I saw a lot of them back then).

@chrishays4835

2 жыл бұрын

Wish I was there...now in my 60s still love how they enjoy the music, singing, interacting.....love them all! Thanks for all the beautiful music you gave us!

I never get tired of watching this video.

@yamchaken05

3 жыл бұрын

Me 2!

@bobbyedge4180

3 жыл бұрын

Hi..love this song too !!

@juliocaesaralcaraz9891

3 жыл бұрын

Neither do I

@karenward267

3 жыл бұрын

And this is how we partied before the world became so much more complicated.

@ashe984

3 жыл бұрын

Same I love this song

Was at the a Holly Johnson concert the other night and we were all up dancing to this song. I miss the eighties.

Awesome band. Awesome song. Awesome crowd. Awesome No cell phones

@hoihoi9866

9 ай бұрын

Yes

Saw them in concert when I was 15, met them backstage and hung out with them the entire next day in 1985....one on my favorite lifetime memories. Awesome guys, and we were just 15 and GIRLS. Great memory.

@jeffhamilton4344

3 жыл бұрын

So Basicly they never touched either one of you? LMAO pun intended

@smokin1974

3 жыл бұрын

Life goals - fuck the haters great memory

@jeffchristianson-ziebell7727

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit you hung out with Frankie in the day? That’s beyond cool... & awesome... & sheds a very cool realistic light on them for sure - I loved them despite being straight & knowing full well they were not but I’ve never been homophobic & just loved their musical style & talent

@tiana8456

2 жыл бұрын

Wooooow! What a really great memory! Happy you)

@Mustang-bk4ns

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, heard these guys back then. Song first. Later the name of the group. They were all declared gay/queer then but some band members said not all. Looking at them here in this concert setting they look normal/straight but the original video in a gay bar showed a much different reality to their lifestyle

The funny thing about this song is you really CAN'T relax when you're listening to it.

The 80s were in another universe that can't be explained. I am so glad I was there as a teenager.

@aesirgod7818

21 күн бұрын

man jealous ive been obsessed with the 80's since i was 9 years old and now im 31 still obsessed and wished i experienced it lucky you man

This is the version with the most OCTANE!!! Love the crowd:-)

This is the actual video that played on MTV every day! Real deal official!!❤️ Still love it!

@alanschwamberger7398

Жыл бұрын

Yea if they played the other video they might have come off as gay.

@svin7987

Жыл бұрын

It's also played on Mtv 80s.

@tomcampbell6384

9 ай бұрын

IKR!!!! I was a child of MTV....Still have a thing for Martha...though i wasn't addicted to coke

@ngarren13

6 ай бұрын

@@alanschwamberger7398 lol....ya think?

I remember that song was so big that it made 3 different verson of that video. When Mtv only showed videos.

Guy in the sunglasses does the same two step dance the entire video!!

Who’s still listening to this in 2022 that heard this song for the first time when it was actually released

@user-ry6oh9xn1u

2 ай бұрын

Good jam, no big deal that these guys were gay. The chicks I dated loved to dance to this tune.

@e.ramaenqvist9573

Ай бұрын

me 2024

I was in college when this song came out..it was banned from the radio for its “ content of a strong sexual nature” ..lol...but it was blasted at every dance club..good times !

@manxuberglider8

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it being all over the radio in ‘84-‘85 here in NOLa.

@chiquizcastruita5039

10 ай бұрын

Seee !! Fue todo un EXITASSO !!

THIS SONG IS THE BETTER EXAMPLE OF THE MUSIC OF THE GREATES 80'S.

That bass guitar intro is just bonkers!! The energy the intensity the electricity and that flash man!! That flash light and the Mafia overcoat just TOPS it off…. This has to one of the craziest live concerts. Wish I could turn back time and be there!! Next best would be blasting it out loud via my SVS SB3000 subwoofer n Barco projector image 5m wide!!! What a party that would be 🎉🎉🎉

Back from the days when bands had REAL talent and wow factor…

We need the 80s back on the radio! I love my Frankie Says Relax T-Shirt!

@cynthiaholland-hall5170

Жыл бұрын

I always regret getting rid of mine!! Although there is no way it would still fit…😂

Growing up in the 80s was the happiest time of my life!!!! The friends, the music, the parties!!! Epic decade!!! 👍👍👍👍

Dam that bass... .

Omg. I need a time machine. 💖

When I saw the original video of "Relax" - a kind of ancient Rome orgy - on the TV I sat up straight in the chair and I knew at once something has changed. I was 16 that time.

@hedoniss

10 жыл бұрын

***** heheheh

There are many many concert videos on KZread. To me this is the absolute BEST one o seen!!! The absolute madness at it’s best.

Man what a decade 80s the best ever was

The 80's had the best music

Oh my goodness.

Zero crowd control....love it!

@r.thompson2190

Жыл бұрын

Miss those days

This is still relevant in 2021. 👍🏼

@aldixon1977

2 жыл бұрын

@Beansngreens: How is this still “relevant” ? Please explain…

This song was the 💩! Never gets old love this 4ever. 80s rule!

@bobbyedge4180

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yes !

@plutao_pt

3 жыл бұрын

you bet, 80's rules

THIS is the video version I grew up watching on MTV when I was a kid. I always preferred this performance instead of the studio version. Count me in as another who thought it was Nick Rhodes in the audience.

One of the best songs of the 80s, just pure magic.

Hot Dang !!!!! What a performance !!! Nothing beats this show. The audience was allowed on the stage, and boy!! They expressed their liking. DANG!!!! This video is WAY better than the official Video. Make this the Official. And digitalize it !!!

the eighties were the best ten years of my life,and the music was awesome.

Awesome....takes me back to a simpler time, band was great in this video, long live the eighties bro

@miller5408

7 жыл бұрын

RIGHT FUCKING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The flashlight was such a fun and memorable prop!

@rolfmoren6682

Жыл бұрын

The flashlight thing. Who'd think of that . . . They did have a lot of creativity . . .

Ooh mama, this is the real deal. Immortal bass and stage. ✌

Just as good now as it was back in the 80’s!❤️❤️

That, my friends, is what rock and roll is all about

now THIS is the version i remember !!!....

My first big concert, i was like 14...they were amazing. Banarama opened...remember them?

WICKED AWESOME video. Back to the 80s! Awesome time to be young, living a day at a time and even a moment at a time.

This is the BEST VERSION !!!

2020 and this song still gets me hype!!!

Showmanship and Charisma

Remember when we use to wear a white tee that said Relax, cause of this song. Some never got the meaning of it lol.

❤ ✨one of my favourite popular classics ❤✨

never before have there been so many girls under the same dome with no gaydar

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

7 жыл бұрын

Hot80s George Michael fans?

@ArchstantonsMTgrave

5 жыл бұрын

You won the internet 👍🏼👍🏼

@asparagusbear3323

5 жыл бұрын

I think they like sharp well dressed gentlemen. Also no threat of sex.

@arfifteen9344

4 жыл бұрын

There weren't Gaydars back then.

@gasolinewine801

4 жыл бұрын

OMG!! Too funny... and too true.

For about 8 minutes, this group was the hottest thing on the planet.

this is and always was my absolute fave video of this song!!! i thought those girls were gonna kill the guys but they were so nice to all the fans while even getting knocked down!! lolzz dang girls!!! n the guys all looked absolutely gorgeous here!!! great video!!!! xoxooxoxoxox

@Michael-jw6et

2 жыл бұрын

I am sure the people who ran on stage were paid to do that for the video or asked to do that for the video. I doubt it was real.

@johnnersinger9771

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-jw6et it was real, the band even said so.

@svin7987

2 ай бұрын

@@Michael-jw6et of course it's staged, otherwise it wouldn't be shown from all those angles and there'd be security guards holding them back

@svin7987

2 ай бұрын

@@johnnersinger9771 i don't think so, even if they did, they could lie

@svin7987

2 ай бұрын

@@johnnersinger9771 if it was real it wouldn't be shown from all those different angles and there'd be security guards holding the audience back

I see security was really doing their jobs lmmfao😂😂😂

@triphophoney2981

3 жыл бұрын

😆

The best version music video of this song because it captures all of the energy of it.

Every time this song comes on the radio when I’m driving, it’s almost obligatory I max out the volume and commence (safe, responsible) headbanging and fist pumping!

@chiquizcastruita5039

10 ай бұрын

aún IMPULSA los corazones que VIBRAN AL MÁXIMO AL ESCUCHARLA 💃🕺 🎼

Watching MTV Classic's I want my 80's and this comes up.... Rocking OUT!

A CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was one of my favorites back then, and still is ! Mom of 4 and soon to be grandmother, and didn't care if gay then or now! It's the MUSIC as James Miller says!

@IronManXXX

7 жыл бұрын

Damn straight! Love those guys and grew up with them and wish they were together making music....love Paul....great guy, great performer.....Holly....come to grips and get back with the rest of the guys....

Best video..

This video was so much the rage 40 years ago. Good times.

These guys were incredible. Loved those cool pants, it's a shame to look so dapper only to end up on the floor. All the guys looked really good in this video, I"d attack them too! There was just something sexy and fun about their attitude when they were performing in this video.

Used to go to a place called R&R in the 80s, Way cool place to go. When this song came on all of the wait staff and bartenders would get up on the bar and dance to it. Brings back fun, fun, fun memories.

@SunsetSideVet

8 жыл бұрын

+Susan Holliday was that in LA?

@benneely5512

6 жыл бұрын

Susan I would kill go back n time to this in my age now I'll have a dynamic time lol

👉 My favorite of all the "RELAX" videos!! The energy & excitement of the fans rushing on stage to hug their favorite Frankie!! 💓💓

That is 80,s crazy live shows and freakin blast

What can you say,fantastic,fantastic.A great stage live performance.

The heterosexual version

The greatestvsong/ video of the 80's no question about it!!!!

我が生涯で最高に好きな曲の１つです😆🎵🎵

@tmseh

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, relax!

I remember this song on the movie "Body Double" with Melanie Griffth! wow!

Loved it back then , even more now💕👍🏻😍love the energy on stage👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@rolfmoren6682

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more. It's a lifestream. Energizes me every month, every year. But I had the most fun back then. Granted.

80'S I love my decade.

@ClaudioAdrianFuentesAlem-on8iw

Ай бұрын

Health,money and love for you and familys. 80'S. Great great great great great great great great great great great great decade. Music. Mode.

Im surpised The Fans that jumped om stage didnt get roughly thrown off stage....awww the 80s....where Fans werent considered a "threat"

This is the video I remember! I've been going crazy because there are two other videos that I had never seen, but I remember the one with the guy with the flashlight and the people jumping on stage and escorted off

Awesome music .. Gone are the 80s. Any aspiring bands watching ?? Can you please bring back the golden era of music? The last 10 years have been not so awesome!

It wouldn't be relaxing if it wasn't this version! 🇯🇵

I was in the US Army stationed in W Germany in 1985. A friend and I saw Frankie Goes To Hollywood in London. There were very, very few girls there.

I thought that this video was so cool when I was in high school.

Very dynamic band and great performances!

@IronManXXX

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Rutherford is such a great entertainer and performer....

Never gets old

Seen a crowd that excited and in the moment in 2020? When the hell is the time machine going to be finished? Come on Elon, don't concentrate on going up, going back is what people like me want.

I've freaking loved this song since the 80s!! Never get tired of it!! Even if it's about that lol!

@rodneycody8746

11 ай бұрын

That...that...oh that

They were just that good in concert! Everybody danced!God bless you Holly! 😎

I was in junior high when this video came out...Great Memories 🎸😎

I would have liked to be there so I could hug Paul and Holly 😭

Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax" Welcome To The Pleasuredome Island Records, 1985

I toured the world solo last yr after a rough 3 yr divorce w this, Two Tribes & Pleasuredome banging in my earphones. From India to Greece, to Italy France, Spain, Morocco, and England..I was grooving to the 80s. Just an anonymous middle aged woman walking with my memories, making new ones...best music, best days of my life

My coworkers hate it when I play this video...every morning! lol

Every great thing I wanted to say has already been said, so I will just say, I miss these guys so much. Thank you for being one of my best 80's memories. ♥

@rickygreider4281

Жыл бұрын

🍺🇺🇸💣

We used to roll a gangster and head to the country and blare this shit. Loved it then and still do thirty three years later.

This tune is still fire! Definitely one of my favourite synth pop songs of all time!!

I saw them in concert in 1985. Great show.

what a great song! Love Paul in it and love the keyboard back up sound....

Gay, straight, what the hell. It rocks.

The edited down American Version... NOT the original but one of the best songs ever no doubt

@svin7987

2 ай бұрын

this is also the version being played on mtv 80s

Limo night in Vegas blaring 80s rock, this has to be a top 5 song right????

Oh.Frankie!!! Greatest time of human age.....

Simply iconic

This is definitely live especially the singer. Holly is trying to catch his breath in some of the lyrics trying to keep up with the tempo and improvises some of the lyrics. Not the studio version of the song like the original video.