Britney Spears forthcoming single could be banned by some US radio stations over fears that listeners might mishear the song's lyrics.
Programmers are concerned about the meaning behind the song, If You Seek Amy, which when sung by
Spears sounds like F U C K me.
Spears' song could technically avoid censorship because it doesn't contain offensive language.
Patti Marshall, program director at Cincinnati's Q102, told MTV: It's OK to put in on an album, have
fun with it, but we're publicly owned, you know? We have a responsibility to the public ... you put this ... out and act like we're all fuddy-duddies, like we're trying to make moral judgements. It's not about us. It's about the mom in the minivan
with her 8-year-old.
In the song, Spears sings the line: All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy, which sounds like: All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to F U C K me.
Another
programmer told the broadcaster that it would have to run the song past a legal team before it could be aired. Update: If You See Amy 20th January 2008. See
article from earsucker.com Britney Spears has
reportedly been forced to re-record her song, If You Seek Amy due to the threat of radio stations worrying about that mom in the minivan with her eight-year-old . Good grief, will this ever end?
She is editing the track, which
includes the lyrics, All of the boys and all the girls are beggin’ to If You Seek Amy, to If You See Amy.
The uncensored version is going to do well in the dance clubs, though.
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