The first day of December means radio stations all over the world are infusing holiday tunes into their daily track list.

But at one Ohio station, a notable Christmas classic has been nixed in light of the Me Too movement.

According to , listeners complained to Star 102 Cleveland that Baby It鈥檚 Cold Outside was inappropriate. The radio station announced it would be pulling the song earlier this week.

The move comes despite a majority of listeners saying they wanted the song to be played in a poll conducted on the radio station鈥檚 Facebook page.

In a blog post on the station鈥檚 website, show host Glenn Anderson said that he didn鈥檛 understand the decision himself until after reading the lyrics to Frank Loesser鈥檚 1944 hit.

The song, which won an Oscar in 1950 for Best Original Song and was featured in Neptune鈥檚 Daughter, plays like a conversation between a man trying to persuade his female guest to stay with him for the night, instead of risk the journey home in the cold depths of winter.

The song features the opening lyrics, 鈥�I really can鈥檛 stay - Baby it鈥檚 cold outside, I鈥檝e got to go away - Baby it鈥檚 cold outside.鈥�

Other lyrics include:

鈥�I ought to say no, no, no - Mind if I move in closer?

At least I鈥檓 gonna say that I tried - What鈥檚 the sense in hurting my pride?鈥�

Anderson said 鈥渋t was a different time鈥� when the song was first written. It has gone on to be covered by Lad Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton and was featured in the movie Elf.

鈥淏ut now while reading it, it seems very manipulative and wrong,鈥� Anderson said.

鈥淭he world we live in is extra sensitive now, and people get easily offended, but in a world where #MeToo has finally given women the voice they deserve, the song has no place.鈥�

ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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