Everyone knows what this one’s about… Relax, Don’t do it, When you wanna suck it to it… (there’s some debate about those lyrics, but the band have apparently confirmed them) When you wanna… Come! For reasons of public decency, I will be spelling it as ‘come’ throughout, when we all know it should be… Anyway. It’s all out there, slapping you about the face… Which brings us on to the lyrics.
Producer Trevor Horn – last heard on another synth-pop classic ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ – took complete control of what was a jingly demo, and created a monster.Ī monster that demands to be played loud. Apparently, singer Holly Johnson was the only band member to feature on the recording. These are played like guitars, and could flatten a skyscraper. I’ve been a bit down on synthesisers at times in this blog, but these are great. An ominous intro floats in – I’ve always wondered what is being sung here (it’s M-i-ine, Give it to me one time now…) – before giving way to some grinding synths. In fact, that first bit – ‘Relax’s catchiness – is the one aspect of this song that possibly gets overlooked. It’s catchy, it’s memorable, it’s a real cultural moment… and it pissed off all the right people. Far from it: this is almost the perfect number one. Relax, by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (their 1st of three #1s)ĥ weeks, from 22nd January – 26th February 1984
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