Sex Pistols Songs Ranked

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in history of popular music. The following is a review of The Sex Pistols songs

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20. No One is Innocent (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979)

“No One is Innocent” is as far as I’m concerned the ultimate musical middle finger. Distastefulness for distastefulness’s sake rarely ever works but on the few occasions when it does work it’s downright fucking glorious. Get one of Britain’s most infamous felons to sing lyrics praising serial killers, dictators and runaway war criminals… while he’s on the run from the law himself.”

19. Friggin’ in the Riggin’ (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979)

“This song is well known among sex pistol fans. Its rude and crude but its a clever re-write of an old sea faring ditty. Its great to sing in the shower.”

18. Lonely Boy (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979)

“Another brilliant album which has so many different tracks, my way by sid vicious, no one is innocent-Ronnie Biggs, friggin in the riggin-temple Tudor and of course you need hands – Malcolm McLaren.”

17. Einmal War Belsen Bortrefflish (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“It may not have been the first punk album, or the best punk album, or the most musically accomplished punk album, or the most radical punk album, it may have been a cynical cash-in from Malcolm McLaren. None of those criticisms make this anything other than what it was, a slap in the face of an increasingly dull and complacent rock music industry that desperately needed one.”

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16. Did You No Wrong (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“This song is mainly great whacking, better perhaps than Anarchy (but Anarchy is very good too) instrumentál solo is simply incredible and Johnny’s voice is traditionally “bad” (it means perfect)”

15. My Way (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979)

“”My Way” was due a pasting, but here it comes across as just too contrived, though I suppose the idiot Sid’s death a few months later lent it a certain minor poignancy.”

14. I Wanna Be Me (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979)

“Love that intro and love that middle silence! This song is obviously against the media. In “the Filth and the Fury”, Jones said half of the media stuff were lies, but some of it was true. Yes, they got into fights and spat at people, but no, they were very honest about music rather than purposefully be in it for vulgarity of it.”

13. Liar (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Yeah the punks hated liars the Clash also do deny about lying a real punk says it like it is and tell the truth even if its bad. Glen wasn’t really that Sex Pistolsish. He liked the Beatles and kept playing beatles chords still. He did his job and wrote most of the songs. Sid was cool but sparked their demise.”

12. Silly Thing (The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979)

“Cook and Jones knew they had something special with “Silly Thing”, and they squeezed as much life out of it as they could. This version is less awesome than the version on The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, although it’s only cosmetically different with Jones handling the vocals here instead of Cook. In terms of importance, it pales in comparison to anything from the Bollocks era, but in terms of pure fun and singalong ability, it blows every track on that record to shrapnel. “

11. New York (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Yes, this song is about the New York Dolls, the kissing business is a reference to their song ‘looking for a kiss’, and the stuff about pills is about the dolls song ‘pills’, and to clear things up, the Dolls were a pre-punk glam band who wore their girlfriends clothing (they weren’t actually…you know) after the dolls came the bands the heartbreakers, Johnny Thunders, and Richard Hell & the voidoids….”

10. Submission (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“The Sex Pistols did have a nice sense of humor. They were told to write a song about submission(as in bondage),but instead they wrote a song about a submarine mission! That is just pure genius.”

9. No Feelings (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“LOVE the sex pistols, just started to get into them, and this song is one of my favorite on the ‘bollocks’ album lol. it makes me feel allowed to be selfish, sometimes I really have no feelings for anybody else, except for myself, my beautiful self(I’m not beautiful but hey), lovely, rock on to the sexy pistols..”

8. Seventeen (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“This is obviously one of the best Sex Pistols songs. It is the most melodic of “Nevermind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols” but it is also full of rage!”

7. Problems (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Super-charged from the start, the full-throttle ‘Problems’ never lets up. Johnny Rotten lays out his mission statement: “Eat your heart out on a plastic tray / You don’t do what you want, then you’ll fade away / You won’t find me working nine to five / It’s too much fun a being alive.” Ultimately, it comes down to the chorus refrain of “the problem is you,” which gains greater resonance at the end of the song, as the word is repeated in an increasingly bored tone that drives home the point.”

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6. EMI (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“It’s just an awesome song. The guitar at the start of the song… One of the best intros I’ve heard EMI is the best composition of Pistols. It has all elements of the best Punk song”

5. Pretty Vacant (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Pretty catchy punk rock song, really fun to listen to. Nothing more to it than that, it simply excels very well in what it does, even if it does not aim for much high standards. A cynical take on the hubris of youth. Powerful, driven, fast. Great punk song!”

4. Holidays in the Sun (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Holidays In The Sun is sheer power all the way through. Steve begins with an earth-shattering opening performance, and guess what? It gets more intense! In fact, the song keeps on building up until it ends (look for yourself in a wave editor, and you’ll see the hard proof). It’s fantastic.”

3. Bodies (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

““Bodies” gets talked about a lot because it’s about abortion. You get the feeling that Johnny Rotten sang about abortion because he needed something controversial to sing about, not because he stands behind it.”

2. God Save the Queen (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Amazing song of the Sex Pistols! So disrespectful, a political and social bomb! The introduction is amazing! Clearly their best! Has really good vocals, drums, lead, rhythm, and everything! So good.”

1. Anarchy in the U.K. (Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977)

“Anarchy in the U.K..” A sneering diatribe, the song set the nation on notice – though today, it’s hard to believe that something this catchy and anthemic could have been considered threatening. Then again, the band would become equally notorious for their antics in the press, and their combustible nature. Within two years – which included radio bans, label fallout, and the death of bassist Sid Vicious – the Pistols were no more.”