"A Hundred Pounds of Clay" is a song written by Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon, and Bob Elgin[1] and performed by Gene McDaniels.
[2] Earl Palmer played drums on the song.
[3] The song appeared on McDaniels' 1961 album 100 Lbs.
[5] In the early 1960s, the BBC banned the song and wouldn't allow British radio stations to play it.
[citation needed] 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 something that was considered blasphemous.