However, Trevor Horn and Frankie Goes To Hollywood found a way to draw attention to the video when the song was featured in Brian De Palma’s film “Body double” where the atmosphere of the original video was partly recreated. But word quickly spread of the existence of a super transgressive video banned by British censorship. The original video was deemed too daring also by Trevor Horn himself, who felt appropriate to shoot another version with Frankie Goes To Hollywood in a studio singing “Relax” surrounded by futuristic green lasers. In fact, within two weeks many radio stations decided to exclude it from programming because of the overly explicit lyrics, and BBC officially banned the song and the group from all broadcasts. The song had modest success until a major turning point: on January 5, 1984, FGTH performed at “Top of the Pops”, and the success exploded. The song was very strong, but there were risks that Trevor wanted to take: a certain level of censorship was already assured before even having it published, because the lyrics were quite explicit and the group was openly gay, which in those years was not so pordinary even in England.Īnd so on that Monday in October, Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s first single, “Relax”, was released. Only the singer’s voice remained from the original version, we can say.īut Trevor Horn wanted it perfect, because he realized that this song would change the history of pop and of the 80s. It took four rounds of writing, recording and further editing, before getting to the version we know. And in one of these venues they were noticed by a person who was in contact with the ubiquitous Trevor Horn, the singer and producer of Buggles and “ Video Killed the Radio Star“, and also a member of Yes.Īfter contracting this new group with his newborn ZTT Records, Trevor asked them to remake their main song, which he said was not yet ready, although the song had great potential. And so, that day, if you walked into a record store, you could find Billy Idol’s new song, “ Rebel Yell,” but also the debut album of a very unknown group, unless you used to spend nights in underground clubs. One of those days when two songs came out, in completely different situations, that would absolutely make the music history of the decade. Why? Because we have invested in the very latest heat press technology and screen printing systems and when combined with the superior-quality garments we have selected, we firmly believe we're providing premium products at unbeatable value OUR PROMISE TO YOU We're proud to operate a 100% customer satisfaction policy so if for any reason you are not entirely satisfied, please return the product back to us (it must be unused and with tag(s) intact) within 30 days for a refund or exchange ** ** Items must be unused, in original condition with tags attached and not personalised.Octowas one of those absolutely magical days for 80s music.
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