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'''"I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio"''' is a song performed by [[Eric Idle]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] comedian and member of [[Monty Python]]. It mocks radio [[censorship]] of words considered inappropriate (such as damn, shit, arse, etc.). Another similar song, also by Idle, is "[[FCC Song|The FCC Song]]", whose refrain "Fuck you very much" is directed at the U.S. [[Federal Communications Commission]]. "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio" touches on the same subject, but includes bleepings and comic sound-effect noises (such as "Cha-ching" or "Yeeaagh!") in place of actual profanity.<ref name="seattlepi">{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/355668_radiobeat20.html|title=On Radio: What Words Can You Say on Radio, TV? Broadcasters Hope Supreme Court Will Clarify Rules|date=2008-03-19|accessdate=2009-04-29|last=Virgin|first=Bill|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> The song is occasionally featured on the [[Dr. Demento]] show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo.pl?drd09.0308.html|title=The Dr. Demento Show #09-10 - March 8, 2009|date=2009-03-28|accessdate=2009-04-29|publisher=dmdb.org}}</ref>
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'''"I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio"''' is a song performed by [[Eric Idle]], an [[England|English]] comedian and member of [[Monty Python]]. It mocks radio [[censorship]] of words considered inappropriate. Another similar song, also by Idle, is "[[FCC Song|The FCC Song]]", whose refrain "Fuck you very much" is directed at the U.S. [[Federal Communications Commission]]. "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio" touches on the same subject, but includes bleepings and [[Comic sound|comic sound-effect noises]] (such as "Cha-ching" or "Yeeaagh!") in place of actual profanity.<ref name="seattlepi">{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/355668_radiobeat20.html|title=On Radio: What Words Can You Say on Radio, TV? Broadcasters Hope Supreme Court Will Clarify Rules|date=2008-03-19|access-date=2009-04-29|last=Virgin|first=Bill|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref>


The song first appeared on ''[[Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album]]'',<ref>{{cite book|title=And Now for Something Completely Digital|last=Parker|first=Alan|coauthors=Mick O'Shea|page=157|year=2006|publisher=[[The Disinformation Company]]|isbn=1932857311|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=G49bRxbeH1kC&pg=PA158&dq=%22I+Bet+You+They+Won%27t+Play+This+Song+on+the+Radio%22#PPA157,M1|accessdate=2009-04-29}}</ref> and later appeared on two compilation albums: disc two of [[The Final Rip Off]] and the E.P. ''Always Look on the Bright Side of Life''.<ref>{{cite web|title=I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio (0:55)|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Monty+Python/_/I+Bet+You+They+Won't+Play+This+Song+on+the+Radio|publisher=[[Last.fm]]|accessdate=2009-04-29}}</ref>
The song first appeared on ''[[Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album]]'',<ref>{{cite book|title=And Now for Something Completely Digital|last=Parker|first=Alan|author2=Mick O'Shea|page=157|year=2006|publisher=[[The Disinformation Company]]|isbn=1-932857-31-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G49bRxbeH1kC&dq=%22I+Bet+You+They+Won%27t+Play+This+Song+on+the+Radio%22&pg=PA158|access-date=2009-04-29}}</ref> and later appeared on two compilation albums: disc two of ''[[The Final Rip Off]]'' and the E.P. ''Always Look on the Bright Side of Life''.{{cn|date=May 2022}}


==Cover versions==
==See also==
*[[FCC Song]]
* [[NOFX]] performed a version of this song called "Please play this song on the radio".


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:12, 16 January 2023

"I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio" is a song performed by Eric Idle, an English comedian and member of Monty Python. It mocks radio censorship of words considered inappropriate. Another similar song, also by Idle, is "The FCC Song", whose refrain "Fuck you very much" is directed at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio" touches on the same subject, but includes bleepings and comic sound-effect noises (such as "Cha-ching" or "Yeeaagh!") in place of actual profanity.[1]

The song first appeared on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album,[2] and later appeared on two compilation albums: disc two of The Final Rip Off and the E.P. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ Virgin, Bill (19 March 2008). "On Radio: What Words Can You Say on Radio, TV? Broadcasters Hope Supreme Court Will Clarify Rules". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  2. ^ Parker, Alan; Mick O'Shea (2006). And Now for Something Completely Digital. The Disinformation Company. p. 157. ISBN 1-932857-31-1. Retrieved 29 April 2009.


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