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==Videos== The first official music video for "Relax", directed by [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]] and set in an [[BDSM|S&M]] themed [[Gay bar|gay nightclub]] at Wilton's music hall in London it featuring the bandmembers accosted by buff [[leather subculture|leathermen]], a glamorous [[drag queen]], and an [[obesity|obese]] admirer dressed up as a [[Roman emperor]], played by actor [[John Dair]], was allegedly banned by [[MTV]] and the [[BBC]], prompting the recording of a second video, directed by [[Godley and Creme]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=11021 |title=Frankie Goes to Hollywood β "Relax [version 3: lasers]" |publisher=mvdbase.com |date=29 October 1984 |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514232217/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=11021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in early 1984, featuring the group performing with the help of laser beams. However, after the second video was made the song was banned completely by the BBC, meaning that neither video was ever broadcast on any BBC music programmes. A live performance video of the song was directed by [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]], making the rounds at MTV. The live version was released as the B-side of the US 12" version of "Welcome to the Pleasuredome", titled "Relax (International)". Another MTV video of the studio version includes footage from the [[Brian De Palma]] film ''[[Body Double]]''. ''Body Double'', a popular 1984 erotic thriller film, contains a [[film within a film]] sequence in which Frankie Goes to Hollywood performs "Relax" on the set of a [[porn]] film.<ref name=DT>{{cite web|work=[[DVD Talk]]|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23720/body-double-special-edition/|title=Body Double: Special Edition|date=9 September 2006|author=Gibron, Bill}}</ref>
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