Banned music BBC: Top singles banned by the BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation also known as the BBC is a public broadcasting. Therefore, it allows itself to ban materials that deviate from certain standards of civility. Over the years, were prevented many individual and seen as a potential very explicit, or be distasteful to offend the British people of the broadcast on the BBC. Here you can read about some of them.

In 1977, when England was celebrating the Jubilee Queens, Sex Pistols and one was released for the second time God Save the Queen title. One includes the words of the controversial title rhyme the national anthem with the fascist regime. Moreover, record cover display an image of the Queen with a safety valve stuck in her nose.

Was found on one of the attack to the tune played by the BBC, but it did not prevent them from reaching number two on the chart official BBC singles. According to legend, God Save the Queen was selling in the UK and one at the time, but was chosen number one to avoid controversies.

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin duet scandal love you ... I do not, translated: I love you ... Me either, and it was the first number hit ever one has to be banned by the BBC. Although the time of its release in 1969, was celebrated the sexual revolution, the BBC was still not able to deal with such words express, not to mention Birkins moans.

BBC ban and the Vatican condemned, did not stop I love you ... No more be as simple as it sold in the UK and around the world. In October 7, 1969, the number one single in the official chart singles BBC. At the same time, has reached No. 69 in singles chart the United States.

I love you ... I had no more significant impact on another BBC banned single, Donna Summers disco pioneer from 1976 titled Love love child. After sorting 23 tremors forged carried out in the summer love love love, has banned the BBC song. However, it did not prevent from becoming a huge success. I would love to love you and reached number four kids on the graph the UK but one. Culminating in the number two on the chart panel pop

Relax Frankie goes to Hollywood is one of the individual most controversial, as well as commercially successful singles in history. The BBC did not ban the song only, and he did not stop BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read to publicly express his feelings of disgust from words explicit one. In 1984, and remained in the charts relax singles in the United Kingdom for a period of 42 weeks. In five of them, and stayed at number one. At the end of 1984, embarrassed Auntie Beeb removed the ban. Relaxation is still very popular all over the world and it is one of the most famous symbols of that era. Arguments about whether won great success in spite of the ban the BBC or ban helped promote not been set.

And banned the Paul McCartney and Wings response to the events of Bloody Sunday 1972 entitled to give Ireland Back to the Irish, through the media all the resources in the United Kingdom. It was forbidden by the broadcast BBC, Radio Luxembourg and the Independent Television Authority. In addition, not allowed to speak to the title of the song on the air, so when it came to the table BBC Radio 1, presented as the record by a group Wings. However, Give Ireland Back to the Irish hit the top of the singles charts Irish.