Top 10 Famous Songs That Were Censored

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  • These controversial songs drew the ire of censors. For this list, we’ll be looking at songs that infamously had lyrics removed or obscured to satisfy censors. Our countdown includes “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, "Creep", “The Real Slim Shady”, and more! Which versions of these songs do you prefer? Sound off in the comments.
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  • @WatchMojo
    @WatchMojo  2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Which versions of these songs do you prefer? Sound off in the comments.
    For more song videos, check out our playlist: th-cam.com/video/ULmEkbzicPA/w-d-xo.html

    • @whitleysdollhouse877
      @whitleysdollhouse877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All of them

    • @charliethedemon01
      @charliethedemon01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You missed off “I want your sex” by George Michael

    • @trumptouchesivanka
      @trumptouchesivanka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aw yea, cancel culture… and the idiot *republiQunts* say it’s a ‘new thing’ 😂… gotta appreciate their stupidity

    • @itree2771
      @itree2771 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      April Wine's "If You See Kay"

    • @mlggamer5296
      @mlggamer5296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Explicit all the way

  • @BrianJNelson
    @BrianJNelson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    1980's people "Physical is a dirty song, let's censor it!"
    My high school gym teacher 8 years later "This would make a great song for aeorbics class..."

  • @nickneuharth
    @nickneuharth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    Watchmojo making a video about censored songs where they can’t say the words due to TH-cam’s censoring is truly brilliant lol

    • @kimwilliamsii2122
      @kimwilliamsii2122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That’s what I was saying! I was like what lyrics were censored??

    • @skwisgarskwigelf7191
      @skwisgarskwigelf7191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In a Limp Bizkit video TH-cam censored the word “panties” 🙄

    • @jamesm0909
      @jamesm0909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh ya, prob the first watchmojo I downvoted because of that mind numbingly stupid shit.

    • @TitaniumTurbine
      @TitaniumTurbine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jamesm0909 Eh, that’s not really WM’s fault. This is a whole production and they need to keep their videos monetized, so they need to comply with the rules of the platform. It wasn’t hard to Google and read the actual story behind the songs. Some of which are actually juicier than WM could cover.

    • @maximous1972
      @maximous1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's what I was thinking... most of the video I had no idea what was wrong, and the songs I did know what they meant, I already knew.... I only learned what I knew.

  • @hillarylavendar9233
    @hillarylavendar9233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Aerosmith's Janie's Got A Gun. The censors took out the line about Janie shooting her stepfather in the head. Steven Tyler was pissed. What was ironic about it was the tons of songs played in the late 1980s about males using guns. No, but censor the girl using the gun, even though the men using guns in music was often gratuitous, while the girl in Janie's Got A Gun sent a potent message.

    • @alicialynnette9889
      @alicialynnette9889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I know that was so stupid because that's the whole meaning of the song.

    • @kershabeaver3312
      @kershabeaver3312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That song and the video was so cool. And good messing.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kershabeaver3312 yeah If it came out now lots of negativity

    • @clg1475
      @clg1475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I've heard the version that censored the part about her shooting the dad.....but left the word "rape" in....

    • @Mystress1980
      @Mystress1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Apparently saying he "jacked a little bitty baby" was fine but ooooh no, don't say put a bullet in his brain. Censors, I tell ya...

  • @Dedmonson
    @Dedmonson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    I expected to see “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails in this countdown. “I wanna … you like an animal…”, yeah, that song was pretty explicit

    • @katek.4692
      @katek.4692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ha, blast from the past, and I'm not mad about it, lol. Is it possible to think of that song without thinking of the strip club, or is that just me? 😂

    • @vonniedemers5683
      @vonniedemers5683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love that song. I'm a 56 yr old woman and I still blast that loud.... Often

    • @NickCC23
      @NickCC23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the guy has won two Oscars!

    • @robinnico7702
      @robinnico7702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's dirty as hell but that doesn't stop me from liking it

    • @conniethesconnie
      @conniethesconnie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are they including self censored?
      It has long been common practice to have an album version and a 45 edited for pop radio. Early on the editing was to make songs shorter and remove any lengthy instrumentals that station managers feared would get listeners to flip to someone else. In time it also way to remove obscenities and offensive references.
      This seems not to be the case as the alterations seem to be changes made to the approved broadcast version.

  • @jo4210
    @jo4210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    I had a dancing carebear that sang “Physical,” by Olivia newton john. Childhood is now enlightened. Not ruined.

  • @albertbullock1896
    @albertbullock1896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    I was expecting to see Cee Lo Green's "Forget You" on here. But I guess since there were 2 versions of the song, the radio version never got censored.

    • @itscs1175
      @itscs1175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Came in expecting the same thing.
      My mom bought that song but she unknowingly bought the Fuck You version as well, so the song came on, on shuffle, in the car and we started to sing along. The look on her face when was priceless.

    • @ELmayberry
      @ELmayberry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@itscs1175 😂😂

    • @rosssallee9790
      @rosssallee9790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Weren't there three versions?

    • @CocoCece08
      @CocoCece08 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like both versions, actually.

    • @CocoCece08
      @CocoCece08 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like both versions, actually.

  • @54raynor
    @54raynor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Let's not forget about the most enduring aspect of the legacy of Lola: it gave us the single greatest Weird Al parody of all time.

    • @IMAMONGUS
      @IMAMONGUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ya ya ya ya Yoda!

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda, S-O-D-A soda.

    • @bubbajoshproductions3990
      @bubbajoshproductions3990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yoda was good but Eat It was better 🤷

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bubbajoshproductions3990 And of course Eat It was the first shot-for-shot on-set parody of the video, which he also did in Fat and Smells Like Nirvana.

  • @donaldwilson2620
    @donaldwilson2620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I would've thought that "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood and "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael would be on this list as well.

    • @kitfisto1827
      @kitfisto1827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The latter had an edited version for airplay.

    • @Blitze9792
      @Blitze9792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I was expecting "Relax" to appear too!

  • @PetrivanWyk
    @PetrivanWyk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    What I'd give for a Top10 of songs that sneaked in curse/bad words without getting censored!

    • @GarrettWorcester
      @GarrettWorcester 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One song that comes to mind almost immediately is "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship. The album version - which the FM Rock stations played back in the day - had a line about oral sex somewhere in the middle of the song. If you actively listen for it, you'll hear it as plain as day, but because the long version is, well... lengthy, most people had zoned out before it came up, me being one of them.
      Another classic is "Life in the Fast Lane" by Eagles, for the obvious "...we've been up and down this highway, haven't seen a goddamn thing..."

    • @kitfisto1827
      @kitfisto1827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      EMF's "Unbelievable" and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax"

    • @fedoramcclaren4294
      @fedoramcclaren4294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kitfisto1827 wait...what did they say in "Relax"?

    • @fedoramcclaren4294
      @fedoramcclaren4294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kitfisto1827 did they censor "come"?

  • @Skyotonic
    @Skyotonic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    well kinda surprised that nobody has said "Closer" by Nine inch nails...that got censored on the radio and tv..

    • @brandonpage7087
      @brandonpage7087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, that one should've been on this list. An amazing song, btw.

    • @ashwinidesai4051
      @ashwinidesai4051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like that song! 😝😝

    • @Pusherella
      @Pusherella 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Starf*ckers Incorporated to Starsuckers.

    • @jrcarter9175
      @jrcarter9175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A song I can no longer take seriously, thanks to "Project Runway".

  • @saramoore9896
    @saramoore9896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I expected to see Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind. I actually thought they censored that song rather creatively and I remember it being really famous in the 90’s. Took me well into my 20’s to understand what and why they censored it for.

  • @LeoHernandeznyc
    @LeoHernandeznyc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember I bought the black eye peas album Elephunk on it was a song called "Let's Get Retarded"....When it was released it was changed to "Let's get it Started" and it was one of their biggest hits

    • @jmcd21182
      @jmcd21182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought I was crazy but I remember it being titled that

    • @Missesbleepbloop
      @Missesbleepbloop 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're exactly right, even to the point they remade a more techno based version on their album the E.N.D

    • @conniethesconnie
      @conniethesconnie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think they originally released it as Let's Get Retarted, but redid it for NBA advertisements. When the commercial became popular they released that version.

    • @fedoramcclaren4294
      @fedoramcclaren4294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The interesting part is Beyoncé says the same term in "Get Me Bodied"...

  • @MsTimothyswan
    @MsTimothyswan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I am so surprised that Louie Louie by The Kingsmen was not included; it took lead singer Jack Ely to shout up to the microphone near the ceiling after having his braces tightened a couple of days beforehand to sing the song's lyrics; so controversial was this rendition of the song (even for 1963 standards) that the FBI investigated the matter. in the end, they ruled that this version of the record was deemed to be unintelligible in any language

    • @Floymin
      @Floymin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep. So unintelligible, it was accused of being Russian code.

    • @christophermerlot3366
      @christophermerlot3366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's the one I was waiting for. The FBI version was the best. Such filth.

  • @jamesespey249
    @jamesespey249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    There are 2 songs that were censored that were not mentioned: 1.The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band...called the Devil an SOB. 2: Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean...for the line "one hell of a man".

  • @paulnorton2885
    @paulnorton2885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Way back in 1966-67 a Canadian band called the Royal Guardsmen recorded a series of singles based on Snoopy's imaginary encounters with the Red Baron in the Peanuts comic strip. The songs referred to "the bloody Red Baron". They became very popular in several countries including Australia, especially among children. In Australia at that time, the radio stations in different state capitals had different play lists and adhered to different standards of what they considered decency in what they broadcast. This meant that the radio stations in Sydney played the songs with the word "bloody" uncensored while the radio stations in Melbourne bleeped out the word. The result of this was that the children in Sydney sang about "the bloody Red Baron", but the children in Melbourne sang the word that they imagined was being bleeped out, so that parents were scandalised to hear their eight year olds singing about "the f***ing Red Baron".

    • @catmomof2261
      @catmomof2261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, I hadn’t realized how much I missed this. I can remember having the record and loving it. The controversy probably didn’t hit so bad in the US then because the word bloody doesn’t carry the same meaning. As someone into colors, bloody red just sounded descriptive of what he might look like. I’m definitely going to look this up!

    • @robosock380
      @robosock380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember that song, thought it was great as a kid. Now you've got the lyrics swimming around in my head, or at least some of them and the melody itself.

    • @289cobra9
      @289cobra9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can find it on TH-cam.

    • @trevorjoneill707
      @trevorjoneill707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's as funny as shit

    • @marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760
      @marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a Melburnian that is so funny to hear 😂

  • @nietzschescodes
    @nietzschescodes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Break on Through by the Doors was also censured. On most albums we heard "she gets. she gets" instead of "she gets high. she gets high".
    Also Leonard Cohen's The Future, you can hear now "Charlie Manski" for example on youtube instead of "Charlie Manson", which can be heard on the original album.

    • @dw89music73
      @dw89music73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Doors compilation I owned had that "she gets high." bit restored. And yeah, the word high was seen as the equivalent to the F bomb back in the late 60s.

  • @loneagwolf306
    @loneagwolf306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill, You oughta know

    • @NecrOphelia747
      @NecrOphelia747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely!

    • @kennethwhitehouse6176
      @kennethwhitehouse6176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because of the line about...doing naughty things in a theater

    • @blebhan8213
      @blebhan8213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kennethwhitehouse6176 And the line "And are you thinking of me when you **** her"

  • @strawberrysoulforever8336
    @strawberrysoulforever8336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I was so pleased when I found the uncensored versions of Avril Lavigne's album The Best Damn Thing on Spotify. I couldn't find a CD copy back when HMV needed to exist and people still ripped CDs.

  • @EmjayLapus
    @EmjayLapus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "Get Low" could have been an honorable mention, at the very least. It took censors a while before they realized what "skeet" meant and censored the radio edit even further. 😂

    • @ELmayberry
      @ELmayberry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂

    • @shamartTM
      @shamartTM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ironically for the supposed censored version of Get Low the part of the song that originally had "skeet skeet motherfucker" they just replaced motherfucker by saying skeet at least another 7 times 🤣

    • @terryterrific3955
      @terryterrific3955 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dave Chappel made a joke about this.

  • @gakabler
    @gakabler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If You Seek Amy is NOT the only song to spell out the acronym. There have been several bands from the 70's and 80's that had songs called If You See Kay.

  • @ExUSSailor
    @ExUSSailor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    How about Alice In Chains' "Man In The Box", a song about censorship, that itself got censored.

    • @kershabeaver3312
      @kershabeaver3312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow didn't know that.

    • @alexiskuwata
      @alexiskuwata 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ironic

    • @TitaniumTurbine
      @TitaniumTurbine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I know a couple christians that won’t listen to that song because of the “Jesus Christ, deny your maker” line. They don’t even acknowledge the following line “He who tries (will be wasted)”. It’s so stupid.

    • @manueltapia1859
      @manueltapia1859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice song and video bro, man I miss those old good songs and videos!!!

    • @staleypharmaceuticals2071
      @staleypharmaceuticals2071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Layne Staley was perfection. Jerry was golden.

  • @rickxmuniz9219
    @rickxmuniz9219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    " Creep "....honestly solidified me being and nerd and a creep. Thank you Radiohead. Because why follow trends when u can stand out

  • @alexiious
    @alexiious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    WatchMojo: "Radiohead got depressing song that got cancelled"
    Twenty One Pilots: "Hey that's our thing"

    • @CyclopsWasRight616
      @CyclopsWasRight616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Twenty One Pilots also the answer to "Who did John Travolta cheat on his wife with ?"

  • @britneyspearsstan
    @britneyspearsstan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    "If U Seek Amy" the most clever play on words in history I think

    • @trinaq
      @trinaq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Indeed, it's not obvious until later on!

    • @drgamerarko
      @drgamerarko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No

    • @jamesheatherly4209
      @jamesheatherly4209 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don’t get it.Who’s this Amy we’re seeking?

    • @sarahlovee1865
      @sarahlovee1865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@jamesheatherly4209 idk if you're serious so I'll answer... Brit is "Amy" if you say the title quickly it sounds like F U C K me "all the girls and all of the boys are seeking to if you seek Amy (f u c k me)"

    • @mintyglitch9304
      @mintyglitch9304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love that song and still do

  • @SodaSiren
    @SodaSiren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I thought Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started" would be here.

    • @searchingfordotdotdot1086
      @searchingfordotdotdot1086 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had no idea until I was an adult that was not the real version of the song. 🤣

    • @tonialston1968
      @tonialston1968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same! Though sometimes the censored version sounds better than the original

    • @PhantomEyce
      @PhantomEyce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Let's get ret oh never mind 😆🤣😂😹😆🤣

  • @danacollins2625
    @danacollins2625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    "Kick Up The Jams - MC5: It's not hard to see why this song caused controversy..."
    Uh, it is if you don't tell us what the controversy was.
    "Hey, let's do a list about songs that were censored, but not bother mentioning why they were censored!"
    Who the f*ck do you have writing the scripts to your videos? I guess we have to google the lyrics ourselves if we want an explanation beyond "it's got a naughty word in it".
    And the reason that Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones was censored was because of _what_ exactly? Because it has... "racy lyrics"? Wow. I just love how thorough and insightful these explanations are. You guys just delve right down into those details, huh? I wonder what the reason the #1 song is gonna wind up being censored for... because the lyrics contain "stuff"?

    • @Nurdse_326
      @Nurdse_326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This. Lol

    • @sherlockwatson101
      @sherlockwatson101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THANK YOU

    • @Jayke1981
      @Jayke1981 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, and the explanations don't even make sense sometimes.

    • @fuhgeddaboudit8475
      @fuhgeddaboudit8475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jsuk, if they give the direct explanation of why the song was censored, then youtube will censor THEM. anybody making this video will do it the same way. and it's sort of obvious why these songs are censored. imo they have done a good job in explaining the issues and the aftermath, compared to youtube's strict rules and young children whose parents don't check what they're doing online. please stop spreading hate without knowing the full story, if it weren't for this video most people wouldn't even know if these songs were censored.

    • @jodyd3762
      @jodyd3762 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      so why did it even get censored im still confused?

  • @Dima_Sen_
    @Dima_Sen_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The best part of this kind of videos is once you start watching you cannot stop! Love this feeling! 🙌🍪🙌

  • @Enigma8750
    @Enigma8750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "If you see Kay. Tell her I love her. " April Wine.

    • @YossarianDuo
      @YossarianDuo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Folks were a little less uptight in 1982!

  • @CharlesStubbs
    @CharlesStubbs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Fun Fact: Otis Redding WROTE "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" and sung it first before The Stones.

    • @jfkassnation5980
      @jfkassnation5980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fair dinkum?! I did not know that..

    • @Christianrockrockz
      @Christianrockrockz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      False. It was written by Richards and Jagger. Otis Redding did a cover the same year. He heard the Stones do it and tried to copy the lyrics, but couldn’t understand them, so he just guessed.

  • @THOMASINTHE1980S
    @THOMASINTHE1980S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I thought “Let’s spend the night Together” would be on here.

    • @Your.Uncle.AngMoh
      @Your.Uncle.AngMoh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was only on the Ed Sullivan song and it does get mentioned.

  • @Rebelwithacause94
    @Rebelwithacause94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Loves the Britney Spears song when I was younger my thoughts were who is amy? My bro had to explain the songs underlying message. It’s clever

    • @MissOnePiece
      @MissOnePiece 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I still don't get it. Maybe because english isn't my first language

    • @amandamsnyder87
      @amandamsnyder87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      English is my 1st language and I don't get it?

    • @eauhomme
      @eauhomme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@amandamsnyder87 "If You Seek Amy"--Say it fast and it sounds like four letters, plus "Me".

    • @kennethwhitehouse6176
      @kennethwhitehouse6176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A very clever way to peddle naughty music I must admit

    • @misseselise3864
      @misseselise3864 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i didn’t realize it till recently

  • @michaelgerhardt7130
    @michaelgerhardt7130 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice job watch mojo - Devo also has a cover of Satisfaction

  • @knitterqueen1953
    @knitterqueen1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Dua Lipa also paid homage to “Physical” in her own song “Physical” too!

  • @isaacmartinez6904
    @isaacmartinez6904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I recall that the BBC censored Elvis Costello's Oliver's Army because he said a racial slur. Elvis stated that he was referencing the word to Irish Catholics. If he released this song today, he would have been in serious trouble and cancelled.

    • @IndigoJo
      @IndigoJo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yet I've heard the original played on British indie radio fairly recently.

  • @devinbrown1775
    @devinbrown1775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Country music stars also have controversy.
    Garth Brooks: The Thunder Rolls
    Tim McGraw: Indian Outlaw
    Dixie Chicks: Talking bad about George W. Bush
    Carrie Underwood: NBC Sunday Night Football theme 2018

  • @julesboslough5576
    @julesboslough5576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandma introduced me to the song Lola several years ago and I always loved it lol

  • @DadCanInJapan
    @DadCanInJapan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From the Wikipedia page on Link Wray and his 1958 INSTRUMENTAL "Rumble": It popularized "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists,"[9] facilitating the emergence of "punk and heavy rock". "Rumble" was banned in New York and Boston for fear that it would incite teenage gang violence, "rumble" being slang for a gang fight.

  • @frankmoniz1467
    @frankmoniz1467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The steamy video for the legendary Olivia Newton-John's Physical made this 13 year old's (at the time) heart skip a few beats, a gay kid all a tingle.

    • @jetw9810
      @jetw9810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never saw the video before. I love it.

  • @marymarney3843
    @marymarney3843 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sympathy for the devil was taken off the radio when it came out, but then ended up in a movie SEVERAL years later.

  • @TheColdestWater
    @TheColdestWater 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Now this list got a lot of "aha" moments and loving every bit of it! 🤯🙈🤣

  • @timspellman47
    @timspellman47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Frankie goes to Hollywood Relax. The original video was extremely graphic and hilarious!

    • @fromthehaven94
      @fromthehaven94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The video I remember seeing as a kid was the generic concert video with ladies throwing themselves at the lead singer and bassist. The two openly gay group members- all for naught.

    • @timspellman47
      @timspellman47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fromthehaven94 Look up the uncensored version.

    • @fromthehaven94
      @fromthehaven94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@timspellman47 I've seen that version. I understand why MTV wouldn't show it.

  • @AngelicusImmortus
    @AngelicusImmortus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When James Blunt’s first album went big it got rereleased due to the language in one song. If you got the original release with the grey cover you got the unedited version. - it’s now discontinued. The Blue cover has the song edited but also has a re-edited and remixed songs too.

  • @jonsrecordcollection7172
    @jonsrecordcollection7172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think there were some radio edits of "You Don't Know How It Feels" that substituted "Let's roll another down" for "Let's roll another joint."

  • @Lullalies
    @Lullalies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    #4 - finally got that Futurama reference!

  • @BillGraper
    @BillGraper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You forgot one of the first songs to ever get banned. "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV. It was on the hot 100 chart for 5 weeks, peaking at #3. After it was banned, it fell out of existence on the chart. It was probably headed for #1.

    • @nedraleggett9088
      @nedraleggett9088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing wrong with the song. My friends and I knew every and sang "talked" it when it came on. And not when it was on.

    • @muffassa6739
      @muffassa6739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I loved that song lol 💕💕

    • @gakabler
      @gakabler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have an original vinyl 45 of that. It plays forward on the A side and backwards on the B.

    • @laurala101
      @laurala101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was cruel to dogs

    • @ALLEKA666
      @ALLEKA666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Death dance of the frog fish!! Stonesour do a wicked cover of it!!

  • @bookwormaddict3933
    @bookwormaddict3933 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was surprised you didn't mention Madonna's censored video, Justify my Love. MTV banned it when it came out.

    • @kissfanmac
      @kissfanmac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think they are talking mainly about song lyrics rather than a music video.I mean it does say songs that were censored NOT music videos.

  • @kyliepollert8341
    @kyliepollert8341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know what, I've heard "Kiss Me More" in a TV commercial, but I don't know what it was for, nor did I know the artist or song title, or that it interpolated "Physical" in its chorus. And I never really paid attention to the lyrics of "Lola", until I listened to the 1979 live version a few years ago... it's a really absurd song!

    • @circuslionsrabbitry
      @circuslionsrabbitry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's absurd about it? The narrator gets picked up by a transwoman and doesn't realize it at first.

  • @stevenodonnell6318
    @stevenodonnell6318 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If I recall 2pac had a whole album pulled from stores in the early 90's

  • @p.d.l7023
    @p.d.l7023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mentioning MTV in a song when MTV was actually good = Too meta.

  • @theimortal1974
    @theimortal1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the light my fire one reminds me of when muse was on a foreign show and they told them not to swear. matt was so offended he replaced the 3rd verse of feeling good with a ton of f bombs

  • @peter4210
    @peter4210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The famous "Trololo" song exist because the soviet union banned the lyrics and the guy desided to perform the song with out saying the words

  • @mlggamer5296
    @mlggamer5296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When it comes to censorship of music I tend to listen to the full explicit versions on Spotify. I mean you already know what they saying doesn't make a difference

  • @kennethferrari5232
    @kennethferrari5232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always by Saliva which changed the word gun to anger. Of course a lot of songs were not censored for content but time. Outlaw Torn by Metallica, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin, and American Pie were all shortened when played on the radio.

  • @jetw9810
    @jetw9810 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you gods of random. I like Olivia Newton John so much more now. What a great video.

  • @jennymac4031
    @jennymac4031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And yet 'WAP' tops the charts

  • @johnpeace971
    @johnpeace971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How about every hip hop song that's released as a single. Some things that make the radio have more holes than lyrics

  • @mc2mc277
    @mc2mc277 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a former longtime radio DJ, CENSORSHIP drives me crazy….especially when they censor a song YEARS after it has been out and aired thousands of times..or when big artists are not censored but smaller ones are. Total BS.

  • @Khaos_Kazuka
    @Khaos_Kazuka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Censorship is evil and shouldn't exist for any reason.

  • @TheFinalBoss25
    @TheFinalBoss25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi hear them say all the time that Creep didn’t catch on for years. I was 13 and remembering it was played heavy rotation and people liked it.

  • @nickgov66
    @nickgov66 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This goes way back, Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" originally had the line , "good authors too who once used better words now only use four letter words writing prose, now anything goes" this was thought to be too suggestive and had to be changed to "...three letter words..." even though that changed the intention of the line completely.

  • @LadyArachnea
    @LadyArachnea 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Like a Virgin" , 'Like a Prayer" & "Justify my Love" by Madonna were also censored at their time ...

  • @kathryncumberland
    @kathryncumberland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The narrator incorrectly said that Tom Petty's song says "smoke another joint," then immediately played a clip of Petty singing "roll another joint." Get it right, folks!

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The BBC has banned many records from its radio stations and television. Top Of The Pops was notorious for that.

  • @adamanderson7309
    @adamanderson7309 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wet Wet Wet's 'Temptation' from their debut album, had the line 'You won't waste my f.....g spirit' which was changed to 'You won't waste my angry spirit' for the single (radio play) version and their later Best Of release.

  • @Jeahkir
    @Jeahkir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Give him 100 Dollar for every "however" and let him retire...

  • @ronkerwick325
    @ronkerwick325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a kid I never understood the controversy with If You Seek Amy. Seeing it spelled out now though is hilarious

  • @theresecallahan8548
    @theresecallahan8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    No honorable mentions for "Who Are You?" by The Who, "The Devil Went Down To The Georgia" by Charlie Daniels, and "Brown-Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison?

    • @itscs1175
      @itscs1175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what part of brown eyed girl had to be censored?

    • @dw89music73
      @dw89music73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Charlie Daniels himself censored "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" when he played it live later in his life due to him becoming a devout Christian.

    • @brandonpage7087
      @brandonpage7087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, especially "who are you?". Down here, on the local rock radio station, 98 rocks, they always play the uncensored version, where they clearly say, "who the fuck are you?".

    • @kissfanmac
      @kissfanmac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@itscs1175 “Brown Eye” is slang for butt.

    • @theresecallahan8548
      @theresecallahan8548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@itscs1175 The line "Making love in the green grass behind the stadium" was changed to "Laughing and a-running behind the stadium." However, today, most stations play the original, uncensored version.

  • @cousinsister69
    @cousinsister69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1977 Ian Dury's Plaistow Patricia. Seem to recall 2 versions because of the tirade of swearing at the opening of this fantastic song. edit Delighted to find the original uncensored version here on YT. Chuckle. Takes me back. 😊

  • @vdoman
    @vdoman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    almost any song that has some type of conspiracy or controversy attached to it is guaranteed to be a hit

  • @skunky74
    @skunky74 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was always surprised Outkast's 'Hey Ya' was never censored.
    The Outhere Brothers 'Don't Stop Wiggle Wiggle' was another great one when it wasn't censored. I remember the local Top40 radio station would broadcast live from a nightclub on Friday nights when the Club DJ accidentally played the uncensored song. The radio DJ apologized afterwards and jokingly said that that would be his last night on radio.

  • @nsayer
    @nsayer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    No list of censored songs would be complete without "Shake, Rattle & Roll."

  • @metalinyourhead3604
    @metalinyourhead3604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Haha. Break on Through to the other side is a good example. The line “She gets high” was cut to be “she gets *blank*”

  • @maxpowr90
    @maxpowr90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Black Eyed Peas: "Lets Get Retarded". Yes, that's the original title of the song.

    • @miatoretto1178
      @miatoretto1178 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some of the songs are just wrong they had to censor the words.

  • @54raynor
    @54raynor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm really surprised that Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind didn't crack this list. The edited version could be mistaken for a track that would be at home on a Kids Bop album, mainly because it took out the direct reference to crystal meth and took out the last verse that displayed the depths of addiction.

    • @PhantomEyce
      @PhantomEyce 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Crystal meth lifted you up ya and Jupiter was depressing too

    • @DanielGonzalez-gf6oi
      @DanielGonzalez-gf6oi ปีที่แล้ว

      Semi-Charmed Life (1997) was also used in the beginning of the trailer for The Tigger Movie (2000). It was later removed because Disney was unaware of the fact that the song meant to display happiness actually have lyrics that had sexual or mature undertones. Disney issued a new trailer for the movie.

  • @alexiious
    @alexiious 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why do I feel nostalgic when "If U Seek Amy"?

    • @sugarlv6434
      @sugarlv6434 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idk bout you but I hear this song for the first time. Idk about yoi but I hear thia song for tje first time.

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's been 12 years, perhaps

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Britney

    • @gerbrandlub
      @gerbrandlub 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm old enough that this song never registered. I'm also too foreign to get understand what I should be getting about the title...

  • @bradfilippone7064
    @bradfilippone7064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    High School Confidential by the Canadian group Rough Trade was pretty controversial forty years ago--but I'm not sure how well known it was outside Canada.

    • @margaretdasilva5493
      @margaretdasilva5493 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh boy I remember that one. Thanks for reminding me.

  • @jamesonweimann4720
    @jamesonweimann4720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If they haven’t done this one they should do top 10 despised teammates from video games

  • @thetruecish
    @thetruecish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Let's Get It Started" by The Black Eyed Peas. I don't agree with the word they used in the original title so I won't repeat it. The popularity of the edited version has basically buried what the song was called originally.

  • @margaretdasilva5493
    @margaretdasilva5493 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Did anyone remember The Divinyls = I touch myself? I was SURE that would be included. Maybe time for a part 2.

  • @trexadvent4726
    @trexadvent4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you do top 10 episodes of the Netflix show Trolls the Beat goes on?

  • @alwrig
    @alwrig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There was some controversy with the Osmond Brothers (yeah, I couldn't believe it, either) song "Crazy Horses". The line "Smokin' up the sky" was believed to be referring to marijuana use (the Osmonds? REALLY???). In reality, the song was addressing the problem of air pollution.
    Another controversial song is "Hell Is For Children" by Pat Benatar. Some idiots out there actually believed Pat was advocating that childrens' souls be damned to Hell. Obviously they never heard the song or read the lyric sheet, otherwise they would know it shined a light on child abuse...

  • @salamehbishara6999
    @salamehbishara6999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you missed one "Relax Don't do it" for Frankie goes to Hollywood it was band in most countries specially the video clip

  • @JalebJay
    @JalebJay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My first thought was the list could just spew off 5 Eminem songs and still have more of Marshal to put onto it.

    • @misseselise3864
      @misseselise3864 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      for real. real slim shady shaded people who thought his music was too vulgar

  • @AwesomeBoysJPTV
    @AwesomeBoysJPTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The If You Seek Amy was Clever. Never notice that the first time

  • @jaytheokie
    @jaytheokie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The secret final verse of "The Thunder Rolls" by Garth

  • @markwallerich1455
    @markwallerich1455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What about some Pink Floyd songs? Some have been censured since the 70's.

  • @Pusherella
    @Pusherella 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Miracles by Jefferson Starship. They censored all the good lines in the song ☹

  • @passmemycoffee8074
    @passmemycoffee8074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom Petty- ah I see where Zayn got the inspiration from for that 1D song- Best Song Ever. lol

  • @kambacktransam4840
    @kambacktransam4840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How the times have changed. "My Ding-a-Ling" is a song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew. It was covered by Chuck Berry, It got band in some areas because of the implication. look at Lou Reeds song Walk on the wild side. it says " Candy came from out on the Island In the back room, she was everybody's darling, But she never lost her head Even when she was giving head. " Another part of the song goes she shaved her legs then he became a she. so many songs have alternative meanings.

  • @ryanappleton3653
    @ryanappleton3653 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't know if it's just me but truth be told the risque nature on most of the songs never seemed to phase me.

    • @kershabeaver3312
      @kershabeaver3312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly thats why not sure why folks had such a problem with cardi b and Megan wap

    • @ryanappleton3653
      @ryanappleton3653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kershabeaver3312 I didn't have a problem with WAP either, nor any of the other songs before it like "My Neck, My Back" for example.
      I much prefer the original version of If U Seek Amy. Come on people!
      If women want to sing about sex, let them. They're grown women at this point!
      I much prefer women doing songs about sexuality because they do it with agency and independence as opposed to men for men tend to be too vulgar with the topic and they don't get hit with even a smidgen of controversy.

    • @kershabeaver3312
      @kershabeaver3312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryanappleton3653 my thoughts exactly 💯

  • @orlandomendez7110
    @orlandomendez7110 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The one that I was surprised to see on here was let’s get physical it but now I remember what year and era it was released but considering what songs came later in the 80s this song seems less controversial

  • @agustinibarra192
    @agustinibarra192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Taylor Swift also had two songs from her first album changed. Picture to burn and teardrops on my guitar

  • @maximusretardious4597
    @maximusretardious4597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Britnet Spears.. If youe seek amy is one of her best songs its so catchy

  • @jewgirl952
    @jewgirl952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Rod Stewart's Tonight's the Night should have been number 1. A sexually explicit scenario is even in the audio!

  • @donaldwilson2620
    @donaldwilson2620 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I also would've thought "God Save The Queen" by the Sex Pistols would be included on this list. I was banned by the BBC for its lyrical content.

  • @googaagoogaa12345678
    @googaagoogaa12345678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the eminem one i know best and remember most (also expected to be on here) was the president line in we as americans

  • @willieg7895
    @willieg7895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boulevard of broken dreams by green day comes to mind. "Read between the lines, whats f****d up and everythings alright....."

  • @AmyWinehouse.914
    @AmyWinehouse.914 ปีที่แล้ว

    Listen to Elvis's original album version of Shake rattle and roll and it's missing the line "You wear those dress's the sun comes shining through"

  • @karatefella
    @karatefella 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" would have been on here