The Most Controversial Song the Year You Were Born

Music is life.

It can make you happy, sad, excited, and a million billion other emotions… including triggered.

That being said, one of my favorite sites http://Loudwire.com made a list of the “Most Controversial Songs the Year You Were Born” and it’s a really cool walk down Musical Memory Lane.

A few highlights:

 

1962:  “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)”,  The Crystals

 

1964:  “A Change Is Gonna Come”,  Sam Cooke

 

1969:  “Give Peace a Chance”,  Plastic Ono Band

 

1971:  “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”,  Gil Scott-Heron

 

1975:  “The Pill”,  Loretta Lynn

 

1977:  “God Save the Queen”,  Sex Pistols

 

1982:  “The Message”,  Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

 

1983:  “Relax”,  Frankie Goes to Hollywood

 

1986:  “Dear God”,  XTC

 

1988:  “[Eff] tha Police”,  N.W.A.

 

1990:  “Justify My Love”,  Madonna

 

1992:  “Killing in the Name”,  Rage Against the Machine

 

1994:  “Closer”,  Nine Inch Nails

 

1999:  “Goodbye Earl”,  The (Dixie) Chicks

 

2000:  “Stan”, Eminem

 

2002:  “Dirrty”,  Christina Aguilera

 

2004:  “American idiot”,  Green Day

 

2008:  “I Kissed a Girl”,  Katy Perry

 

2010:  “Pumped Up Kicks”,  Foster the People

 

2018:  “This Is America”,  Childish Gambino

 

Again, you can check the full list at https://loudwire.com/most-controversial-song-year-born/

And this year’s pick? Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town”, which has caused quite an uproar between politcial parties.

I was born in 1983, so my song is “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, which is basically a tutorial on getting off.

What song was raising eyebrows the year you were born?

Which song still gets you all riled up today?