Banned by BBC

Subject to a BBC airplay ban on its original release.

songs

From 1967 to 1969, six recordings have it, and 1967 has more of them than any other year, with three. 'A Day in the Life' opens the run and 'Come Together' closes it. 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' and 'I Am the Walrus' are two of them, and five of the six are Lennon's. 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' was pulled by the BBC in 1991 during the Gulf War as politically sensitive, not on its 1968 release. On 'Happiness Is a Warm Gun', the song was banned from BBC radio airplay in 1968. Of those, 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' is one of six of their recordings with Fender Esquire.

Analysis

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period3 · 50%

Late3 · 50%

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Banned on 20 May 1967 over a drug reference and unbanned on 13 March 1972
2	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Banned by the BBC over 'Henry the Horse', read as two slang words for heroin.
3	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Banned by the BBC as too explicit ('pornographic priestess'; 'let your knickers down').
4	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Pulled by the BBC in 1991 during the Gulf War as politically sensitive, not on its 1968 release.
5	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	The song was banned from BBC radio airplay in 1968
6	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Banned by the BBC for naming a brand ('Coca-Cola'), which its rules barred from airplay.