The group 's 1983 debut single " Relax " was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and subsequently topped the UK Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks , going on to enjoy prolonged chart success throughout that year and ultimately becoming the seventh best-selling UK single of all time . It also won the 1985 Brit Award for Best British Single . Their debut album , '' Welcome to the Pleasuredome '' , reached number one in the UK in 1984 with advanced sales of over one million . After the follow-up success of " Two Tribes " and " The Power of Love " , the group became only the second act in the history of the UK charts to reach number one with their first three singles ; the first being fellow Liverpudlians Gerry and the Pacemakers from the 1960s . This record remained unbeaten until the Spice Girls achieved a six-single streak in 1996 – 97 . In 1985 the band won the Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act . Associated with the Second British Invasion of the US , they also received Grammy Award and MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best New Artist . Songwriters Johnson , Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters , Composers , and Authors for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for " Two Tribes " . In 2015 , the song was voted by the British public as the nation 's 14th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV
1985 Brit Award
1985 Brit Awards
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