God Save the Queen

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Written by: Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook
Produced by: Chris Thomas
Released: May '77 on Warner Bros.
Charts: Did not chart

Banned by the BBC for "gross bad taste," this blast of nihilism savaged the pomp of Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee and came in a sleeve showing Her Majesty with a safety pin through her lip. "Watching her on telly, as far as I'm concerned, she ain't no human being," sneered singer Johnny Rotten. "She's a piece of cardboard they drag around on a trolley."

Appears on: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (Warner Bros.)

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