Sex Pistols announce plans to re-release 'God Save The Queen' ". New Musical Express. 16 April 2012 . Retrieved 16 April 2012. Murthi, R. S. (9 May 1993). "Infectious Rage of Punk". New Straits Times. p.17 . Retrieved 8 August 2010. Smith, Ian K (25 March 2010). "Top 20 Political Songs: God Save The Queen". New Statesman . Retrieved 25 March 2010. Billy Idol performed this song with Generation Sex at Glastonbury 2023 Generation Sex - God Save the Queen (Glastonbury 2023) on YouTube}}

The cover art gives further reference to the Sex Pistols by using the same cut-out words to form the title as the Sex Pistols' single cover. Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 7 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2012 . Retrieved 2016-10-12. May 31: The BBC bans the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" ". History.com. 1 April 2010 . Retrieved 22 January 2021.

Where other punk songs only hinted at the source of the economic and social problems in the U.K. in the mid-1970s, the Pistols were prepared to name their enemy. Until “God Save the Queen,” no punk band had pointed directly at the queen or the church as the source of all societal ills. And this is what made them sinners – and even treasonous – to the band’s critics. Many think the song was denounced because it distilled punk’s key complaints into a single, targeted hit against British civic and political life, which was embodied by the royal family. Originally entitled “No Future,” the song ended up changing its name to “God Save the Queen,” an appropriation of the British national anthem. The Pistols’ version was an “anti-anthem,” a critique of Queen Elizabeth II, whose Silver Jubilee – a celebration to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her ascension to the throne – happened to coincide with the year of the song’s release. I did not see myself as a fashion designer, but as someone who wished to confront the rotten status quo through the way I dressed and dressed others.” Hall, James (27 May 2017). "God Save the Queen at 40: how the Sex Pistols made the most controversial song in history". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 1 January 2018.

The image incorporated a safety pin to shut the Queen’s mouth. Other versions covered the monarch’s eyes with swastikas or newspaper cut-out lettering in the style of a hostage letter. Clothing from the Seditionaries boutique on King’s Road, London, 1977. Pamela Rooke (1955 – 2022), aka Jordan, and Simon Barker, aka Six, are modelling Sex Pistols ‘God Save The Queen’ T-shirts. (photo – MirrorPix/Getty Images) Upon its release, the song was banned from both the BBC and radio stations regulated by the Independent Broadcasting Authority with Radio 2 controller Charles McLelland saying the song was "in gross bad taste". [13] Additionally, the major retailers Boots, WHSmith, and Woolworths all declined to sell the record. [14] Nevertheless, it peaked at No. 2 (below Rod Stewart's " I Don't Want to Talk About It" released as a double A-side budget single along with " The First Cut Is the Deepest") on the official UK Singles Chart used by the BBC; it did so during the week of the Silver Jubilee's official observation. [4] [15] [16] On the singles chart displayed in branches of WH Smith, the single's position at No. 2 was represented by a blank line. [17] We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. Sir Lenny Henry and Dame Maggie Smith represent “film and TV” whilst, in a nod to the Commonwealth, English-Australian singer and charity campaigner Dame Olivia Newton John takes one of three “music” slots. She joins Sir Elton John and Welsh powerhouse Dame Shirley Bassey.

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Dame Zaha Hadid, the architect famed for her futuristic designs, which included the London 2012 Aquatics Centre and who died in 2016, joins Westwood in the Design section. Khomami, Nadia (5 May 2023). "Regime change: Sex Pistols star reworks God Save the Queen rhymes for king". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 August 2023. Eleven-time Paralympic gold medal winner Dame Tanni-Grey Thompson leads a sporting quartet that features Sir Andy Murray, Sir Mo Farrah and Northern Irish pentathlon gold medal winner, Lady Mary Peters. A performance of the song recorded during the band's twenty-fifth anniversary concert at Brixton Academy, on 22 October 2000, appears on their 25 & Alive Boneshaker DVD.