Relax

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dance song single song synth-pop song

"Relax" is a 1983 synth-pop and dance single by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, notorious for its sexually charged lyrics, controversial music video, and eventual status as an iconic 1980s hit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dance song ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
synth-pop song ⓘ
album Welcome to the Pleasuredome ⓘ
artist Frankie Goes to Hollywood ⓘ
bannedBy BBC Radio 1 ⓘ
BBC television services ⓘ
surface form: BBC Television
chartedIn UK Singles Chart ⓘ
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: US Billboard Hot 100
chartPositionUKSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesWeeksAtNumberOne 5 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs controversial 1980s single ⓘ
iconic 1980s hit ⓘ
genre dance ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasBside One September Monday ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Relax music video ⓘ
hasRemix Relax (New York mix) ⓘ
Welcome to the Pleasuredome ⓘ
surface form: Relax (Sex mix)

Relax (New York mix) ⓘ
surface form: Relax (USA mix)
language English ⓘ
lengthSingleVersion 3:55 ⓘ
notableFor censorship controversy ⓘ
controversial music video ⓘ
sexually charged lyrics ⓘ
partOf Welcome to the Pleasuredome ⓘ
partOfMusicMovement 1980s British synth-pop ⓘ
performer Frankie Goes to Hollywood ⓘ
producer Trevor Horn ⓘ
recordedIn 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel ZTT Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-10-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
subjectTo BBC radio ban ⓘ
tempo dance tempo ⓘ
theme orgasm ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
usesInstrumentation drum machine ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocalist Holly Johnson ⓘ
writer Brian Nash ⓘ
Holly Johnson ⓘ
Mark O'Toole ⓘ
Paul Rutherford ⓘ
Peter Gill ⓘ

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Two Tribes → previousSingle → Relax ⓘ
Trevor Horn → produced → Relax ⓘ