18. The Sex Pistols: 'God Save The Queen' - Released on the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee in May 1977, The Sex Pistols' spitting, anti-establishment classic was the most notorious song of the decade. Protesting against the might of the monarchy, the visceral punk anthem labels it as a “fascist regime” and proclaims that Britain has “no future” - such lyrics that caused the BBC to ban it from its airwaves. Perhaps not as thought-provoking as some of The Clash's protest songs, however, it was just as hard-hitting.

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