The commercial success of FGTH and 'Relax' can be pinned down to two actions. Firstly the ban imposed on the record by the BBC, secondly the multiple formats that the record was released in.
'Relax' had already made the charts when BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read decided that the record was actually pornographic with its inclusion of the words suck and come. Not since Jane Birkin and her 'Je T' Aime Moi Non Plus' had a record profited so much from a BBC ban, 'Relax. topping the charts for a full five weeks and remaining in the chart for 48 weeks in total.
The record was made available in 7", 12", Picture Disc, Remixed versions, and Picture Sleeve versions during a sustained chart campaign by record company ZZT. Soon, "Frankie Says Relax' baggy 'T's were seen on every high street in the UK.
The record was made available in 7", 12", Picture Disc, Remixed versions, and Picture Sleeve versions during a sustained chart campaign by record company ZZT. Soon, "Frankie Says Relax' baggy 'T's were seen on every high street in the UK.
Singer Holly Johnson claimed it was "just a dance record", but producer Trevor Horn was nearer the mark when he explained "Frankie are about sex, reproduction and making it. All the things that excite teenagers."
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