ZANG TUMB TUMB DISCOGRAPHY “…which deny the freedom of the flesh…”

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Relax

New York mix


Type: Single

Format: 12" vinyl

Label: Island

Catalogue ref.: 0-96975

Series: English Action series no. 1


Release date: January 1985

Country: United States of America

Chart position: UK: (Starting 06/11/1983) 77; 77; 67; 55; 54; 55; 46; 35; 35; 6; 2; 1; 1; 1; 1; 1; 2; 3; 6; 16; 21; 23; 21; 29; 29; 31; 26; 24; 21; 17; 16; 11; 5; 3; 2; 2; 3; 3; 3; 6; 7; 12; 20; 22; 29; 41; 47; 50; 66; 71; x; x; x; x; x; x; x; 93; 87; 89; 79 (10/2/1985) 68; 58; 64; 74; x; x; x; x; x; 68; 58; 64; 74; x; 91; 96; 86; 83; 89 (26/9/1993) 6; 5; 8; 13; 19; 41; 58
USA Billboard Top 100: (Starting 7/4/1984) 84; 72; 68; 68; 67; 78; 98 (19/1/1985 re-issue) 70; 45; 38; 35; 28; 21; 19; 17; 10; 10; 20; 26; 46; 64; 69; 76
USA Billboard Dance Single Sales: (Peak 30/3/1985) 26 (Re-issue peak 25/8/2001) 22
USA Billboard Dance Club Songs: (Peak 25/2/1984) 20 (Re-issue peak 7/7/2001) 19
Germany: (Starting 6/2/1984) 58; 4; 2; 1; 1; 1; 1; 1; 1; 2; 3; 5; 9; 18; 25; 29; 40; 43; 63; 62; 74 (18/10/1993) 46; 27; 14; 14; 15; 13; 15; 15; 20; 22; 29; 33; 41; 84; 96; 97


Sleeve design: XL Design; ZTT


Printed tracklisting

  1. Relax (Sex mix)
  2. Ferry cross the Mersey
  3. Relax

Actual tracklisting

Side A

  1. Relax (New York mix) 07:24

aka: Sex mix; US mix; US dance mix; Long version; Trevor Horn’s November 1983 New York night mix

Side B

  1. Ferry cross the Mersey 04:03
  2. Relax (Bonus) 04:21

aka: Instrumental; Bonus, again


Occasionally the tracklisting printed on the sleeve art of a release isn’t 100% accurate. Tracks may be missing, mixes unspecified or misnamed. For this reason a more accurate actual tracklisting is shown alongside the printed tracklisting.


Sleeve Notes

Outer sleeve: Front

What do you do when you fall in life? Relax with…

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

To Be Or Not To Be?

RELAX

NO GO SLOW NO SLOW UP NO FEEL LOW NO RUN DOWN

RELAX

SAY! SINK or SWIM? DO or DIE? MAKE or BREAK? YES or NO?

RELAX

dream! Win! LOVE or HATE?

FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

Come inside

Outer sleeve: Back

Relax: for all of those who turned up to be turned on during Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s very wet dream American Tour, november 1984: for those who know what to say, how to say it and why.

And for all those who will join in.

Relax was produced by Trevor Horn

Taken from the famous album Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Recorded for ZTT records, 8-10 Basing Street, London W11.

Sleeve assembled by XLZTT “say have you heard the one about…”

This 7" is part of a no. 1 in an English Action Series

And so, what to say but good wishes and keen radiations and don’t let the bastards grind you down! — RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood, just for you:

Holly Johnson, the voice

Mark O’Toole, bass and vocals

Paul Rutherford, vocals and ‘I came to dance’

Brian Nash, guitar

Peter Gill, drums

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7-99805 45 RPM STEREO


Links

Holly Johnson

Mark O’Toole

Peter ‘Ped’ Gill