User:Witchinghour/Sandbox/List of controversial music videos

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This is a list of music videos that by any nature (sex and violence being the main), are considered controversial by many people.

A

• "A.D.I.D.A.S." by Korn (disturbing images)
• "AFFCO" by The Skeptics (disturbing and gruesome images of animal & human slaughter)
• "Afrika Shox" by Leftfield featuring Afrika Bambaataa (disturbing images)
• "All the Things She Said" by t.A.T.u. (depictions of lesbianism)
• "American Life" by Madonna (accusation of Anti-Americanism; a new, non-controversial video was made in replacement)

B

• "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot (Graphic sexual content)
• "Baby's Got a Temper" by The Prodigy (drug content)
• "Be Thankful for What You've Got" by Massive Attack (explicit nudity)
• "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera (homosexuality, transgender, violence, gore, anorexia and mildly disturbing images)
• "Bitch" by Dope (explicit nudity and sex)
• "Boom!" by System of a Down (accusation of Anti-Americanism)
• "Born Free" by M.I.A. (graphic violence, nudity)
• "Black or White" by Michael Jackson (The original version featured Jackson jumping on and destroying a car with a baseball bat, while alternately grabbing his genitals)

C

• "California" by Wax (violence)
• "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent featuring Olivia (explicit sexuality)
• "Cherry Blossom Girl" by Air (nudity, sexual images)
• "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (explicit nudity, anti-Christian themes, disturbing "gross-out" images, BDSM images, song lyrics)
• "Cochise" by Audioslave (accusation of terrorist attack during video shoot, strobe lighting)
• "Cocoon" by Björk (nudity)
• "Coma White" by Marilyn Manson (portrayal of assassination of John F. Kennedy See here for full description)
• "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin (intense disturbing images)
• "Come Undone" by Robbie Williams (explicit nudity)
• "Cowboy" by Kid Rock (nudity)
• "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake (In the video, Timberlake breaks into Britney Spears' house, stalks her, vandalizes her house, films himself making out with another girl and plays it on her TV after watching her take a shower)

D

• "Declaration of War" by Hadouken! (violence)
• "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera (implicit nudity with explicit sexual content)
• "Dirty Dawg" by New Kids on the Block (violence)

E

• "Erotica" by Madonna (implicit nudity with explicit sexual content including BDSM images, mostly footage of photoshoots from her sexually explicit book Sex)
• "Everytime" by Britney Spears (on-screen drowning)

F

• "Firestarter" by The Prodigy (references to arson, scary images, considered unsuitable for children)
• "Freak on a Leash" by Korn (mild violence)

G

• "Geek Stink Breath" by Green Day (graphic content)
• "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran (explicit nudity and sexual content)
• "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols (accusation of anti-royal sentiment in the United Kingdom)
• "Got Some Teeth" by Obie Trice (accusedly degrading towards women)
• "Girls, Girls, Girls" by Motley Crue (sexual content)
• "Grown and Sexy" by Chamillionaire (anti-feminism)

H

• "Happiness in Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails (violence, sadism/masochism, explicit nudity, suicide)
• "Heart-Shaped Box" by Nirvana (disturbing images)
• "Heart-Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)" by Marilyn Manson (strong sexual content)

I

• "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael (implicit nudity and sexual content)
• "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears (strong sexual content)
• "Independence Day" by Martina McBride (depictions of murder and domestic abuse)
• "Invocation" by Boards of Canada (disturbing images and sexuality)
• "Israel's Son" by Silverchair (storyline proved controversial after the linked murder)

J

• "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam (accusation of estimulate violence)
• "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden (graphic scenes of crucifixions and religion)
• "Jesus Walks" by Kanye West (The second video depicts burning crosses, slavery and drug content)
• "Juicebox" by The Strokes (original video contains extreme sexual content)
• "Justify My Love" by Madonna (implicit nudity with explicit sexual content including scenes of homosexual behavior, cross-dressing, and BDSM)
• "Just Lose It" by Eminem (crass parody of Michael Jackson, in which Jackson, played by Eminem, loses his nose, has his hair lit fire and the flames are put out by Eminem's vomit)

K

• "Karmacoma" by Massive Attack (disturbing images)

L

• "Lapdance" by N.E.R.D featuring Lee Harvey and Vita (nudity)
• "Like a Prayer" by Madonna (strong blasphemous scenes)
• "L.E.S. Artistes" by Santogold (violence, disturbing imagery, graphic gore)
• "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. (accusation of being anti-Religion)

M

• "Mann Gegen Mann" by Rammstein (strong sexual content, explicit nudity)
• "Meds" by Placebo (drug references, homosexual content)
• "Men's Needs" by The Cribs (strong sexual content, extreme violence)
• "Milkshake" by Kelis (strong sexual content)
• "Monster Hospital" by Metric (disturbing images, graphic bloodshed)
• "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas (overt sexual content)
• "My Name Is Mud" by Primus (considered unsuitable for children)

N

• "Negarakuku" by Namewee (extreme racism towards Malaysia)
• " Not Nineteen Forever" by The Courteeners (nudity, violence, sex)

O

• "Obscure" by Dir en grey (graphic violence, nudity & sex scenes)

P

• "Paint Your Target" by Fightstar (playground violence)
• "Pagan Poetry" by Björk (nudity, sexual content and graphic display of piercing)
• "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead (nudity, graphic violence)
• "Prison Sex" by Tool (disturbing images)
• "Protege Moi" by Placebo (pornography)
• "Prostye Dvizheniya" by t.A.T.u (clips of female masturbation)
• "Pumps and a Bump" by MC Hammer (camera close-ups of Hammer and some women dancing in speedos)
• "Put Yourself in My Place" by Kylie Minogue (full striptease, implicit nudity)

R

• "Rabbit in Your Headlights" by UNKLE (extreme violence)
• "Rattled by the Rush" by Pavement (original version induced dizziness within the viewer)
• "Ready to Fall" by Rise Against (animal violence)
• "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (original version had nudity and explicit gay sexual content including BDSM)
• "Rock DJ" by Robbie Williams (implicit nudity and graphic gore)

S

• "Self-Control" by Laura Branigan (sexual imagery and nudity; directed by William Friedkin)
• "Show Me How to Live" by Audioslave (extreme violence and implicit suicide)
• "Sleep Now in the Fire" by Rage Against the Machine (accusation of anti-Americanism)
• "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy (explicit nudity, drug usage, vomiting, violence, and sex)
• "Solitaire" by The Enright House (sexuality and female masturbation)
• "Stan" by Eminem featuring Dido (suicide of an unstable young fan which also results in the death of his pregnant girlfriend whom he shoved into the trunk of his car)
• "Stress" by Justice (gang violence)

T

• "Technologic" by Daft Punk (scary images, considered unsuitable for children)
• "The Prime Time of Your Life" by Daft Punk (graphic gore)
• "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson (accusation of Anti-Semitism)
• "This Is Goodbye" by Codes (on-screen drowning and graphic bleeding)
• "This Love" by Maroon 5 (strong sexual content)
• "This Note's for You" by Neil Young (originally banned from MTV for frequent mentioning of brand names)
• "(s)AINT" by Marilyn Manson (images of violence, nudity, explicit drug use, and blood)
• "Toxic" by Britney Spears (implicit nudity and dry-humping)
• "Try, Try, Try" by the Smashing Pumpkins (drug use, violence)
• "Turn the Page" by Metallica (images of prostitution, the young daughter of a prostitute left alone, and sexual abuse)

V

• "Viorar Vel Til Loftarasa" by Sigur Ros (children homsexuality scenes)

W

• "What It Feels Like for a Girl" by Madonna (violence, murder/suicide)
• "Windowlicker" by Aphex Twin (obscene lyrics, strong sexual content)
• "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister (violence, rebellion)
• "Waste a Moment" by Fightstar (disturbing imagery)

Y

• "Y Control" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (extreme violence involving young children)
• "You Got Beef?" by Chuckie Akenz (racism and violence)
• "You Got Beef? Pt. 2" by Chuckie Akenz (racism, torture and violence)

References

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