God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols 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 (1977-05-27)
Recorded	October 1976 March 1977
Studio	Wessex, London
Genre	Punk rock[1]
Length	3:20
Label	Virgin A&M
Songwriter(s)	Glen Matlock John Lydon Paul Cook Steve Jones
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas Bill Price
Sex Pistols singles chronology
"Anarchy in the U.K." (1976) "God Save the Queen" (1977) "Pretty Vacant" (1977)
Music video
"God Save the Queen" on YouTube

"God Save the Queen" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's second single and was later included on their only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977.

The record's lyrics, as well as the cover, were controversial at the time; both the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Independent Broadcasting Authority refused to play the song, including a total ban of its airing by the BBC.^[2] The original title for the song was "No Future", with the lyrics themselves being a general expression of the band's view of the monarchy or any individual or establishment commanding general obligation.^[3]

The song reached No. 1 on the NME charts in the United Kingdom, and made it to No. 2 on the official UK Singles Chart as used by the BBC. This led to accusations by some that the charts had been "fixed" to prevent the song from reaching No. 1.^[4]