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Song Facts
Writers: Cook, Jones, Lydon, Matlock
Length: 3:20
Release Date: 27 May 1977
Chart Position (UK): 2 (NME Chart 1)
B-Side: No Feelings (A&M), Did You No Wrong (Virgin)
God Save The Queen was released to coincide with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. It is widely rumoured that although that although the song officially made No 2 the chart was engineered to keep it off the number one spot.
A&M pressed a small run of copies before firing the band and the A&M singles are one of the holy grails for collectors. The song also appears on the 1977 Virgin album Never Mind The Bollocks.
Credits
Performers:
- Johnny Rotten – lead vocals
- Steve Jones – guitar, bass, backing vocals
- Paul Cook – drums
- Sid Vicious – bass guitar
- Chris Thomas – production
- Bill Price – engineering, co-production
Lyrics
God Save The Queen
God save the queen The fascist regime They made you a moron Potential H-bomb God save the queen She ain't no human being There is no future In England's dreaming Don't be told what you want Don't be told what you need There's no future, no future, No future for you God save the queen We mean it man We love our queen God saves God save the queen 'Cause tourists are money And our figurehead Is not what she seems Oh God save history God save your mad parade Oh Lord God have mercy All crimes are paid When there's no future How can there be sin We're the flowers in the dustbin We're the poison in your human machine We're the future, your future God save the queen We mean it man We love our queen God saves God save the queen We mean it man And there is no future In England's dreaming No future, no future, No future for you No future, no future, No future for me No future, no future, No future for you No future, no future For you
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