<P> "God Save the Queen" is a song by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols . It was released as the band's second single and was later included on their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols . The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977 . The record's lyrics, as well as the cover, were controversial at the time, and both the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority refused to play the song . The song is an attack on the treatment of working - class people in England in the 1970s by the UK Government . </P> <P> The song reached #1 on the NME charts in the United Kingdom, and made it to #2 on the official UK Singles Chart as used by the BBC . This led to accusations by some that the charts had been "fixed" to prevent the song from reaching No. 1 . </P> <P> The single was released on 27 May 1977, and was regarded by many of the general public as an assault on Queen Elizabeth II and the monarchy . The title is taken directly from "God Save the Queen", the national anthem of the United Kingdom . At the time it was highly controversial, firstly for its equation of the Queen with a "fascist regime", and secondly for the lyric "there is no future in England's dreaming". According to Glen Matlock, who had co-written the song although he was no longer a member of the band by the time it was released, the bass was inspired by The Move's "Fire Brigade". </P> <P> Although many believe it was created because of the Silver Jubilee, the band denies it, Paul Cook saying that "It wasn't written specifically for the Queen's Jubilee . We weren't aware of it at the time . It wasn't a contrived effort to go out and shock everyone ." Johnny Rotten has explained the lyrics as follows: "You don't write' God Save The Queen' because you hate the English race . You write a song like that because you love them, and you're fed up with them being mistreated ." He intended to evoke sympathy for the English working class, and a general resentment towards the monarchy . </P>

God save the queen and her fascist regime
find me the text answering this question