https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:30:38 +0000 Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:02:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=9213 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53341&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53341 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9213
Posted: 19 January 2020 at 12:02am

So before the era of numerous explicit hits began right around 1993 to chart on the top 40 and storm up the top 10, is there a definitive top 40 list of songs from 1955-1992 that have a clean radio edit and an explicit to match? I would be curious to see if I missed any.]]> Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:02:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53341&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53341 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53306&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53306 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9213
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 5:52am

eriejwg wrote: No radio station in my area played that John Lennon song in 1972.

There's not a single American radio station survey which
shows that song in the ARSA database.

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:52:48 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53306&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53306 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53305&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53305 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 9213
Posted: 15 January 2020 at 5:51am

jebsib wrote: Amazing how the culture has shifted. How long before we get a #1 hit with one of the "Big 2" words in the title?

Well, Cee Lo Green got pretty close with "F**k You!"
(which did have a clean version "Forget You") and Pink had
"F**kin' Perfect", both of which peaked at #2 on the Hot
100 in 2011.]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:51:24 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53305&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53305 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53304&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53304 Author: Hykker
Subject: 9213
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 2:22pm

PopArchivist wrote: Or was Money in 1973 the first true censored top 40 hit?

As noted, it was only censored on the mono side of promo
copies. Stock copies and the stereo side of the promo
were left intact.

A couple censored songs from the early 60s...
"Greenback Dollar" - Kingston Trio ("damn" was replaced
with a guitar strum)
"My Boomerang Won't Come Back" - Charlie Drake (original
had the line "practiced until I was black in the face",
later issues replaced "black" with "blue")

eriejwg wrote: No radio station in my area played that John Lennon song in 1972.

Nor mine. I'd guess most of its chart position came from
sales.
]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:22:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53304&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53304 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53303&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53303 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9213
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 11:25am

No radio station in my area played that John Lennon song
in 1972.]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:25:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53303&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53303 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53302&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53302 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9213
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 11:21am

aaronk wrote: “Money” by Pink Floyd was from 1973, and commercial copies also contain the word “bullshit.”

Aaron,

Did radio back then even censor John Lennon's Woman is the N... Of The World? Or was Money in 1973 the first true censored top 40 hit?]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:21:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53302&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53302 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53301&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53301 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 9213
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 11:11am

Ironically, I emailed the programmer at Promo Only
yesterday about this song and the huge increase in spins
this week. He initially serviced to POOL the promo [clean]
version, then last night, they uploaded a PO Clean Edit.
Top Hits U.S.A. hasn't even serviced the song at all.]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:11:30 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53301&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53301 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53299&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53299 Author: jebsib
Subject: 9213
Posted: 14 January 2020 at 10:54am

Amazing how the culture has shifted. How long before we get a #1 hit with one
of the "Big 2" words in the title?]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:54:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53299&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53299 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53294&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53294 Author: aaronk
Subject: 9213
Posted: 13 January 2020 at 7:42pm

“Money” by Pink Floyd was from 1973, and commercial copies also
contain the word “bullshit.”]]> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:42:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53294&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53294 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53292&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53292 Author: PopArchivist
Subject: 9213
Posted: 13 January 2020 at 6:54pm

jebsib wrote: This week's #1 song is Roddy Ricch's "The Box", currently unavailable commercially in a Clean Version and jam-packed with expletives and N-Words.

The last time this happened was Eminem's Killshot in 2018. No clean version exists for it. If it is popular enough, Promo Only might issue an edit of it. Or it might make it to the next NOW cd. I can tell you that even if it isn't lossy I've personally been able to match up an explicit with a clean if need be.

I checked Tidal, Qobuz and 7Digital and they all have the explicit album track....]]> Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:54:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9213&PID=53292&title=explicit-top-40-hits#53292