Classic song 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' gets pulled in wake of #MeToo

It's that time of year when rio stations across United States are playing Christmas music nstop. But one classic holiday song is proving too controversial for some stations in wake of #MeToo movement.

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" -- a duet written in 1944 and performed over years by scores of artists, including Dean Martin, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles and Ly Gaga -- has turned into a hot potato for brocasters, some of which have yanked popular song on grounds lyrics are predatory toward women.

A rio station in state of Ohio was first to anunce it was pulling song from its playlist last weekend after receiving complaints.

Several or stations across country -- and even in Cana -- have followed suit.

Controversy over song has existed for years but it has tched up a level this year because of #MeToo movement that began in United States more than a year ago in response to accusations of sexual abuse and harassment by powerful men in entertainment industry and or sectors.

Some people have taken issue with lyrics in duet where a man is trying to persue his ly friend to spend night.

exchanges include "Say, what's in this drink?," "Baby, don't hold out" and "I ought to say , , sir..." -- lyrics that some say seem "rapey." 

Broway songwriter Frank Loesser penned song in 1944 and it won an Acemy Award in 1950 for best original song in film "Neptune's Daughter," where it was sung by Esr Williams and Ricardo Montalban.

Or artists over years have performed song which has become a classic holiday tune.

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Critics say while song may have t sounded offensive when it was written in 1944, it longer belongs on airwaves today and was an ode to sexual assault.

"w, I do realize that when song was written in 1944, it was a different time, but w while reing it, it seems very manipulative and wrong," Glenn Anderson, one of hosts of Ohio rio station WDOK that banned song, said in a statement.

" world we live in is extra sensitive w, and people get easily offended, but in a world where #MeToo has finally given women voice y deserve, song has place." 

rio station, which exclusively plays Christmas music during holiday season, said a poll showed a majority of listeners were in favor of removing song from station's playlist.

A similar decision by a rio station in Coloro didn't sit well with outrd listeners who voted it back on airwaves.

KOSI said on December 4  that jingle would return to airwaves after an online poll generated more than 15,000 responses, with 95 percent of m in favor of keeping song.

"While we are sensitive to those who may be upset by some of lyrics, majority of our listeners have expressed ir interpretation of song to be n-offensive," station's program director, Jim Lawson, said in a statement.

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