As the BBC comes under pressure to ban the singing of the words to Rule Britannia we look back at some of the surprising (and not so surprising) songs that have been banned over the years.
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Neil Young - This Note’s for You The video was banned by MTV and upset people with a Michael Jackson look-a-like.
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Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je T’aime ... Moi Non Plus French lessons were never like this at school.
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The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun You could almost fill an album with banned Beatles recordings - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, I am the Walrus, A Day in the Life ...
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Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit A beautiful song about a truly horrific subject that many believe was banned unjustly.
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