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#OnThisDay in 1968, “Street Fighting Man” by The Rolling Stones was banned by radio stations in Chicago in the wake of riots in the city during the Democratic National Convention that took place a week earlier. The song was released as the first single from their "Beggars Banquet" album only four days earlier. Radio stations in some other cities followed suit and it caused the song to stall out at no. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mick Jagger welcomed the ban saying: "The last time they banned one of our records in America it sold a million." Keith Richards lists "Street Fighting Man" among his favourite Rolling Stones songs. #WaybackWithKMac #TheRollingStones #StreetFightingMan #BeggarsBanquet #Chicago #DNC #banned #radio #billboard #Hot100 #MickJagger #KeithRichards #rocknroll #protestsong #record #album #CabinRadio