God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)
original song by Sex Pistols
God Save the Queen is a song by English punk rock band The Sex Pistols. It was the band's second single, and featured on their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The lyrics, as well as the cover, were controversial at the time. The BBC banned the song.
| "God Save the Queen" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Sex Pistols | ||||
| from the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | ||||
| B-side | "No Feeling" (A&M release)/"Did You No Wrong" (Virgin release) | |||
| Released | 27 May 1977 | |||
| Recorded | October 1976, March 1977, Wessex Sound Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Punk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Virgin, A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Glen Matlock, John Lydon, Paul Thomas Cook, Stephen Philip Jones | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Thomas, Bill Price | |||
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It has been covered by various bands, including Motorhead.
References
change- ↑ Bradley, Michael (15 March 2016). "The 10 best punk rock singles, by The Undertones' Michael Bradley". TeamRock. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
