20 Most Controversial Songs Of All Time

By Christopher Jennings /

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5. Marilyn Manson - Get Your Gunn

Marilyn Manson, a controversy magnet at the best of times, composed this little ditty at the beginning of his career. Inspired by the murder of OB/GYN doctor David Gunn (which accounts for the odd spelling in the song title) who was murdered by pro-life activist Michael Frederic Griffin in 1993. Marilyn Manson described his murder as "the ultimate hypocrisy, that these people killed someone in the name of being 'pro-life'". Most controversial of all is the inclusion of an audio snippet recorded at a press conference at which American politician Budd Dwyer shot himself, adding a morbid weight to the songs theme.; disturbing and sobering.