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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s [[BannedInChina Banned by]] Creator/{{the BBC}} status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.

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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s "Relax" being [[BannedInChina Banned by]] Creator/{{the BBC}} status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/{{Friends}}'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie Say/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].

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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/{{Friends}}'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie Say/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Say/[[InconsistentSpelling Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't ''Don't Do It".It''". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].
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* FalseCredit: The band's debut album, ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'', infamously saw producer Music/TrevorHorn replace everyone except vocalist Holly Johnson with himself and various session musicians. Despite this, the full band is credited in the liner notes despite only one member contributing to the finished product.

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* [[BannedInChina Banned by]] Creator/{{the BBC}}: "Relax".

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* [[BannedInChina Banned by]] Creator/{{the BBC}}: "Relax".BannedInChina: Creator/TheBBC blocked "Relax" from airplay thanks to its overtly sexual lyrics.



* OneHitWonder: In the United States, Frankie is only known for "Relax". They had five very successful singles in Europe, with "Two Tribes" being the highest selling single of 1984 in Britain.



* WordOfGod: Holly Johnson is on record saying "Wish (The Lads Were Here)"'s actual title was and always will be "Love Has Got a Gun." Legend has it that the song was a late addition to ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' and was shoehorned in between "San Jose (The Way)" and "the ballad of 32", an instrumental that originally carried the title "Wish the Lads Were Here" (without parentheses) as a nod to Music/PinkFloyd and "32"'s similar sound to that band's 1975 classic ''Wish You Were Here''. The title renaming was conducted by Paul Morley against the band's wishes, and "32" was heavily edited for length (the full version appearing on a reissue.) The album artwork has never been corrected.

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* WordOfGod: Holly Johnson is on record saying "Wish (The Lads Were Here)"'s actual title was and always will be "Love Has Got a Gun." Legend has it that the song was a late addition to ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' and was shoehorned in between "San Jose (The Way)" and "the ballad "The Ballad of 32", an instrumental that originally carried the title "Wish the Lads Were Here" (without parentheses) as a nod to Music/PinkFloyd and "32"'s similar sound to that band's 1975 classic ''Wish ''Music/{{Wish You Were Here''.Here|1975}}''. The title renaming was conducted by Paul Morley against the band's wishes, and "32" was heavily edited for length (the full version appearing on a reissue.) The album artwork has never been corrected.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Music/TrevorHorn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single; the band recorded a demo, but the song was ultimately given to Creator/GraceJones. With her on vocals, it ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".

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"Slave to the Rhythm", another Music/TrevorHorn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single; the band recorded a demo, but the song was ultimately given to Creator/GraceJones. With her on vocals, it ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".Jones".
** Want to know what ''Liverpool'' would have sounded like had Trevor Horn produced it? All of the remixes of "Warriors of the Wasteland" were produced by Horn, and they definitely sit alongside the ''Pleasuredome'' material. Ditto his additional production on the "Rage Hard" extended mixes.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single; the band recorded a demo, but the song was ultimately given to Creator/GraceJones. With her on vocals, it ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Trevor Horn Music/TrevorHorn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single; the band recorded a demo, but the song was ultimately given to Creator/GraceJones. With her on vocals, it ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being given to Creator/GraceJones. The song ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being single; the band recorded a demo, but the song was ultimately given to Creator/GraceJones. The song With her on vocals, it ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being given to Music/GraceJones. The song ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Slave to the Rhythm", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being given to Music/GraceJones.Creator/GraceJones. The song ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[Creator/GraceJones Slave to the Rhythm]]", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being given to Grace Jones.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[Creator/GraceJones Slave "Slave to the Rhythm]]", Rhythm", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being given to Music/GraceJones. The song ended up ballooning into an entire album of the same name, with the track being retitled there as "Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones.Jones".
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "[[Creator/GraceJones Slave to the Rhythm]]", another Trevor Horn production, was intended to be Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second single before being given to Grace Jones.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/{{Friends}}'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].

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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/{{Friends}}'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Say/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/Friends'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].

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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/Friends'', ''Series/{{Friends}}'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to a infamous scene from ''Series/Friends'', a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Says]] Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It". It's even made it into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802b-mwK3a4 this]].
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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s [[BannedInChina Banned by]] Creator/{{the BBC} status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.

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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s [[BannedInChina Banned by]] Creator/{{the BBC} BBC}} status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.
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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned by the BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.

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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s [[BannedInChina Banned by the BBC by]] Creator/{{the BBC} status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.
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* WordOfGod: Holly Johnson is on record saying "Wish (The Lads Were Here)"'s actual title was and always will be "Love Has Got a Gun." Legend has it that the song was a late addition to ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' and was shoehorned in between "San Jose (The Way)" and "the ballad of 32", an instrumental that originally carried the title "Wish the Lads Were Here" (without paranthesis) as a nod to PinkFloyd and "32"'s similar sound to that band's 1975 classic ''Wish You Were Here''. The title renaming was conducted by Paul Morley against the band's wishes, and "32" was heavily edited for length (the full version appearing on a reissue.) The album artwork has never been corrected.

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* WordOfGod: Holly Johnson is on record saying "Wish (The Lads Were Here)"'s actual title was and always will be "Love Has Got a Gun." Legend has it that the song was a late addition to ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' and was shoehorned in between "San Jose (The Way)" and "the ballad of 32", an instrumental that originally carried the title "Wish the Lads Were Here" (without paranthesis) parentheses) as a nod to PinkFloyd Music/PinkFloyd and "32"'s similar sound to that band's 1975 classic ''Wish You Were Here''. The title renaming was conducted by Paul Morley against the band's wishes, and "32" was heavily edited for length (the full version appearing on a reissue.) The album artwork has never been corrected.
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* [[BannedInChina Banned by Auntie Beeb]]: "Relax".
* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.

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* [[BannedInChina Banned by Auntie Beeb]]: by]] Creator/{{the BBC}}: "Relax".
* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The by the BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.
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* WordOfGod: Holly Johnson is on record saying "Wish (The Lads Were Here)"'s actual title was and always will be "Love Has Got a Gun." Legend has it that the song was a late addition to ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' and was shoehorned in between "San Jose (The Way)" and "the ballad of 32", an instrumental that originally carried the title "Wish the Lads Were Here" (without paranthesis) as a nod to PinkFloyd and "32"'s similar sound to that band's 1975 classic ''Wish You Were Here''. The title renaming was conducted by Paul Morley against the band's wishes, and "32" was heavily edited for length (the full version appearing on a reissue.) The album artwork has never been corrected.
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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time.

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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time. Many went to see ''Film/BodyDouble'' for the "Relax" porn sequence after.

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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time.

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* [[BannedInChina Banned by Auntie Beeb]]: "Relax".
* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time.time.
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* StreisandEffect: "Relax"'s Banned By The BBC status cemented its (and the band's) notoriety and probably had a lot to do with it going on to become one of the UK's top ten best sellers of all time.

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