#popculture84: Frankie Goes to Hollywood Versus the BBC

When the band recorded “Relax,” one of the biggest hits of the eighties, the British media tried to censor what they perceived as a dirty song.

by Rich Watson 

Frankie Goes to Hollywood had a brief shelf life as a pop band during the eighties, but boy, did they make their mark. Their impact on fashion and sexuality was felt here in America, but it did not compare to that of their native England. They made their fellow Brits uncomfortable, to say the least.

Especially those within the BBC.