Yes, it’s ‘SAY’ not ‘SAYS’. Apparently ‘SAYS’ is the sign of a bootleg. The original was designed by Katharine Hamnet and later adopted by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and fans. Looking around the internet there seems to be lots of bootlegs, some of which even use the original ‘SAY’ wording, all spelling out the message in a variety of typefaces. My guess is that the original used Akzidenz Grotesk, just like other Hamnet t-shirts from the same time.


The original video for ‘Relax’ was banned by MTV, but can as expected be found on Youtube. It has a gay s&m club and a tiger – of course it’s great. The replacement video directed by Brian De Palma is pretty lackluster in comparison.