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Most challenges to music and accompanying lyrics have focused on claims that the lyrics are obscene, that they incite violence, or that they are harmful to minors.

Iran. The Iranian Revolution of 1979 brought a complete ban on music on TV and radio. The Revolution implemented a theocratic government led by officials who are regarded as divine. Iran is solely led by religion.

the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) In 1934, Congress established the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to regulate communications. The FCC intervenes on explicit content in music publicly broadcast and has been involved in music censorship since its inception.

Radio stations across the country banned the Rolling Stones hit “”I Can't Get No Satisfaction”” because of sexually suggestive lyrics. The Juvenile Delinquency and Crime Commission of Houston, Texas banned more than 30 songs it considered obscene. Almost all of the artists on the Commission's list were black.

The greatest banned songs of all time – ranked!

• (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (1981)
• My Generation (1965)
• This Note's for You (1988)
• Judas (2011)
• Physical (1981)
• Happiness Is a Warm Gun (1968)
• Blurred Lines (2013)
• Spasticus Autisticus (1981)

Songs That Have Been Banned By Spotify Songs can be removed from the platform for a variety of reasons, including copyright infringement and inappropriate content. Some songs may have been removed due to inadequate licensing, while others may have been requested by artists or their representatives to be taken down.

About The Banned Nevertheless, their first single, 'Little Girl'/'CPGJ's', did reach the UK charts, peaking at number 36 in December 1977 after being licensed from the group's own Can't Eat label to Harvest Records. It was a credible cover of the Syndicate Of Sound's 1966 hit.

During the Rock era in the early 60's, the FCC began to ban certain songs that had to do with a range of topics that were considered indecent. These topics ranged from sexuality to violence and any songs that were considered to promote, incite, or explicitly mention these issues were often times regulated by the FCC.

“Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday (1939) This song was a profound and powerful depiction of Billie Holiday's horror over a lynching. It was banned from U.S. radio for its heavy, morbid content upon its release in 1939. As dark as the lyrics were, this was a song that the public truly needed to hear at the time.

Music censorship is the practice of restricting free access to musical works.

Songs are often edited for broadcast on radio and television to remove content that may be considered objectionable to an outlet's target audience - such as profanity, or references to subjects such as sex and drug usage.

Released in April 1958, “Rumble” by Link Wray and His Ray Men was a major hit in the spring and summer in both stores and on jukeboxes--but not on radio. Interestingly, though “Rumble” contained no lyrics, many radio stations banned “Rumble” for its incendiary title.