- Ebhalwa yimvumi ekhokelayo yeqela uHolly Johnson, u-bassist u-Mark O'Toole, kunye no drummer u-Peter Gill, 'Relax' wayengowokuqala uFrankie esiya e-Hollywood engatshatanga, kwaye okona kubethwa kakhulu e-Melika (babenezinye ii-chart-toppers zabo I-UK: 'Iintlanga ezimbini' kunye 'namandla othando').
Umbono osisiseko wokuba 'uphumle, ungayenzi' wafika kuJohnson ngenye imini ebusika ngo-1982 xa wayelibazisekile ekuziqheliseni 'ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza ecaleni kogcino oluse-Princes Avenue eToxteth.' Ngelo xesha, ibhendi yayiquka kuphela uJohnson, O'Toole noGill. - Iingoma zinomdla, nangona umgca 'xa ufuna ukuza' ngokucacileyo ubhekisa kwi-orgasm. Ingoma sisikhokelo sokulibazisa ukubambezeleka.
Ukuphosa intsholongwane kwivumba, xa 'Phumla' kuqala ukuphuma, ibhendi yatsho esidlangalaleni ukuba ibhaliwe malunga 'nenkuthazo.' Emva kwexesha, bavuma ukuba yayiyinto malunga 'nokutsheva.' - E-Melika, nayiphi na into enokwabelana ngesondo equlathwe kule ngoma ayiqwalaselwanga kangako, kodwa ibangele impikiswano eninzi e-UK. Ingene e-UK singles chart kwi # 77 nge-12 ka-Novemba ngo-1983, kwaye yayiku # 35 xa uFrankie esiya e-Hollywood Phezulu kweePops Ngomhla kaJanuwari 5, 1984. Ingoma yatsibela kwi # 6, kwaye nge-11 kaJanuwari, i-Radio ye-BBC u-DJ Mike Read wabhengeza emoyeni ukuba uyala ukusasaza i-'Relax 'ngenxa yomntu omnye owayephikisana nomsebenzi wobugcisa kunye namazwi. Wayengayazi ngelo xesha, kodwa i-BBC yayiceba ukuvala umntu ongatshatanga, kwaye wakwenza oko kungekudala emva koko.
Ezi yayiziindaba ezinkulu, kwaye uninzi lwase-UK lwalufuna ingoma ukuva ukuba kutheni ivaliwe. Rekhoda iivenkile zinobunzima bokuzigcina kwisitokhwe; Isithethi eAberdeen, eSkotland irekhodi yokugcina i-One Up ichaze ngelo xesha: 'Ukuthintela irekhodi kubonakala ngathi kudala imfihlakalo ngayo. Sinabantu abebengena becela ukuva irekhodi ukufumanisa ukuba ingantoni le ngxwabangxwaba. ' Ezinye izikhululo zikanomathotholo zase-UK bazibeka kwindawo eshushu, beqhayisa ngokuba badlala 'ingoma eyalelwa yi-BBC.'
'Relax' wenyuka waya ku # 2 nge-21 kaJanuwari, kwaye yafika kwindawo ephezulu kwiveki kamva, yaba yeyokuqala ukuvalwa i-UK # 1 ukusukela oko uSerge Gainsbourg / uJane Birkin duet 'Je T'aime ... Moi Non Plus' in 'Ukuphumla' kwakungekho flash-in-pan: yayiyeyona ndawo iphambili iiveki ezintlanu kwaye yahlala kwitshathi de kwango-Okthobha.
I-BBC yaphosa itawuli kwaye yasusa isibhengezo ngoDisemba 1984 ukuze iqela liyenze kuhlelo lweKrisimesi Ngaphezulu kweePops . Oku kuthumele ingoma ukubuyisela itshathi kolunye uhambo; yenze ezinye iitshathi ezimbini ezenziwa ngo-1985.
I-parody ye-Read's on-air rant ibandakanyiwe kwezinye zokukhutshwa kweqela lesithathu elinye leqela, 'Amandla Oluthando.' - Ekuqaleni xa wayebuzwa ngalo mbandela, umatshini wokushicilela waxelelwa ukuba umgca ovakala ngathi 'xa ufuna ukuncanca kuwo' wawuyinyani 'xa ufuna sock kuyo. ' Emva kwexesha, yakuba iphumelele ingoma, uHolly Johnson wavuma ukuba, 'Xa ufuna ukuyifunxa, uyihlafune.'
- Ngo-1984, 'Relax' ekuqaleni wachitha iiveki ezingama-48 kwi-Singles Chart yase-UK kunye nezo ntlanu zilandelelana ngokulandelelana kwindawo # #. Xa iqela lesibini elingatshatanga, 'iZizwe eziBini,' lakhutshwa ngehlobo lowe-1984, le ngoma yenyuka yaya kwi # 1 ngaxeshanye 'Relax' yaphindela kwi # 2. Lo yayingumdlalo owawenziwe kuphela ngu-Elvis Presley, iBeatles noJohn Lennon.
Emva kweeveki ezingama-48, 'Relax' wawa kwitshathi, kodwa waphinda wavela kwakamsinya emva kweeveki ezine, eyinika iiveki ezingama-52 kwitshathi. - Iividiyo zomculo ezintathu zenzelwe le ngoma. Eyokuqala ibonakalise ibhendi kubukhoboka bobukumkani baseRoma obune-sodomy eyenziwe, isiseko sikaPaul Rutherford kunye neqela lababotshiweyo ababotshelelwe kwintambo. Kwakungavunyelwanga ngu-MTV kunye ne-BBC.
Ividiyo yesibini, eboniswe ikakhulu e-UK, ibonise iqela (elizenza ngathi) lenza ingoma ngelixa limi phambi kwelanga eliluhlaza.
Ividiyo yesithathu, eboniswe ikakhulu e-US, ibonise ibhendi kuseto lwentsebenzo bukhoma (lwenziwa kunye nengoma ye studio) ngelixa uncanyiswayo kwaye ugonwa ngabathandekayo bekhonsathi. - Ingoma yaveliswa nguTrevor Horn, owayesakuba lilungu leqela le-Ewe, i-Buggles kunye ne-Art Of Noise. Xa yabetha # 1 e-UK kwiveki kaJanuwari 28, 1984, 'Umnini Wentliziyo Eyedwa' nguEwe wayese # 1 eUnited States. Uphondo lwavelisa le ngoma nayo, yamenza ukuba abe kuphela komvelisi wokufumana amanqaku ngaxeshanye # 1 e-UK nase-US ngeengoma zamagcisa ohlukeneyo. Ezinye izinto ezenziwa luPhondo zibandakanya iABC, uGodley kunye neCreme, uPaul McCartney, iTywina, iiNgqondo eziLula, uLisa Stansfield, uRod Stewart kunye noTatu.
- Xa u-'Relax 'wakhululwa okokuqala e-US entwasahlobo ka-1984, yafikelela kwinqanaba le- # 67 kwiBillboard Hot 100. Eli qela leza eMelika ngo-Okthobha u-1984, sele benabantu abathathu base-UK abangabolekanga. Bacofa ingoma ethi 'Iintlanga eziBini,' beyenza NgoMgqibelo ebusuku ngo-Novemba, kodwa abakwazanga ukufikelela naphi na kwilizwe labo impumelelo; loo ngoma yagqitywa kwi # 43.
Iqela lihambe ngcono ekuqaleni kuka-1985 xa kukhutshwa kwakhona 'Ukuphumla' kwaqwalaselwa kunomathotholo nakwi-MTV, ukunyukela kwi # 10 ngo-Matshi. EMelika, yeyona ngoma yabo ithandwayo. - Ukukhutshwa kwe-'Relax 'kwakhuthazwa ziintlobo ngeentlobo zeeT-shirts ezazisasazwa' uFrankie Say ... 'iikowuti, ezinje ngo'Frankie Say RELAX Do Not Do It.'
Le hempe ifumana i-cameo kwisiqendu se-3 sonyaka kuthotho lweTV Abahlobo Ngexesha lesiganeko apho uRoss (David Schwimmer) ebuyisa izinto zakhe kuRachel (uJennifer Aniston) emva kokwahlukana. Ukwazi ukuba uyathanda ukulala ehempe, uyayicela kwakhona, nangona ingamfanelanga ukusukela eneminyaka eyi-15. Ubeka isikipa esixineneyo kwaye athi, 'Ndizakuthatha ukuphumla kwezinto zam kunye Phola kwihempe yam endiyithandayo. ' Kamva ubuyisa ihempe njengomqondiso woxolelwaniso. - UTrevor Horn ufumanise uFrankie esiya eHollywood kungekudala emva kokudala inkampani yakhe erekhodayo i-ZTT xa wabona iqela lisenza 'Ukuphumla' kunye 'neZizwe eziBini' kwi Ijelo 4 bonisa umnxeba Umbhobho . UChris Squire (weqela Ewe) uphawule, 'Eli qela libonakala linomdla. Kutheni ungabhalisi? ' Uphondo aluzange lucinge kakhulu ngabo de kube ziinyanga kamva xa weva kwakhona kwi-Radio ye-BBC yomsakazo ka-DJ David Jensen. Xa uPhondo waqhagamshelana nabo ukuze abasayine, wayengazi ukuba iqela lalisecicini lokuqhekeka kuba baziva bengaphumelelanga.
- Umvelisi uTrevor Horn urekhode uFrankie esiya eHollywood esenza le ngoma kwisitudiyo sakhe kodwa engonelisekanga sisiphumo. Urekhode ingoma yesibini yengoma esebenzisa iimvumi ezivela kwiqela lika-Ian Dury elixhasayo iBlockheads, kodwa akayithandi loo nto irekhodwayo. Urekhode uguqulelo lwesithathu kunye nomvelisi / injineli uSteve Lipson, umdlali webhodi yezitshixo uAndy Richards kunye nomdwelisi weFairlight synthesizer uJJ Jeczalik, emva koko wazisa uHolly Johnson kunye noSteve Lipson ukuba bamangalisiwe ukuba ufuna ukuqala ekuqaleni ixesha lesine, esebenzisa ukubetha kwakhe. Kumatshini wegubu we-LM-2. Wongeze i-bass line, i-Lipson kwikatala, i-Richards kwi-keyboard kunye ne-Jeczalik esenza 'imisindo ehlekisayo' kwi-Fairlight synthesizer ukwenza into eya kuba yeyesine kunye nokurekhodwa okusemthethweni. URichards kunye noLipson bongeze iziphumo zesandi ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zeRoland synthesizers. UJohnson noRutherford bongeze amazwi ukuze bagqibe umkhondo.
- UTrevor Horn usebenzise uluhlu lwezixhobo ze-elektroniki ukwenza umkhondo wokuxhasa. Wachaza Isandi Kwisandi : 'Yindibaniselwano yePhepha R kunye noMqhubi kwaye wayitshixa kumatshini weLinndrum. Ke umkhondo osisiseko yayizizinto zokukhanya ezisebenza kwiFairlight ('eh eh eh eh eh eh eh'), ezine kwi-bass ('ee ee ee ee') kunye neseti yeepateni zomatshini weLinndrum etshixelwe kwiPhepha R elidlalwe ngaphezulu kwe kunye. Kwakumnandi kakhulu. '
Uguqulelo oluncinci: Iphepha R sisicwangcisi esifakwe kwiFairlight synthesizer. I-Linn yayingomnye woomatshini bokuqala begubu ababesampula izixhobo zokwenyani- wasebenzisa imodeli ye-LM-2. Umqhubi yiyunithi evumela uPhondo ukuba ludibanise ulandelelwano lwePhepha R kwiLinn. Yinto ayenzileyo nakwincwadi ye-Ewe 90125 . - Umkhankaso wentengiso wekhampani wale ngoma wawuqala ngepapasho yekota kwimithombo yeendaba yase-Bhritane enomfanekiso we-backup imvumi / umdanisi uPaul Rutherford kwisikhephe senqanawa, sikhatshwa libinzana elithi 'BONKE ABAHAMBI ABAHLE BAYALUTHANDA ULWANDLE LWAMADODA' kwaye babhengeza 'UFrankie uya eHollywood bayeza ... besenza uDuran Duran akhothe izihlangu zabo.'
Ichaze ii-7 'kunye ne-12' ze-vinyl singles ze 'Phumla' njenge 'Iisentimitha ezilishumi elinethoba ekufuneka zithathwe rhoqo.' - Umsebenzi wokuqala webhanyabhanya ophume kwiqela ukhokelele kwidemo ye-1982 ethi 'Phumla' kunye 'neZizwe eziBini' zeArista Records, kodwa inkampani yakhetha ukungahambeli phambili neqela. 'Relax' ikhatyiwe yiPhonogram Record, yabashiya bekhululekile ukuba basayine ne-ZTT kaTrevor Horn.
- Umzobi weNew Wave ongumlingisi uGary Numan wakhe wathi ngengoma: 'Ndithe ndakuva le nto yandifaka emhadini wokuphelelwa lithemba. Imveliso ibimnandi kakhulu, izandi zikudidi oluhle kangangokuba bekubonakala ngathi liyahambisa ishishini lokurekhoda liphela - sonke sishiyekile sijikeleza, sizama ukubamba. '
- 'Phumla' yayikukuphela kwengoma ekwi-albhamu eyayisebenza kakuhle kwiteyiphu ye-analog. Zonke ezinye zaziqhutywa kumatshini weTape F1 wedijithali.
- UHolly Johnson wayekhe wabelana ngalo Phezulu kweePops Umbonisi uPaul Gambaccini 'wayemangalisiwe xa kudlalwa irekhodi.' Uthe akukho mntu ufumene isenzo sobukrelekrele obucacileyo ukusukela oko uLou Reed ' Hamba ngecala lasendle . ''
- I-Radio ye-BBC 1 u-DJ Mike Read ukhe wachaza, 'Khange ndiyinqande' Relax. Andinawo amandla okuyinqanda kuba ndingumntu nje. Into eyenzekileyo kukuba umvelisi wam wagoduka ngenye imini eyokufumana abantwana bakhe abancinci bezixakekisa ngerekhodi yevidiyo, bephindisela umva kwaye bejonga kaninzi-ninzi iklip kwividiyo ethi 'Relax' apho amadoda amabini elingisa i-buggery [igama laseBritane elithi anal ngesondo]. Kwaye ayothusi into yokuba wayekhathazeke kakhulu. '
- Oku kusetyenziswa kule film Umzimba ophindwe kabini , i-movie ye-1984 ethandabuzekayo apho uHolly Johnson, ngelixa i-lip-synching kwingoma, ekhokelela indoda kwibar yesini. Indoda ekugqibeleni yenza umdlalo wesini njengoko ingoma idlala. Lo mboniso wefilimu usebenza njengevidiyo yomculo ngaphakathi kwifilimu. Imvumi yogcino / umdanisi uPaul Rutherford ukwabonakala njengomxhasi kwibhari.
'Relax' ikwabonakalisiwe kwi1984 Miami Vice Isiqendu 'iNkosana encinci,' nakwimidlalo bhanyabhanya ka-2001 kaBen Stiller Zoolander . - Ngo-1999, indoda egama linguRD Turner yagodla igama likaFrankie Goes eya eHollywood eMelika yaza yenza iqela elibizwa ngokuba yiNew Frankie Goes ukuya eHollywood, elaqala ukudlala imidlalo e-US nakwamanye amazwe. U-Turner waxoka ukuba ngu-Davey Johnson, umzalwana we-lead singer Holly Johnson. Ibhendi ikwathengise iinguqulelo ezintsha zebhendi esayiniweyo kaFrankie Say 'ngeedola ezingama-20 kwi-Intanethi nganye.
