List of restricted music videos

This is a list of music videos with content that stations would not play during the daytime or restricted to night-time play or required the release of a censored version. Madonna has the highest number of censored videos, with eight. Behind her is Wikipedia:Britney Spears, with seven.

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WP+ DEL

• Wikipedia:30 Seconds to Mars - "Wikipedia:From Yesterday" (sexually explicit content)
  • Wikipedia:30 Seconds to Mars - "Hurricane" (sexually explicit and extremely violent content)
  • Wikipedia:30 Seconds to Mars - "Wikipedia:The Kill" (disturbing images, language)
• Wikipedia:360 (rapper) - "Wikipedia:Boys Like You" (coarse language and middle finger, censored around daytime cycle)
• Wikipedia:50 Cent - "Wikipedia:P.I.M.P." (sexual content)

A

• Wikipedia:Add N to (X) - "Wikipedia:Metal Fingers in My Body" (animated pornography)
• Wikipedia:Add N to (X) - "Plug Me In" (pornography)
• AIR "Wikipedia:Cherry Blossom Girl" (explicit sexual and rape scenes)
• Wikipedia:Alice Cooper - "Poison" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Aphex Twin - "Wikipedia:Windowlicker" (coarse language, disturbing sexual content)
• Wikipedia:Audioslave - "Show Me How to Live" (implicit suicide)
• Wikipedia:Aqua (band) - " Wikipedia:Barbie Girl" (Lawsuit with Mattel)

B

• Wikipedia:B-Tight - "X-Tasy"
• Baddiel & Skinner & Wikipedia:The Lightning Seeds - "Three Lions '98" (written language, homophonic pun "Kuntz")
• Wikipedia:Basement Jaxx - "U Don't Know Me" (MTV UK, the Queen grabs a bum)
• Wikipedia:Belouis Some - "Imagination" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Benny Benassi - "Wikipedia:Satisfaction (Extended XXX revision)" (nudity, pornography)
  • Wikipedia:Benny Benassi - "Who's Your Daddy?" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Billy Idol - "Wikipedia:Hot In The City" (religious imagery)
• Wikipedia:Björk - "Wikipedia:Army of Me" (portrayal of bombs and explosions)
  • Wikipedia:Björk - "Wikipedia:Pagan Poetry" (nudity, violence)
  • Wikipedia:Björk - "Cocoon" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Björk - "I Miss You" (brief nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Björk - "Wikipedia:Declare Independence" (Controversy in Shanghai, China)
• Wikipedia:Black Eyed Peas - "Wikipedia:I Gotta Feeling" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Blondie (band) - "Wikipedia:Heart of Glass (song)" (strong language)
• Wikipedia:blink-182 - "I Miss You" (lesbian kiss, post-Super Bowl incident)
• Wikipedia:Bodyrox feat. Luciana - "Wikipedia:Yeah Yeah" (partial nudity)
• Wikipedia:Bon Jovi - "Living in Sin" (sex)
• Wikipedia:British Sea Power - "Wikipedia:Please Stand Up" (lyric "wetter and wetter")
• Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Wikipedia:Everytime" (implicit suicide, religious imagery)
  • Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Toxic" (nudity; banned post 2004 Super Bowl incident)
  • Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Gimme More" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Wikipedia:Piece Of Me" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Womanizer" (nudity, censored during daytime rotation)
  • Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Wikipedia:If U Seek Amy" (lyrics edited)
  • Wikipedia:Britney Spears - "Criminal" (sexual content, depictions of gun violence & domestic abuse)
• Wikipedia:Beyoncé Knowles - "Countdown" (accused of stealing concepts of Wikipedia:Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker)

C

• Wikipedia:The Cardigans - "Wikipedia:My Favourite Game" (cartoonish violence)
• Wikipedia:The Cars - "Hello Again" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Cee Lo Green- "Fuck You" (strong language)
• Wikipedia:Cher - "Wikipedia:If I Could Turn Back Time" (Cher in a thong)
• Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera ft. Redman - "Wikipedia:Dirrty" (Controversy in Thailand)
• Wikipedia:Christina Aguilera - "Wikipedia:Not Myself Tonight" (scenes involving S&M)
• Wikipedia:The Courteeners- "Wikipedia:Not Nineteen Forever" (nudity, violence)
• Wikipedia:Cradle of Filth - "Wikipedia:From the Cradle to Enslave" (nudity, gore)
• Custom - "Wikipedia:Hey Mister" (objectification of young girls)

D

• Wikipedia:D'Angelo - "Wikipedia:Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Daft Punk - "Prime Time of Your Life" (suicide)
• Wikipedia:The Dandy Warhols - "Wikipedia:Bohemian Like You" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:DeGarmo & Key - "Wikipedia:Six, Six, Six" (Antichrist set on fire)
• Disturbed - "Prayer" (post-9/11)
• Wikipedia:DJ Shadow - "Walkie Talkie" (middle finger, language)
• Wikipedia:Dr. Dre feat. Wikipedia:Snoop Dogg - "Wikipedia:The Next Episode" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Duran Duran - "Wikipedia:The Chauffeur" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Duran Duran - "Wikipedia:Girls On Film" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Duran Duran - "Wikipedia:The Wild Boys (song)" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Dutch & Spade - "Wikipedia:If You Want It" (nudity)

E

• Eamon - "Wikipedia:Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" (strong language)
• Wikipedia:Eminem feat. Dido - "Stan" (violence, lyrics)
  • Wikipedia:Eminem - "Superman" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Eminem- "Wikipedia:Just Lose it" (Michael Jackson's child molestation trial)
• Wikipedia:Enrique Iglesias feat. Wikipedia:Ludacris - "Wikipedia:Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" (nudity, language)

F

• Wikipedia:Foo Fighters - "Wikipedia:Best of You" (sexual content)
  • Wikipedia:Foo Fighters - "Low" (sexual content)
• Wikipedia:Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax" (explicit sexual content)
• Wikipedia:Frank Zappa - "You Are What You Is" (A lookalike of then president Wikipedia:Ronald Reagan on a electric chair)

H

• Wikipedia:HIM (Finnish band) - "Wikipedia:Wicked Game" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Hundred Reasons - "Wikipedia:Kill Your Own" (violence, blood)

I

• Incubus - "Megalomaniac" (Hitler)

J

• Wikipedia:Jane's Addiction - "Wikipedia:Mountain Song" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Jay-Z - "Wikipedia:99 Problems" (murder)
• Wikipedia:Jennifer Lopez - "Wikipedia:Fresh Out the Oven" (sexual context)

K

• Wikipedia:Korn - "Wikipedia:A.D.I.D.A.S." (disturbing images)
• Wikipedia:Kanye West - "Wikipedia:Monster (Kanye West song)" (violence against women and misogyny)

L

• Wikipedia:Lady Gaga - "LoveGame" (nudity and sexual content)
  • Wikipedia:Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - "Telephone" (nudity and language)
  • Wikipedia:Lady Gaga - "Alejandro" (religious iconography and sexual content)
  • Wikipedia:Lady Gaga - "Wikipedia:Marry The Night" (nudity)
• Laura AndreÈ™an - Muntele lui Venus (explicit sexual content, nudity and pornography)
• Wikipedia:Lena Katina - "Wikipedia:Never Forget (Lena Katina song)" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Ludacris - "Wikipedia:Pussy Poppin" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Lily Allen - "Fuck You" (strong language)
  • Wikipedia:Lily Allen - "Wikipedia:Alfie (Lily Allen song)" (sexual content,use of drugs,strong language)
• LMFAO - "Wikipedia:Sexy and I Know it" (strong sexual content)

M

• Wikipedia:M.I.A. (artist) - "Wikipedia:Paper Planes" (vocal "weed" and gunfire sounds, censored on MTV, led to complaints by M.I.A. against MTV)
• Madonna - "American Life" (challenging times , violence , beatings , insults and murder)
  • Madonna - "Erotica" (strong sexual content , insult and nudity)
  • Madonna - "Wikipedia:Justify My Love" (explicit sexual content , nudity and banned by MTV)
  • Madonna - "Human Nature" (sexual content and insult)
  • Madonna - "Wikipedia:Like A Prayer" (religious iconography , murder and violence)
  • Madonna - "Wikipedia:What It Feels Like for a Girl" (extreme violence and implicit suicide)
  • Madonna - "Wikipedia:Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (cased by paparazzi similar to Wikipedia:Diana, Princess of Wales's death)
  • Madonna - "Wikipedia:The Power of Good-Bye" (commits suicide by drowning herself in the ocean)
• Wikipedia:Marilyn Manson - "Wikipedia:Coma White" (portrayal of Wikipedia:John F. Kennedy's assassination)
  • Wikipedia:Marilyn Manson - "Wikipedia:Dope Hat" (disturbing images)
  • Wikipedia:Marilyn Manson - "Wikipedia:(S)aint" (sexual content, sexual abuse, violence, drug use, homosexual image, blood and alcohol abuse)
• Wikipedia:Maroon 5 - "This Love" (sexual content)
  • Wikipedia:Maroon 5 - "Wikipedia:She Will Be Loved" (implicit suicide)
• Wikipedia:Mötley Crüe - "Girls, Girls, Girls" (sexual content)
• Wikipedia:Mic Life - "Wikipedia:Pute Pute" ( explicit sexual content, pornography and insult)
• Wikipedia:Mylene Farmer - "Wikipedia:Dégénération" (sexual intercourses & gay/lesbian scenes)
  • Wikipedia:Mylene Farmer - "Wikipedia:Je te rends ton amour" (nudity, rape and blood in a church in front of a Wikipedia:crucifix)
  • Wikipedia:Mylene Farmer -"Wikipedia:Fuck Them All" (strong language)
  • Wikipedia:Mylene Farmer -"Wikipedia:Beyond My Control" (sex and violence)

N

• Wikipedia:Nicki Minaj - "Wikipedia:Stupid Hoe" (frequent strong language, nudity and disturbing sexual imagery)
• Wikipedia:Nicki Minaj - "Wikipedia:Did It On Em" ( strong language, sexual content and nudity)
• Wikipedia:Nine Inch Nails - "Wikipedia:Happiness in Slavery" (nudity, disturbing sexual imagery, portrayal of masochism)
  • Wikipedia:Nine Inch Nails - "Closer" (nudity, strong language, violence, portrayal of S&M, animal cruelty, religious motives)
• Wikipedia:Nelly feat. Wikipedia:Justin Timberlake - "Wikipedia:Work It (Nelly song)" (nudity)
  • Wikipedia:Nelly Furtado - "Wikipedia:Promiscuous (song)" (Controversy with L. Brent Bozell)
• Wikipedia:Nicole Scherzinger - "Wikipedia:Baby Love (Nicole Scherzinger song)" (partial nudity)

O

• Wikipedia:Olivia Newton-John - "Wikipedia:Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)" (sexual subtext)

P

• Wikipedia:Pearl Jam - "Jeremy" (implicit suicide)
• Placebo - "Wikipedia:Protège-Moi" (nudity, pornography)
• Primus - "Wikipedia:My Name Is Mud" (implicit murder, considered unsuitable for children)
  • Primus - "Wikipedia:Lacquer Head" (drug use, violent content)
• Wikipedia:The Prodigy - "Firestarter" (references to arson)
  • Wikipedia:The Prodigy - "Wikipedia:Smack My Bitch Up" (explicit nudity, sex scenes, drug use, middle finger, strong coarse language, violence)
• Wikipedia:Paulina Rubio - "El Ultimo Adios" (nudity)

Q

• Queen - "Wikipedia:Bicycle Race" (nudity)

R

• Wikipedia:Radiohead - "Wikipedia:Paranoid Android" (nudity and portrayal of dismemberment, both animated)
• Wikipedia:Rammstein - "Wikipedia:Pussy" (nudity and pornography)
• Wikipedia:Rihanna- "S&M" (strong sexual content and portrayal of S&M)
• Wikipedia:Rihanna- "Wikipedia:Man Down" (murder)

S

• Scooter - "The Night" (nudity)
  • Scooter - "Weekend" (nudity)
  • Scooter - "Wikipedia:Shake That!" (nudity)
  • Scooter - "Wikipedia:Nessaja" (nudity)
• Wikipedia:Silverchair - "Wikipedia:Israel's Son" (disturbing imagery and implicit violence)
• Wikipedia:Skrillex - "Wikipedia:Bangarang (song)" (F word at the end of the song, censored at daytime cycle)
• Slash - "By the Sword" (lesbian kiss)
• Wikipedia:Soulwax - "Wikipedia:E Talking" (drug content)
• Wikipedia:The Strokes - "Juicebox" (sexual content)
• Wikipedia:The Sounds - "Wikipedia:Tony the Beat" (partial nudity)
• System of a Down - "B.Y.O.B" (lyrics)
• Wikipedia:Skepta - "Wikipedia:All Over the House" (nudity and pornography)
• Wikipedia:Swedish House Mafia vs. Wikipedia:Knife Party - "Wikipedia:Antidote (song)' (nudity, explicit murder and violence)

T

• Tool - "Prison Sex" (disturbing imagery)
• Wikipedia:t.A.T.u. -"Wikipedia:All The Things She Said" (lesbian kiss)
  • Wikipedia:t.A.T.u. -"Wikipedia:30 Minutes" (nudity,bombs and explosions)
  • Wikipedia:t.A.T.u. -"Wikipedia:All About Us" (sexual content,violence)
  • Wikipedia:t.A.T.u. -"Wikipedia:Prostiye Dvizhenia" (sexual content,brief nudity)
• Wikipedia:Tyler, The Creator -"Yonkers" (Suicide)

U

• Wikipedia:Ultravox - Visions in Blue (partial nudity)
• Wikipedia:Unkle - Wikipedia:Rabbit in Your Headlights (man repeatedly hit by cars)
• Wikipedia:Undead - Wikipedia:Hollywood Undead (partial nudity)

W

• Wax - "California" (man in flames)
• Wikipedia:Robbie Williams - "Rock DJ" (implicit nudity and graphic gore)
  • Wikipedia:Robbie Williams - Come Undone" (disturbing sexual content , disturbing images)

Y

• Wikipedia:Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Wikipedia:Y Control" (extreme violence involving young children, middle fingers)

See also

• Wikipedia:Nudity in music videos

External links

• MTV's Most Controversial Music videos
• List of censored/banned music videos