Banned songs
- My Generation, The Who - BBC banned it because they perceived that it made fun of stutterers. They lifted the ban after the song became a hit.
- Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday - powerful depiction of Billie Holiday’s horror over a lynching
- Learn to Fly, The Foo Fighters - banned for several months following 9/11
- I Want Your Sex, George Michael - both the song and the music video were censored or banned entirely from various outlets due to sexual content
- Love to Love You Baby, Donna Summer - banned by broadcasters, including the BBC, due to blatant sexual content
- Kick Out the Jams, MC5 - Opening line is “Kick out the jams, motherfuckers!” and many retailers refused to stock the album.
- Mississippi Goddam, Nina Simone - Banned by radio stations throughout the South
- Like A Prayer , Madonna - Stations refused to play it after Madonna said in an interview that she wanted to explore the line between the holy and the profane and then cross it.
- Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People - banned on some US radio stations after school shootings and supposedly glorifying gun violence