@70s80s90sthrowback: "Pretty Vacant" is a song by the English punk rock band the S€x Pistols. It was released on 2 July 1977 as the band's third single and was later featured on their only album, Never Mind the B0llocks , Here's the S€x Pistols, released during that same year. It is the first song written by the band. The song reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and marked the band's first appearance on the British chart music TV programme Top of the Pops. The song gained attention for vocalist John Lydon's phrasing of the word "vacant", emphasising the last syllable to sound like the vulgar word c*nt #SexPistols