when I sawthis albumin a shopnear my house, could notresist andbought it!SexPistols, iconsof punk, was the firstpunk bandI listened. God Save theQueenis thesecond singlerecordof thepunkbandSexPistols. It waspublishedMay 27, 1977, during theSilver Jubileeof QueenElizabethIIof England.Although many people thinkthat the songwas createdspecifically for theJubilee, the bandhasalways deniedthis. PaulCooksaid: "It was notwrittenspecificallyfor theJubileeof Queen. We were notinformedof thisat the time,wasstudied theoreticallyworkto come outand shockeveryone. "JohnnyRotten, thenexplainedthe meaningof thetext by saying: "Do notyou writea song like 'God Save theQueenbecause youhatethe English.You writea songlike this becausethey love andistiredof seeing themmistreated."