No. 5 Rage Against the Machine – “Killing in the Name”
“Killing in the Name” is indeed one of the most controversial songs of all time. When Rage Against the Machine released its album in 1991, featuring a knocker on the U.S military industrial complex, police violence, and institutionalized racism, the band soon got into trouble. Television and radio broadcasting banned the song from being released on the air, in different countries. Yet, in 1993, during a Top 40 countdown, a British DJ played the uncensored version in full, drawing many complaints from listeners.
