BBC Banned Music: Top Singles Banned by the BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation, also known as the BBC is a public service broadcaster. Therefore, he lets ban materials that deviate from certain standards of civilization. Over the years, many singles that have been banned for being too explicit, distasteful or bear the potential for offending the British public could see BBC airplay. Here you can read about some of them.
In 1977, when England was celebrating the Queens Jubilee, the Sex Pistols released theirsecond single titled God Save the Queen. The single includes controversial lyrics that the title rhymes with fascist regimes of the national anthem. The album cover was a picture of the Queen with a safety pin stuck in the nose.
The single was found offensive to allow air to be played by the BBC, but did not prevent them from reaching number two in the singles chart official of the BBC. According to myth, God Save the Queen 'was the biggest selling single in Britain, at the time, but it wasReturn the number one to avoid controversy.
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin scandalous duet Je Taim ... Moi Non Plus, translated: I love you ... Neither do I, was the first number one hit to be banned by the BBC. Although to be at the time of its publication in 1969, the sexual revolution was celebrated, the British radio has not yet been able to explicit lyrics such requirements, not to mention Birkins moans and groans.
BBC to denounce the ban and the Vatican, not to stop ... Moi Je TaimNon Plus a best-selling single in the UK and around the world. On October 7, 1969, only reached number one in the BBC's official singles chart. At the same time, had reached number 69 in the singles chart in the United States.
Je Taim ... Moi Non Plus was a major influence on other BBC banned single, Donna Summers disco pioneer from 1976 titled Love to Love You Baby. Performed after counting 23 fake orgasms in the Summer of Love to You Baby, like the British Broadcasting Corporationbanned the song. But he could not stop a huge success. Love to Love You Baby reached number four in the singles chart in the United Kingdom, but peaked at number two on Billboard pop charts.
Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is one of the most controversial individual as well as commercially successful singles in history. The BBC has not only to ban the song does not even stop to BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read to publicly express his feelings of disgust from the single explicitTexts. In 1984, Relax remained in British singles chart for 42 weeks. In five of them, was number one. By the end of 1984 away, embarrassed Auntie BBC ban. Relaxation is still very popular all over the world and is one of the most famous symbols of the time. The arguments, if it has won a great success despite the ban on the BBC or the BBC ban helped promoting not yet been clarified.
Paul McCartney and Wings to answer the Bloody Sunday events titled Give 1972Ireland Back to the Irish, was banned from all media resources in the United Kingdom. It 'been forbidden to be damaged by the BBC, Radio Luxembourg and the Independent Television Authority transmission. In addition, the song title is not allowed to say on the air as if to show BBC radio 1 chart came as a record made by the group of wings. However, Give Ireland Back to the Irish hit the top of the Irish singles chart.
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