The 20 Most Controversial Songs Of All Time
Featuring Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Slayer and The Prodigy...
16. XTC: 'Dear God' – The title of the English New Wave outfit's biggest and most controversial hit was taken from a Christian children's book which singer Andy Partridge claims exploited its young readers. Duly, Partridge drafted in 8-year-old Jasmine Veillette to sing the opening a closing lines of the anti-religious track – a moved that angered believers because of the explicit anti-God sentiments. Lyrically the song is direct, hitting out at the big man in the sky's supposed benevolence with each verse ending “Dear God, I can't believe in you”. Upon its release in June 1987 many stores in the UK refused to stock the track fearing a religious backlash. " />-
16. XTC: 'Dear God' – The title of the English New Wave outfit's biggest and most controversial hit was taken from a Christian children's book which singer Andy Partridge claims exploited its young readers. Duly, Partridge drafted in 8-year-old Jasmine Veillette to sing the opening a closing lines of the anti-religious track – a moved that angered believers because of the explicit anti-God sentiments. Lyrically the song is direct, hitting out at the big man in the sky's supposed benevolence with each verse ending “Dear God, I can't believe in you”. Upon its release in June 1987 many stores in the UK refused to stock the track fearing a religious backlash.
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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!
