Competition success magazine use full for civil services students published this article page no 43 the british broadcasting corporation also known as the bbc is a public broadcasting corporation. therefore it allows itself to ban materials that deviate from certain standards of civility. during the years many singles that were seen as too explicit distasteful or bear the potential for offending the british public were banned from bbc airplay. here you can read about some of them. in 1977 when england was celebrating the queens jubilee the sex pistols had released their second single titled god save the queen. the single includes controversial lyrics that rhyme the national anthem title with fascist regime. moreover the record cover displayed a picture of the queen with a safety pin stuck in her nose. the single was found to offensive to be air played by the bbc but it did not stop it from reaching number two on the bbc official singles chart. according to the myth god save the queen was the top selling single in the uk at the time but it was held back of number one to avoid controversies. serge gainsbourg and jane birkin scandalous duet je taime ... moi non plus translated i love you... me neither was the first ever number one hit to be banned by the bbc. although at the time of its release in 1969 the sexual revolution was celebrated the british radio still was not able to cope with such explicit lyrics not to mention birkins moans and groans competitive review buy.
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