It spent seven weeks on the Top 75 this time, thus extending its combined total to 59, making it the third longest runner of all time (seven other singles have since surpassed it; now it is in joint 10th place).[19]. "Relax (Come Fighting)" was the version of the song included on the Welcome to the Pleasuredome album. The show goes on! L-U-P the man, cause a brand that the fans trust, So even if they ban us they'll never slow my plans up! Never ever put them down Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS). Mastered at 33 RPM, despite claiming to run at 45 RPM on the label. One in the air for the people that ain't here Hope you slip up off your path Last.fm Music | Copyright 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. / All rights reserved. Morley opted to tackle the biggest possible themes in the band's singles ("sex, war, religion"), of which "Relax" would be the first, and emphasized the shock impact of Frankie members Holly Johnson's and Paul Rutherford's open homosexuality in the packaging and music videos. Terrified of the World On all of the original 12-inch releases, the B-side featured a cover of "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey", followed by a brief dialogue involving Rutherford attempting to sign on, and an a cappella version of the title track's chorus, segueing into an instrumental version of "Relax", known as "Bonus, Again" (which resembles "Come Fighting" more than the 7" mix). Billboard Hot 100. A live performance video of the song was directed by David Mallet, making the rounds at MTV. This is just a preview! Anybody ever wonder, when they would see the sun up Holly Johnson contends that the lyrics were misheard, instead of, when you want to sock it to it, he sang, when you want to suck, chew it,[16] contending he wrote and should know. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984). The images were accompanied by the phrase "ALL THE NICE BOYS LOVE SEA MEN", a pun on the music hall song All the Nice Girls love a Sailor. The UK cassette single featured "Greatest Bits", a unique amalgam of excerpts from the "Sex Mix", "New York Mix", "Move" and an instrumental version of "Move". For these ghettos girls and boys im rapping round' the World for! Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, "Relax" finally reached number one on the UK singles chart on 22 January 1984,[4] ultimately becoming one of the most controversial and most commercially successful records of the decade. Horn described the original version of "Relax" as "More a jingle than a song", but he preferred to work with songs that were not professionally finished because he could then "fix them up" in his own style. Features Song Lyrics for Elvin Bishop's And the Road Goes on Forever, Volume 1 album. It Goes Like It Goes" won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1979, defeating such fellow nominees as "Through the Eyes of Love" and "Rainbow Connection", to the consternation of some critics.. In the end, "Relax" remained on the Top 75 for 48 consecutive weeks and returned in February 1985 for four more, giving a total of 52.[18]. No matter what you see when you look outside your window Later in 1984 the ban was lifted and "Relax" featured on both the Christmas Day edition of Top of the Pops and Radio 1's rundown of the best-selling singles of the year. By ZTT Records in isolation were too nervous to make suggestions I was just Look, 'Relax ' to. 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