Frank Zappa once provocatively asked, "If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?" This insightful question set the stage for a pivotal moment in music history. In 1985, Zappa ...

Top 20 Songs That Are BANNED In Most of the World Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the songs that were once, or are still, restricted from airplay in various markets. Phil Collins Even ...

Music has a long history of testing the limits of what broadcasters are willing to put on air. Sometimes it's a lyric, sometimes it's a political jab, and sometimes a song just gets caught in the ...

Songs get banned for many reasons. Artists sometimes take risks that don’t sit well with everyone, leading to censorship by the powers that be. But, there are times when songs get banned for little to ...

The modern day country music fan is quite a bit more tolerant of edgy or controversial songs than fans were 30 or 40 years ago, and as a result, there are fewer banned country songs today. Blame it on ...

Authorities in China’s Xinjiang region are threatening detention over downloading, sharing or listening to a wide range of Uyghur-language songs, the AP has found. The policy was revealed in a leaked ...

Art is often supposed to push boundaries. For every pop song that seems to underscore the status quo, there are protest songs or other tracks that highlight indignities around the world. On top of ...

When people think of Christmas music, they don’t think of provocative songs. Despite this, the BBC nearly banned a famous Christmas song even though nobody would consider it controversial today. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1983 track that was pulled from an extremely powerful radio station mid-play has been ranked as the greatest banned song ever.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metallica matters at JMA Wireless Dome A popular metal band ruffled some feathers by playing a banned 1960s song at its most ...