1 Je T'Aime..Moi Non Plus (By Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg): The 1969 single got to No 1 but was never played due to its high sexual content and heavy breathing.

2 Relax (Frankie Goes To Hollywood): DJ Mike Read became outraged by the "overtly sexual" content and banned it. When the BBC followed suit it shot to No 1.

3 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles): The BBC reckoned that, because each of the title's nouns spelled LSD, it was about drugs. John Lennon denied it but it was banned.

4 Leader Of The Pack (The Shangri-Las): Refused airplay because of its death theme content and because it allegedly encouraged violence between Mods and Rockers.

5 God Save The Queen (The Sex Pistols): The Beeb felt this 1977 song was an "assault on the Queen" during her Silver Jubilee year. It reached No 2.

6 Eve Of Destruction (Barry McGuire): Classic anti-Vietnam anthem was put on a restricted list by the BBC, meaning it could not be played on general entertainment programmes.

7 Ebony Eyes (Everly Brothers): A song about a young man who lost his fiancee in a plane crash, the BBC thought it was "too upsetting" to play on the radio.

8 Lola (The Kinks): Once the offending product reference to Coca-Cola was replaced by cherry cola, the group were free to sing about spending the night with a transvestite.

9 Love To Love You Baby (Donna Summer): The BBC didn't like the sexually suggestive sounds made by Summer 23 times during the song and banned it. It still reached No 4.

10 St Therese Of The Roses (Malcolm Vaughan): The 1950s Beeb censors declared "the lyric is contrary both to Roman Catholic doctrine and to Protestant sentiment".