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Sex Pistols have announced plans to re-release one of their most controversial hits.

The band will re-issue 1977's 'God Save The Queen' on May 28, a week before the monarchy celebrates her Diamond Jubilee.

However, the track is being re-released to celebrate its own 35th anniversary when it was written and released in co-ordination with the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977.

The hit technically outsold Rod Stewart's 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'/'The First Cut Is The Deepest', but ended up peaking at number two on the UK singles chart.

Frontman John Lydon recently told NME that he doesn't believe rumours that The Queen personally prevented the song from reaching the top spot.

"That's a lie, isn't it?" he said. "Those poor people, they're born into a hamster cage and they have no say on anything. In that respect the Queen and I are in agreement!"

Sex Pistols recently signed a new recording contract with Universal Music to release a 35th anniversary repackage of their 1977 album Never Mind The B**locks, which features 'God Save The Queen'.