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Killer Tunes

The BBC thought twice about playing these songs during the Persian Gulf War.

From a 1991 list of sixty-seven songs the BBC classified as having “lyrics that need thought in scheduling” during the Persian Gulf War:

  • Abba, “Under Attack”
  • The Animals, “We Gotta Get out of This Place”
  • Joan Baez, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
  • The Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian”
  • Pat Benatar, “Love Is a Battlefield”
  • Blondie, “Atomic”
  • Cher, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”
  • Eric Clapton, “I Shot the Sheriff”
  • Cutting Crew, “I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight”
  • Dire Straits, “Brothers in Arms”
  • Duran Duran, “View to a Kill”
  • José Feliciano, “Light My Fire”
  • Roberta Flack, “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
  • Elton John, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”
  • John Lennon, “Give Peace a Chance”
  • Bob Marley, “Buffalo Soldier”
  • Donny Osmond, “Soldier of Love”
  • Bruce Springsteen, “I’m on Fire”
  • Cat Stevens, “I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun”
  • Stevie Wonder, “Heaven Help Us All”