Editing Pretty Vacant (section)

{{Short description|1977 single by the Sex Pistols}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Pretty Vacant
| cover         = Pretty Vacant.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Sex Pistols]]
| album         = [[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]
| B-side        = No Fun
| released      = 1 July 1977<br/>15 October 2007 (30th anniversary re-issue)
| recorded      = February 1977
| studio        = [[Wessex Sound Studios|Wessex]], London<ref>{{cite web |title=STUDIO RECORDING SESSIONS The Complete Guide Part Two: 1977 |url=http://www.philjens.plus.com/pistols/pistols/pistols_recording_sessions_1977.html |website=philjens.plus.com |date=2013 |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
| venue         = 
| genre         = [[Punk rock]]
| length        = 3:18
| label         = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] (UK)
| writer        = [[Paul Cook]], [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], [[John Lydon]], [[Glen Matlock]]
| producer      = [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]], Bill Price<br>[[Dave Goodman (record producer)|Dave Goodman]] (demos)
| prev_title    = [[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]
| prev_year     = 1977
| next_title    = [[Holidays in the Sun (song)|Holidays in the Sun]]
| next_year     = 1977
| misc          = {{External music video |{{YouTube|R6GDdKrQ8EI|"Pretty Vacant"}}}}
}}
"'''Pretty Vacant'''" is a song by the English [[punk rock]] band the [[Sex Pistols]]. It was released on 1 July 1977 as the band's third single and was later featured on their only album, ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'', released during that same year.

Vocalist [[John Lydon]]'s phrasing of the word "vacant", by emphasising its last syllable to sound like the vulgar word ''[[cunt]]'', has given the song a controversial reputation.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Lydon with Keith and Kent Zimmerman|title=[[Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs]]|publisher= Hodder and Stoughton|year= 1994 |ISBN=978-0-340-61019-0|page=272}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Jon|last= Savage|title=England's Dreaming. Sex Pistols and Punk Rock|publisher= London, Faber and Faber|year= 1991|ISBN=0-571-16791-8|page= 378}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/sex-pistols-turned-down-olympics-performance-because-organisers-wanted-to-censor-songs-7657847.html|title=Sex Pistols turned down Olympics performance because organisers wanted to censor songs|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 June 2023|accessdate=28 March 2025}}</ref>