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Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), the largest owner of radio stations in the United States, circulated an internal memorandum containing a list of songs that program directors felt were "lyrically questionable" to play in the aftermath of the attacks.

List of songs

Artist Song title
3 Doors Down "Duck and Run"
311 "Down"
AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
"Hells Bells"
"Highway to Hell"
"Safe in New York City"
"Shoot to Thrill"
"Shot Down in Flames"
"T.N.T."
The Ad Libs "The Boy from New York City"
Afro Celt Sound System featuring Peter GabrielTemplate:R "When You're Falling"
Alice in Chains "Down in a Hole"
"Rooster"
"Sea of Sorrow"
"Them Bones"
Alien Ant Farm "Smooth Criminal"
The Animals "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
Template:Sortname "What a Wonderful World"
The Bangles "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Barenaked Ladies "Falling for the First Time"
Template:Sortname "Rescue Me"
Beastie Boys "Sabotage"
"Sure Shot"
The Beatles "A Day in the Life"
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
"Ticket to Ride"
Pat Benatar "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
"Love Is a Battlefield"
Black Sabbath "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
"War Pigs"
Blood, Sweat and Tears "And When I Die"
Blue Öyster Cult "Burnin' for You"
Boston "Smokin'"
Los Bravos "Black Is Black"
Template:Sortname "Doctor My Eyes"
Bush "Speed Kills"Template:R
The Chi-Lites "Have You Seen Her"
Template:Sortname "A Sign of the Times"
The Clash "Rock the Casbah"
Template:Sortname "In the Air Tonight"
Template:Sortname "Wonderful World"
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown "Fire"
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Travelin' Band"
The Crickets "That'll Be the Day"
The Cult "Fire Woman"
Template:Sortname "Mack the Knife"
The Dave Clark Five "Bits and Pieces"
Template:Sortname "The End of the World"
Template:Sortname "America"
Dio "Holy Diver"
The Doors "The End"
The Drifters "On Broadway"
Drowning Pool "Bodies"
Template:Sortname "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Everclear "Santa Monica"
Template:Sortname "Johnny Angel"
Filter "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"
Fuel "Bad Day"
The Gap Band "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
Godsmack "Bad Religion"
Green Day "Brain Stew"
Template:Sortname "Spirit in the Sky"
Guns N' Roses "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
The Happenings "See You in September"
Template:Sortname "Hey Joe"
Herman's Hermits "Wonderful World"
The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Jan and Dean "Dead Man's Curve"
Template:Sortname "Only the Good Die Young"
Template:Sortname "Bennie and the Jets"
"Daniel"
"Rocket Man"
Judas Priest "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
Kansas "Dust in the Wind"
Template:Sortname "I Feel the Earth Move"
Korn "Falling Away from Me"
Template:Sortname "Fly Away"
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"
Template:Sortname "Imagine"
Template:Sortname "Great Balls of Fire"
Limp Bizkit "Break Stuff"
Local H "Bound for the Floor"
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Tuesday's Gone"
Template:Sortname "Worst That Could Happen"
Martha and the Vandellas "Dancing in the Street"
"Nowhere to Run"
Template:Sortname "Crash into Me"
Template:Sortname "Live and Let Die"
Template:Sortname "Eve of Destruction"
Template:Sortname "American Pie"
Megadeth "Dread and the Fugitive Mind"
"Sweating Bullets"
Template:Sortname "Crumblin' Down"
"Paper in Fire"
Metallica "Enter Sandman"
"Fade to Black"
"Harvester of Sorrow"
"Seek & Destroy"
Template:Sortname "Jet Airliner"
Template:Sortname "Ironic"
Mudvayne "Death Blooms"
Template:Sortname "Travelin' Man"
Nena "99 Luftballons"/"99 Red Balloons"
Nine Inch Nails "Head Like a Hole"
Oingo Boingo "Dead Man's Party"
Template:SortnameTemplate:R "Suicide Solution"
Paper Lace "The Night Chicago Died"
Template:Sortname "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Peter and Gordon "I Go to Pieces"
"A World Without Love"
Peter, Paul and Mary "Blowin' in the Wind"
"Leaving on a Jet Plane"
Template:Sortname "Free Fallin'"
Pink Floyd "Mother"
"Run Like Hell"
P.O.D. "Boom"
Template:Sortname "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
The Pretenders "My City Was Gone"
Queen "Another One Bites the Dust"
"Killer Queen"
Rage Against the Machine All songs
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Aeroplane"
"Under the Bridge"
R.E.M. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
The Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday"
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels "Devil with a Blue Dress On"
Saliva "Click Click Boom"
Santana "Evil Ways"
Savage Garden "Crash and Burn"
Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge over Troubled Water"
Template:Sortname "New York, New York"
Slipknot "Left Behind"
"Wait and Bleed"
The Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
"Blow Up the Outside World"
"Fell on Black Days"
Template:Sortname "I'm Goin' Down"
"I'm on Fire"
"War"
Template:Sortname "War"
Steam "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
Template:Sortname "Morning Has Broken"
"Peace Train"
Stone Temple Pilots "Big Bang Baby"
"Dead & Bloated"
Sugar Ray "Fly"
The Surfaris "Wipe Out"
System of a Down "Chop Suey!"
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House"
Template:Sortname "Fire and Rain"
Temple of the Dog "Say Hello 2 Heaven"
Third Eye Blind "Jumper"
The Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again"
Tool "Intolerance"
The Trammps "Disco Inferno"
U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Van Halen "Jump"
"Dancing in the Street"
Template:Sortname "Last Kiss"
The Youngbloods "Get Together"
Zager and Evans "In the Year 2525"
The Zombies "She's Not There"

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