10 Bizarre Reasons Songs Were Banned From The Radio

10. For Being "Too Gruesome" - The Monster Mash

It's hard to go through a Halloween season without hearing the Monster Mash at least once. The song has become a staple of the holiday, with every radio station seemingly playing at least once a day throughout October as if it were mandated by law. However, this wasn't always the case...

Upon it's original release in 1962, Bobby Pickett's novelty number was banned by the BBC for being "too vulgar" and inappropriate for a wider listening audience. This, of course, led to an outcry of one word, how? The song itself is an enjoyable track aimed at younger children that attempted to make fun of the abundance of dance crazes that popped up during the late '50s and early '60s. Saying that The Monster Mash is vulgar or gruesome is just wrong.

In a further feat of confusion, the BBC did't lift their ban for 11 years, finally giving it airtime in 1973. Maybe somebody at the BBC really didn't like the Universal monster movies?