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Why was Pink Floyd's first single banned?
Why was Pink Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne, banned and how did it still make the Top 20 in the UK charts?
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Arnold Layne, the first single from Pink Floyd was banned from radio initially because of the cross dressing themes included in the song. This was at the beginning of the psychedelic movement and even bands like The Beatles has songs banned at this time for drug references. Despite being banned, the band was popular with the young, hip crowd and the music still made airplay on college and independent radio stations.
In addition, numbers were 'fudged' at some of the shops that supplied sales figures to the music industry. Instead of taking the average of a wide area, sales were taken from a few shops around where the band was playing and sales were high, and extrapolated over a wide area. Practically speaking, this meant that it was 'maneuvered' into the charts, and ultimately peaked in the UK charts at number 20 as you mentioned.
In addition, numbers were 'fudged' at some of the shops that supplied sales figures to the music industry. Instead of taking the average of a wide area, sales were taken from a few shops around where the band was playing and sales were high, and extrapolated over a wide area. Practically speaking, this meant that it was 'maneuvered' into the charts, and ultimately peaked in the UK charts at number 20 as you mentioned.
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