The 20 Most Controversial Songs Of All Time

Featuring Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Slayer and The Prodigy...

11. The Sex Pistols: 'God Save The Queen' – Released on the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in May 1977, The Sex Pistols' spitting, anti-establishment classic was the most notorious song of the decade. Highly controversial, the punk anthem labels the monarchy as a “fascist regime” and proclaims that Britain has “no future” - such lyrics that caused the BBC to ban it from its airwaves. Partially down to the BBC's censorship and the fact that a number of stores weren't selling the record, 'God Save The Queen' only reached number two in the UK singles chart behind Rod Stewart's weepy ballad 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'. " />
11. The Sex Pistols: 'God Save The Queen' – Released on the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in May 1977, The Sex Pistols' spitting, anti-establishment classic was the most notorious song of the decade. Highly controversial, the punk anthem labels the monarchy as a “fascist regime” and proclaims that Britain has “no future” - such lyrics that caused the BBC to ban it from its airwaves. Partially down to the BBC's censorship and the fact that a number of stores weren't selling the record, 'God Save The Queen' only reached number two in the UK singles chart behind Rod Stewart's weepy ballad 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'.

Monday 26th April 2010 by

Necrophilia, drugs, murder, racism, Nazism, bestiality, sodomy, religious indoctrination and Satanism – just a handful of the controversial subjects touched upon in Gigwise's countdown of the 20 Most Controversial Songs Of All Time. Featuring Eminem, N.W.A., The Sex Pistols, Rage Against The Machine, Guns N' Roses, Prince and more, be warned some of it is definitely NSFW!