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Yet of far longer-lasting impact was the music behind all the hype - a hi-NRG brand of dance-synth-pop that, as crafted by production supremo Trevor Horn, broke new sonic ground, while epitomising '80s excess in all its garish, overblown glory. Thanks to a suitably lewd S&M promo video that, predictably, was also barred from the airwaves, along with a massive marketing campaign that saw kids all over the UK wearing T-shirts with the slogan 'Frankie Says Relax', the band rode a short-lived wave of high-profile controversy.

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Relax, don't do it, when you want to come." While these words provided ample excuse for BBC Radio and TV to impose a ban on the joyously hypnotic 1983 debut single by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, they also served as a mid-'80s anthem during an era when homo-eroticism became an intrinsic component of the Britpop scene. Photo: Retna/Michael Putland"Relax, don't do it, when you want to suck it to it.

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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.The debut single from Liverpool's Frankie Goes To Hollywood was the result of adventurous production and enjoyed massive chart success - as well as creating a great deal of controversy.

Word Of God: 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 Pink Floyd and "32"'s similar sound to that band's 1975 classic Wish You Were Here.

Ditto his additional production on the "Rage Hard" extended mixes.

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.

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".

"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 Grace Jones.

Many went to see Body Double for the "Relax" porn sequence after.

Streisand Effect: "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.

They had five very successful singles in Europe, with "Two Tribes" being the highest selling single of 1984 in Britain.

One-Hit Wonder: In the United States, Frankie is only known for "Relax".

Beam Me Up, Scotty!: Thanks to a infamous scene from Friends, a lot of people think one of the shirts Frankie sold at their tours said "Frankie Say/ Says Relax" when said shirt actually read "Frankie Say Relax Don't Do It".Banned in China: The BBC blocked "Relax" from airplay thanks to its overtly sexual lyrics.