“Happiness Is a Warm Gun” by The Beatles
“Happiness Is a Warm Gun” is one of the Beatles’ four favorite songs on the “White Album,” but it was not the censors’ favorite. The song, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was featured on the epic 1968 double album “The Beatles.” It was immediately prohibited by the BBC. The media gatekeeper rejected it because it revealed personal symbolism inherent in the gun metaphor. Okay, fair enough. In the United States, radio stations similarly refused to play the contentious song. Lennon based the song’s title on an article titled “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” in “The American Rifleman.” He elaborated: “I thought it was so crazy that I made a song out of it.”
Happiness Is A Warm Gun By The Beatles
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