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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Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax Everyone remembers Mike Read and this episode
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Spasticus Autisticus Banned by the BBC , sung at the opening of the 2012 Paralympic games, by a group of performers with disabilities.
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ABBA - Waterloo No one is quite sure why but the BBC banned it during the Gulf War.
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Bing Crosby - I'll Be Home for Christmas Considered defeatist during the second world war.
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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.