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-* [[Relax (song)|"Relax" (song)]] by Frankie Goes to Hollywood+"'''Relax'''" is the debut single by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Dance music|dance]] group [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]], released in the UK by [[ZTT Records]] in 1983. The song was later included on the album ''[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome (album)|Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]'' (1984).
-* "[[Relax, Take It Easy]]", a 2006 song by Mika+ 
-* [[Relax (film)|''Relax'' (film)]], a Tamil film+Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, "Relax" finally reached [[List of Number 1 singles from the 1980s (UK)#1984|number one in the UK singles chart]] on [[24 January]] 1984, ultimately becoming one of the most controversial and most commercially successful records of the entire decade. The single eventually sold a reported 1.91 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling UK single of all time. Following the release of the group's second single, "[[Two Tribes]]", "Relax" rallied from a declining UK chart position during June 1984 to climb back up the UK charts and re-attain number two spot behind "Two Tribes" at number one, representing simultaneous chart success by a single act unprecedented since the early 1960s.
-* ''[[Relax...It's Just Sex]]'', a 1998 film+ 
-* RELAX, short for [[Regular Language description for XML]], a specification for describing XML-based languages+Upon release in the [[United States]] in late 1984, "Relax" repeated its slow UK progress, reaching number 67 upon initial release, but eventually reaching number 10 in March 1985.
-* "Relax", a song by The Who from their album ''[[The Who Sell Out]]''+ 
 +"Relax" is the song Derek Zoolander is hypnotized to in the movie [[Zoolander]]. When he hears this song, he is to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Parts of this song are also in the [[Bloodhound Gang]]'s song "[[Mope]]".
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 +The song was used in the films ''[[Body Double]]''. In addition, a version including footage from the [[Brian De Palma]] film ''[[Body Double]]'' as well as a live version, directed by [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]], also made the rounds at MTV.
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"Relax" is the debut single by British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in 1983. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984).

Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, "Relax" finally reached number one in the UK singles chart on 24 January 1984, ultimately becoming one of the most controversial and most commercially successful records of the entire decade. The single eventually sold a reported 1.91 million copies in the UK alone, making it the seventh best-selling UK single of all time. Following the release of the group's second single, "Two Tribes", "Relax" rallied from a declining UK chart position during June 1984 to climb back up the UK charts and re-attain number two spot behind "Two Tribes" at number one, representing simultaneous chart success by a single act unprecedented since the early 1960s.

Upon release in the United States in late 1984, "Relax" repeated its slow UK progress, reaching number 67 upon initial release, but eventually reaching number 10 in March 1985.

"Relax" is the song Derek Zoolander is hypnotized to in the movie Zoolander. When he hears this song, he is to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Parts of this song are also in the Bloodhound Gang's song "Mope".

The song was used in the films Body Double. In addition, a version including footage from the Brian De Palma film Body Double as well as a live version, directed by David Mallet, also made the rounds at MTV.




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