Editing Clear Channel memorandum

{{Short description|List of songs discouraged from being played after September 11 attacks}}
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Following the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, Clear Channel Communications (now [[iHeartMedia]]), the largest owner of [[Radio in the United States|radio stations in the United States]], circulated an internal [[memorandum]] containing a list of songs<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-10-08 |title=The fallout over Clear Channel's (possibly apocryphal) do-not-play list lasted well past 9/11 |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/clear-channel-911-list/2021/10/07/2dd3dee2-17d8-11ec-b976-f4a43b740aeb_story.html |access-date=2023-05-30 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> that program directors felt were "lyrically questionable" to play in the [[Aftermath of the September 11 attacks|aftermath of the attacks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featwishnia_142.shtml |title=Bad Transmission: Clear Channel's Hit List |work=[[LiP magazine]] |department=Reviews |date=October 24, 2001 |access-date=January 18, 2011 |last=Wishnia |first=Steven |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080416014917/http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featwishnia_142.shtml |archive-date=April 16, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the time immediately after the attacks, many television and radio stations altered normal programming in response to the events, and the rumor spread that Clear Channel and its subsidiaries had established a list of songs with lyrics Clear Channel deemed "questionable."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2021-09-09 |title=Filter's Richard Patrick, Don McLean, Drowning Pool, Saliva & More Talk Post-9/11 Clear Channel Radio Scrub |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/9-11-radio-scrub-anniversary-stories-9626045/ |access-date=2023-05-30 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> The list was not an explicit demand not to play the songs listed, but rather a suggestion that they "might not want to play these songs." The list was made public by the independent radio industry newsletter ''[[Hits (magazine)|Hits Daily Double]]'', which was not affiliated with iHeartMedia.<ref>{{cite news
  |author1=Dutton, Jeremy  |author2=Puchert, William.
  |title=Music industry responds to terrorism
  |url=http://zephyr.unr.edu/zephyr/arts/archives/art_dutpuch_musicindustry.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620024102/http://zephyr.unr.edu/zephyr/arts/archives/art_dutpuch_musicindustry.html
  |archive-date=June 20, 2008
  |publisher=Zephyr
  |date=October 10, 2001
  |access-date=May 24, 2008}}</ref> ''[[Snopes.com]]'' did research on the subject and concluded that the list did exist as a suggestion for radio stations but noted that it was not an outright ban on the songs in question.<ref name=snopes>{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/rumors/radio.asp|title=Radio, Radio|website=[[Snopes.com]]|date=September 18, 2001|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004052659/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radio-radio/|url-status=live}}</ref> The compiled list was the subject of media attention around the time of its release.<ref name=snopes/>

The list contains 165 suggestions, including a single suggestion for each song in [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s entire catalogue at the time (49 songs) and [[Cover version|covers]] of certain songs (such as [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" and the cover by [[Guns N' Roses]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Truitt|first=Eliza|title=It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It|work=[[Slate.com]]|date=September 17, 2001|url=http://slate.com/id/1008314/|access-date=September 14, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071015200337/http://slate.com/id/1008314/|archive-date=October 15, 2007|url-status=dead}} Slate published what it claimed was a copy of the list.</ref> In some cases, only certain covers were included on the list: for example, the cover of "[[Smooth Criminal]]" by [[Alien Ant Farm]] is on the list while the original [[Michael Jackson]] recording is not; conversely, [[Martha and the Vandellas]]' original version of "[[Dancing in the Street]]" and [[Van Halen]]'s cover are included, but [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]]'s cover is not.

==Reasons for inclusions==
The Clear Channel memorandum contains songs that, in their titles or lyrics, vaguely refer to open subjects intertwined with the September 11 attacks, such as airplanes, collisions, death, conflict, violence, explosions, the month of [[September]], [[Tuesday]] (the day of the week the attacks occurred) and [[New York City]], as well as general concepts that could be connected to aspects of the attacks, such as the Middle East, the sky falling, and weapons. Also included under the ban were several happy and celebratory songs (including [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "[[What a Wonderful World]]"), as Clear Channel believed playing joyful music in the aftermath of the attacks was inappropriate.

[[WASH (FM)|WASH]], a Clear Channel-owned station in [[Washington, D.C.]], reportedly played [[Kool & the Gang]]'s "[[Celebration (Kool & the Gang song)|Celebration]]" while the memorandum was being circulated, "which brought a polite if reproachful call from one listener, who was assured by the station the song's broadcast was a mistake."<ref name="snopes" />

==List of songs==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+
|-
! Artist
! Song title
!#
|-
| [[3 Doors Down]]
| "[[Duck and Run]]"
|1
|-
| [[311 (band)|311]]
| "[[Down (311 song)|Down]]"
|2
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[AC/DC]]
| "[[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song)|Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]]"
|3
|-
| "[[Hells Bells (song)|Hells Bells]]"
|4
|-
| "[[Highway to Hell (song)|Highway to Hell]]"
|5
|-
| "[[Safe in New York City]]"
|6
|-
| "[[Shoot to Thrill]]"
|7
|-
| "[[Shot Down in Flames]]"
|8
|-
| "[[T.N.T. (song)|T.N.T.]]"
|9
|-
| [[The Ad Libs]]
| "[[The Boy from New York City]]"
|10
|-
| [[Afro Celt Sound System]] featuring [[Peter Gabriel]]{{r|group=Note|b}}
| "[[When You're Falling]]"
|11
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Alice in Chains]]
| "[[Down in a Hole]]"
|12
|-
| "[[Rooster (song)|Rooster]]"
|13
|-
| "[[Sea of Sorrow]]"
|14
|-
| "[[Them Bones]]"
|15
|-
| [[Alien Ant Farm]]
| "[[Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm song)|Smooth Criminal]]"
|16
|-
| [[The Animals]]
| "[[We Gotta Get Out of This Place]]"
|17
|-
| {{sortname|Louis|Armstrong}}
| "[[What a Wonderful World]]"
|18
|-
| [[The Bangles]]
| "[[Walk Like an Egyptian]]"<ref group="Note" name="day">The lead 9/11 hijacker, [[Mohamed Atta]], was Egyptian.</ref>
|19
|-
| [[Barenaked Ladies]]
| "[[Falling for the First Time]]"
|20
|-
| {{sortname|Fontella|Bass}}
| "[[Rescue Me (Fontella Bass song)|Rescue Me]]"
|21
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Beastie Boys]]
| "[[Sabotage (Beastie Boys song)|Sabotage]]"
|22
|-
| "[[Sure Shot]]"
|23
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[The Beatles]]
| "[[A Day in the Life]]"
|24
|-
| "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"
|25
|-
| "[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]"
|26
|-
| "[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]"
|27
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Pat Benatar]]
| "[[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]"
|28
|-
| "[[Love Is a Battlefield]]"
|29
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Black Sabbath]]
| "[[Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (song)|Sabbath Bloody Sabbath]]"
|30
|-
| "[[War Pigs]]"
|31
|-
| [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]]
| "[[And When I Die]]"
|32
|-
| [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
| "[[Burnin' for You]]"
|33
|-
| [[Boston (band)|Boston]]
| "[[Smokin' (Boston song)|Smokin']]"
|34
|-
| [[Los Bravos]]
| "[[Black Is Black]]"
|35
|-
| {{sortname|Jackson|Browne}}
| "[[Doctor My Eyes]]"
|36
|-
| [[Bush (British band)|Bush]]
| "[[The People That We Love|Speed Kills]]"{{r|group=Note|a}}
|37
|-
| [[The Chi-Lites]]
| "[[Have You Seen Her]]"
|38
|-
| {{sortname|Petula|Clark}}
| "[[Sign of the Times (Petula Clark song)|A Sign of the Times]]"
|39
|-
| [[The Clash]]
| "[[Rock the Casbah]]"
|40
|-
| {{sortname|Phil|Collins}}
| "[[In the Air Tonight]]"
|41
|-
| {{sortname|Sam|Cooke}}
| "[[Wonderful World (Sam Cooke song)|Wonderful World]]"
|42
|-
| [[The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]]
| "[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]"
|43
|-
| [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]
| "[[Travelin' Band]]"
|44
|-
| [[The Crickets]]
| "[[That'll Be the Day]]"
|45
|-
| [[The Cult]]
| "[[Fire Woman]]"
|46
|-
| {{sortname|Bobby|Darin}}
| "[[Mack the Knife#Popular song|Mack the Knife]]"
|47
|-
| [[The Dave Clark Five]]
| "[[Bits and Pieces (song)|Bits and Pieces]]"
|48
|-
| {{sortname|Skeeter|Davis}}
|"[[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]]"
|49
|-
| {{sortname|Neil|Diamond}}
| "[[America (Neil Diamond song)|America]]"
|50 
|-
| [[Dio (band)|Dio]]
| "[[Holy Diver (song)|Holy Diver]]"
|51
|-
| [[The Doors]]
| "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]"
|52
|-
| [[The Drifters]]
| "[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]"
|53
|-
| [[Drowning Pool]]
| "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]"
|54
|-
| {{sortname|Bob|Dylan}}
| "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]"
|55
|-
| [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]
| "[[Santa Monica (Everclear song)|Santa Monica]]"
|56
|-
| {{sortname|Shelley|Fabares}}
| "[[Johnny Angel (song)|Johnny Angel]]"
|57
|-
| [[Filter (band)|Filter]]
| "[[Hey Man Nice Shot]]"
|58
|-
| [[Foo Fighters]]
| "[[Learn to Fly]]"
|59
|-
| [[Fuel (band)|Fuel]]
| "[[Bad Day (Fuel song)|Bad Day]]"
|60
|-
| [[The Gap Band]]
| "[[You Dropped a Bomb on Me]]"
|61
|-
| [[Godsmack]]
| "[[Bad Religion (Godsmack song)|Bad Religion]]"
|62
|-
| [[Green Day]]
| "[[Brain Stew/Jaded|Brain Stew]]"
|63
|-
| {{sortname|Norman|Greenbaum}}
| "[[Spirit in the Sky]]"
|64
|-
| [[Guns N' Roses]]
| "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door#Guns N' Roses versions|Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]"
|65
|-
| [[The Happenings]]
| "[[See You in September#The Happenings version|See You in September]]"
|66
|-
| {{sortname|The Jimi|Hendrix Experience}}
| "[[Hey Joe]]"
|67
|-
| [[Herman's Hermits]]
| "[[Wonderful World (Sam Cooke song)|Wonderful World]]"
|68
|-
| [[The Hollies]]
| "[[He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother]]"
|69
|-
| [[Jan and Dean]]
| "[[Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve]]"
|70
|-
| {{sortname|Billy|Joel}}
| "[[Only the Good Die Young]]"
|71
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|{{sortname|Elton|John}}
| "[[Bennie and the Jets]]"
|72
|-
| "[[Daniel (Elton John song)|Daniel]]"
|73
|-
| "[[Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (song)|Rocket Man]]"
|74
|-
| [[Judas Priest]]
| "[[Some Heads Are Gonna Roll]]"
|75
|-
| [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]
| "[[Dust in the Wind]]"
|76
|-
| {{sortname|Carole|King}}
| "[[I Feel the Earth Move]]"
|77
|-
| [[Korn]]
| "[[Falling Away from Me]]"
|78
|-
| {{sortname|Lenny|Kravitz}}
| "[[Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz song)|Fly Away]]"
|79
|-
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| "[[Stairway to Heaven]]"
|80
|-
| {{sortname|John|Lennon}}
| "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]"
|81
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry Lee|Lewis}}
| "[[Great Balls of Fire]]"
|82
|-
| [[Limp Bizkit]]
|"[[Break Stuff]]"
|83
|-
| [[Local H]]
| "[[Bound for the Floor]]"
|84
|-
| [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
| "[[Tuesday's Gone]]"
|85
|-
| [[The Brooklyn Bridge (band)|Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge]]
| "[[Worst That Could Happen]]"
|86
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Martha and the Vandellas]]
| "[[Dancing in the Street]]"
|87
|-
| "[[Nowhere to Run (song)|Nowhere to Run]]"
|88
|-
| {{sortname|Dave|Matthews Band}}
| "[[Crash into Me]]"
|89
|-
| {{sortname|Paul|McCartney and Wings}}
| "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]"
|90
|-
| {{sortname|Barry|McGuire}}
| "[[Eve of Destruction (song)|Eve of Destruction]]"
|91
|-
| {{sortname|Don|McLean}}
|"[[American Pie (song)|American Pie]]"
|92
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Megadeth]]
| "[[Dread and the Fugitive Mind]]"
|93
|-
| "[[Sweating Bullets (song)|Sweating Bullets]]"
|94
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|{{sortname|John|Mellencamp}}
| "[[Crumblin' Down]]"
|95
|-
| "[[Paper in Fire]]"
|96
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Metallica]]
| "[[Enter Sandman]]"
|97
|-
| "[[Fade to Black (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]]"
|98 
|-
| "[[Harvester of Sorrow]]"
|99
|-
| "[[Seek & Destroy]]"
|100
|-
| {{sortname|Steve|Miller Band}}
| "[[Jet Airliner (Steve Miller Band song)|Jet Airliner]]"
|101
|-
| {{sortname|Alanis|Morissette}}
| "[[Ironic (song)|Ironic]]"
|102
|-
| [[Mudvayne]]
| "[[Death Blooms]]"
|103
|-
| {{sortname|Ricky|Nelson}}
| "[[Travelin' Man]]"
|104
|-
| [[Nena (band)|Nena]]
| "[[99 Luftballons]]"/"[[99 Luftballons|99 Red Balloons]]"
|105
|-
| [[Nine Inch Nails]]
| "[[Head Like a Hole]]"
|106
|-
| [[Oingo Boingo]]
| "[[Dead Man's Party (song)|Dead Man's Party]]"
|107
|-
| {{sortname|Ozzy|Osbourne}}{{r|group=Note|c}}
| "[[Suicide Solution]]"
|108
|-
| [[Paper Lace]]
| "[[The Night Chicago Died]]"
|109
|-
| {{sortname|John|Parr}}
| "[[St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)]]"
|110
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Peter and Gordon]]
| "[[I Go to Pieces]]"
|111
|-
| "[[A World Without Love]]"
|112
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Peter, Paul and Mary]]
| "[[Blowin' in the Wind#Cover versions|Blowin' in the Wind]]"
|113
|-
| "[[Leaving on a Jet Plane]]"
|114
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|Petty}}
| "[[Free Fallin']]"
|115
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Pink Floyd]]
| "[[Mother (Pink Floyd song)|Mother]]"
|116
|-
| "[[Run Like Hell]]"
|117
|-
| [[P.O.D.]]
| "[[Boom (P.O.D. song)|Boom]]"
|118
|-
| {{sortname|Elvis|Presley}}
| "[[(You're the) Devil in Disguise]]"
|119
|-
| [[The Pretenders]]
| "[[My City Was Gone]]"
|120
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| "[[Another One Bites the Dust]]"
|121
|-
| "[[Killer Queen (song)|Killer Queen]]"
|122
|- "[[Don’t Try Suicide (song)|Don't Try Suicide]]"
|-
| [[Rage Against the Machine]]
| [[List of songs recorded by Rage Against the Machine|All songs]]
|123
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| "[[Aeroplane (Red Hot Chili Peppers Song)|Aeroplane]]"
|124
|-
| "[[Under the Bridge]]"
|125
|-
| [[R.E.M.]]
| "[[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]]"
|126
|-
| [[The Rolling Stones]]
| "[[Ruby Tuesday (song)|Ruby Tuesday]]"
|127
|-
| [[Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels]]
| "[[Devil with a Blue Dress On]]"
|128
|-
| [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]]
| "[[Click Click Boom]]"
|129
|-
| [[Santana (band)|Santana]]
| "[[Evil Ways (Santana song)|Evil Ways]]"
|130
|-
| [[Savage Garden]]
| "[[Crash and Burn (Savage Garden song)|Crash and Burn]]"
|131
|-
| [[Simon & Garfunkel]]
| "[[Bridge over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge over Troubled Water]]"
|132
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}}
| "[[Theme from New York, New York|New York, New York]]"
|133
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
| "[[Left Behind (Slipknot song)|Left Behind]]"
|134
|-
| "[[Wait and Bleed]]"
|135
|-
| [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
| "[[Bullet with Butterfly Wings]]"
|136
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Soundgarden]]
| "[[Black Hole Sun]]"
|137
|-
| "[[Blow Up the Outside World]]"
|138
|-
| "[[Fell on Black Days (song)|Fell on Black Days]]"
|139
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|{{sortname|Bruce|Springsteen}}
| "[[I'm Goin' Down]]"
|140
|-
| "[[I'm on Fire]]"
|141
|-
| "[[War (The Temptations song)#Bruce Springsteen version|War]]"
|142
|-
| {{sortname|Edwin|Starr}}
| "[[War (The Temptations song)|War]]"
|143
|-
| [[Steam (band)|Steam]]
| "[[Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye]]"
|144
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|{{sortname|Cat|Stevens}}
| "[[Morning Has Broken#Cat Stevens recording|Morning Has Broken]]"
|145
|-
| "[[Peace Train]]"
|146
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Stone Temple Pilots]]
| "[[Big Bang Baby]]"
|147
|-
| "[[Dead & Bloated]]"
|148
|-
| [[Sugar Ray]]
| "[[Fly (Sugar Ray song)|Fly]]"
|149
|-
| [[The Surfaris]]
| "[[Wipe Out (instrumental)|Wipe Out]]"
|150
|-
| [[System of a Down]]
| "[[Chop Suey!]]"
|151
|-
| [[Talking Heads]]
| "[[Burning Down the House]]"
|152
|-
| {{sortname|James|Taylor}}
| "[[Fire and Rain (song)|Fire and Rain]]"
|153
|-
| [[Temple of the Dog]]
| "[[Say Hello 2 Heaven]]"
|154
|-
| [[Third Eye Blind]]
| "[[Jumper (Third Eye Blind song)|Jumper]]"
|155
|-
| [[The Three Degrees]]
| "[[When Will I See You Again]]"
|156
|-
| [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
| "[[Intolerance (song)|Intolerance]]"
|157
|-
| [[The Trammps]]
| "[[Disco Inferno]]"
|158
|-
| [[U2]]
| "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (song)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]"
|159
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|[[Van Halen]]
| "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]"
|160
|-
| "[[Dancing in the Street#Van Halen version|Dancing in the Street]]"
|161
|-
| {{sortname|J. Frank|Wilson and the Cavaliers}}
| "[[Last Kiss#J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers version|Last Kiss]]"
|162
|-
| [[The Youngbloods]]
| "[[Get Together (The Youngbloods song)#Recording history|Get Together]]"
|163
|-
| [[Zager and Evans]]
| "[[In the Year 2525]]"
|164
|-
| [[The Zombies]]
| "[[She's Not There]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/20/rec.radio.playlist/|title=Radio stations retool playlists after attacks|date=September 20, 2001|first=Thurston|last=Hatcher|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 5, 2018|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210823014523/http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/20/rec.radio.playlist/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|165
|}
{{reflist|group=Note|refs=
<ref name=a>The original name of the song was "Speed Kills", but following the attacks on September 11, 2001, Bush renamed the song "The People That We Love".</ref>
<ref name=b>"When You're Falling" is listed as being by Peter Gabriel, but is actually by Afro Celt Sound System, with Gabriel as guest vocalist.</ref>
<ref name=c>"Suicide Solution" is listed as being by Black Sabbath, but is actually by Ozzy Osbourne, a lead singer of Black Sabbath.</ref>
}}

== See also ==
*[[List of songs about the September 11 attacks]]
*[[List of songs banned by the BBC]]
*[[Music censorship]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
<!--*{{cite web
  | last = Armstrong
  | first = Mark
  | title = "Imagine" All the Inappropriate Songs
  | work = News
  | publisher = [[E! News]]
  | date = October 18, 2001
  | url = http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8842,00.html
  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010920145635/http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,8842,00.html
  | archivedate=September 20, 2001| access-date = August 3, 2008
}}-->
*{{cite news
  | last = Bertin
  | first = Michael
  | title = Imagine: The music business in a post-911 world
  | newspaper = [[The Austin Chronicle]]
  | date = November 30, 2001
  | url = http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-11-30/83800/
  | access-date = April 17, 2011
}}
*{{cite press release
 |title=Clear Channel Says National "Banned Playlist" Does Not Exist
 |publisher=Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
 |date=September 18, 2001
 |url=http://content.clearchannel.com/corporate/article/NationalBannedPlaylist.pdf
 |access-date=August 3, 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020923200949/http://content.clearchannel.com/corporate/article/NationalBannedPlaylist.pdf
 |archive-date=September 23, 2002
}}
*{{cite book
  | last1 = Friedlander
  | first1 = Paul
  |first2= Peter
  |last2= Mill
  | title = Rock and Roll: A Social History
  | publisher = Basic Books
  | year = 2006
  | pages = 309–310
  | isbn = 0-8133-4306-2
}}
*{{cite book
  | last = Klinenberg
  | first = Eric
  | title = Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media
  | publisher = Macmillan
  | year = 2007
  | isbn = 978-0-8050-7819-0
  | url-access = registration
  | url = https://archive.org/details/fightingforairba00klin
  }}
*{{cite book
  | last = Kolodzy
  | first = Janet
  | title = Convergence Journalism: Writing and Reporting Across the News Media
  | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield
  | year = 2006
  | isbn = 0-7425-3886-9
}}
*{{cite book
  | last = Milner
  | first = Andrew
  | title = Literature, Culture And Society
  | publisher = Routledge
  | year = 2004
  | pages = 154–155
  | isbn = 0-415-30785-6
}}
*{{cite news
  | last = Strauss
  | first = Neil
  | title = The Pop Life; After the Horror, Radio Stations Pull Some Songs
  | work = Arts
  | publisher = [[The New York Times]]
  | date = November 19, 2001
  | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/19/arts/the-pop-life-after-the-horror-radio-stations-pull-some-songs.html
  | access-date = August 4, 2008
}}

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