“A Hundred Pounds of Clay” told the story of God creating the human race, and while it was a strange topic for a popular song, with backing vocals by the Johnny Mann Singers and McDaniels’ strong lead, the song shot up the charts and earned a gold record.

Here, the story takes an even stranger turn.

In England the BBC had some very odd rules about banning music, and sure enough, the BBC banned the song and wouldn’t allow British radio stations to play it.

The controversy arose not from the fact that it was a religious song, but because the censors interpreted the song as suggesting women were created simply to be sexual beings, and the BBC felt this was blasphemous.