Music and swearing goes hand in hand. Whether it’s a rapper calling out his rivals or a morose rockstar expressing their pain, curse words are a natural part of songwriting. But when a musician’s artistic expression gets in the way of mainstream radio success, something’s gotta give. We decided to take a look at the worst, funniest, and straight-up weirdest censored radio edits in music history. Heck yeah.

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