God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)
"God Save the Queen" is a song performed by the punk band the Sex Pistols, featuring on the album Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols, and named after the national anthem of the United Kingdom, "God Save the Queen". It was released in 1977 in protest at Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee.Attempting to play the song from a boat on the river Thames outside The Palace of Westminster on the Jubilee holiday itself (a day which was billed as a national party), the band was arrested.
Many fans hold that it sold more copies in the week of its release than the official number 1, "The First Cut is the Deepest" by Rod Stewart, and that it was held at number 2 for political reasons. When it was released, the song was banned in almost all of Britain.
The Sex Pistols originally wanted to call the song "No Future," but their manager Malcolm McLaren knew the Queen's Silver Jubilee was approaching. He convinced the band to change the song's name to "God Save the Queen" and delay the song's release to coincide with the Jubilee.