Madonna’s Justify My Love shocked MTV with its ban in 1990, but fans propelled it to #1, cementing her status as pop’s most daring icon.
On August 25, 1979, "My Sharona" by The Knack hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 just two months after debuting. It stayed in that spot for six weeks, eventually being dethroned on October 6.
On This Day: Bob Dylan Released His Most Controversial Album Ever originally appeared on Parade. Released on this day in 1979, Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming became his most controversial record ever.
Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...
John Lennon wrote one of the most enduring socially conscious songs of all time, “Imagine.” While the Beatles didn’t allow him the space to be as political as he wanted to be, his solo career offered ...
From drug references to other explicit content and verbal assaults on the authorities, some songs set out to be controversial ...
The Beach Boys’ eleventh studio album, Pet Sounds, is rightfully regarded as one of the most monumental records to come out of the 1960s. But when the California band released it, they were fighting ...