List of songs banned by the BBC
Gulf War blacklist
As the first Gulf War began, the BBC deemed several songs inappropriate for airplay in light of the situation and subsequently banned them from their radio stations for the duration of the war.

List of songs banned by the BBC

Section Title: Gulf War blacklist
Table Section Text: As the first Gulf War began, the BBC deemed several songs inappropriate for airplay in light of the situation and subsequently banned them from their radio stations for the duration of the war.

Song	Artist	Year

"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"	Cutting Crew	1986

"Act of War"	Elton John and Millie Jackson	1985

"Armed and Extremely Dangerous"	First Choice	1973

"Army Dreamers"	Kate Bush	1980

"Atomic"	Blondie	1979

"Back in the U.S.S.R"	The Beatles	1968

"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)"	The Temptations	1970

"Bang Bang"	B. A. Robertson	1979

"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Cher	1966

"Billy Don't Be a Hero"	Paper Lace	1974

"Boom Bang-a-Bang"	Lulu	1969

"Brothers in Arms"	Dire Straits	1985

"Buffalo Soldier"	Bob Marley and the Wailers	1983

"Burning Bridges"	Status Quo	1988

"The End of the World"	Skeeter Davis	1962

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"	Tears for Fears	1985

"Fields of Fire"	Big Country	1982

"Fire"	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	1968

"Flash"	Queen	1980

"Fools Rush In"	Ricky Nelson	1963

"Forget Me Not"	Martha and the Vandellas	1968

"Ghost Town"	The Specials	1981

"Gimme Hope Jo'anna"	Eddy Grant	1988

"Give Peace a Chance"	Plastic Ono Band	1969

"Heaven Help Us All"	Stevie Wonder	1979

"Hunting High and Low"	A-ha	1985

"I Don't Like Mondays"	The Boomtown Rats	1979

"I Don't Want to Be a Hero"	Johnny Hates Jazz	1987

"I Shot the Sheriff"	Eric Clapton	1974

"I Will Survive"	Arrival	1980

"I'll Fly for You"	Spandau Ballet	1984

"I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun"	Cat Stevens	1967

"I'm on Fire"	Bruce Springsteen	1984

"Imagine"	John Lennon	1971

"In the Air Tonight"	Phil Collins	1981

"In the Army Now"	Status Quo	1986

"Israelites"	Desmond Dekker and the Aces	1968

"Killer Queen"	Queen	1974

"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Roberta Flack	1973

"Light My Fire"	José Feliciano	1968

"A Little Peace"	Nicole	1982

"Living on the Front Line"	Eddy Grant	1979

"Love Is a Battlefield"	Pat Benatar	1983

"Midnight at the Oasis"	Maria Muldaur	1974

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"	Joan Baez	1971

"Oliver's Army"	Elvis Costello	1979

"Rubber Bullets"	10cc	1973

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition	1969

"Sailing"	Rod Stewart	1972

"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"	Elton John	1973

"Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)"	Mike + The Mechanics	1985

"Sixty Eight Guns"	The Alarm	1983

"Soldier of Love"	Donny Osmond	1989

"State of Independence"	Donna Summer	1982

"Stop the Cavalry"	Jona Lewie	1980

"Suicide Is Painless"	M*A*S*H	1970

"Two Tribes"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1984

"Under Attack"	ABBA	1982

"A View to a Kill"	Duran Duran	1985

"Walk Like an Egyptian"	The Bangles	1986

"War"	Edwin Starr	1970

"War Baby"	Tom Robinson	1982

"Warpaint"	The Brook Brothers	1961

"Waterloo"	ABBA	1974

"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"	The Animals	1965

"When I'm Dead and Gone"	McGuinness Flint	1970

"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"	Billy Ocean	1985

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"Army Dreamers" was one of songs considered inappropriate for airplay by the BBC during the first Gulf War.

final_sentence: "Army Dreamers" was one of songs considered inappropriate for airplay by the BBC during the first Gulf War.