Massacre forces hit song off the air

US singer Kesha is facing a backlash over her hit song Die Young in the wake of the Newtown school massacre. Picture: Bob Barker Source: News Limited

POP STAR Ke$ha's new hit Die Young has been yanked from radio playlists after a boycott from millions of fans in the wake of the Newtown school massacre.

Just prior to the mass shooting last Friday,  Die Young was the third most played song in the US, reaching 167 million listeners.

By Monday, more than 19 million people had tuned out of the single, according to figures from ratings tracker Media Base.

It has now been taken off the airwaves altogether.

In a bizarre twist, Ke$ha this morning told her three-million-plus Twitter followers that she understood why the song had been pulled but claimed she had been "forced" to sing the controversial lyrics:

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''I'm so so so sorry for anyone who has been effected by this tragedy and I understand why my song is now inappropriate. words cannot express..."

Cryptically, the singer said she had a problem with the song's lyrics - which she co-wrote with Nate Ruess of Fun and producers Dr Luke and Benny Blanco.

''I understand," she tweeted.

''I had my very own issue with 'die young' for this reason. I did NOT want to sing those lyrics and I was FORCED TO."

Die Young includes the lyrics:

"Looking for some trouble tonight

Take my hand, I'll show you the wild, side

Like it's the last night of our lives

We'll keep dancing till we die

Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young

We're gonna die young

We're gonna die young"

The last time a song plummeted so quickly in listener support was in 2003 when the lead singer of hugely popular country band the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines, declared she was ashamed of then-president George Bush during a concert.

The controversy will not help Ke$ha's latest album Warrior - it slipped 20 places down the Australian chart this week, dropped out of the UK chart after limping in at No.66 for one week and debuted at No.6 on the US chart with nearly half the sales of her debut Animal.

Die Young is not the only song American radio are taking off their playlists after the latest mass shooting.

Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks, with lyrics ''all the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run, outrun my gun" and Sia's Titanium, with references to "bulletproof'' have both been taken off several stations.

Classic songs like Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven and Bette Midler's Wind Beneath My Wings have enjoyed a revival on US radio.

A new Pink song, Beam Me Up, has been adopted by US DJ Elvis Duran who dedicated it to parents of slain children.

One US station has been airing Lifehouse's Aftermath overlaid with clips from President Obama's speech in Connecticut.

Emotional ballads have traditionally 'soothed' US listeners after tragedies - Enrique Iglesias' Hero became a major hit after September 11.

Other songs banned from radio following tragedies:

Highway to Hell - AC/DC
One of many AC/DC songs dumped from US radio giant Clear Channel post 9/11 - other titles avoided included Shot Down in Flames, Shoot to Thrill, Safe in New York City and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Deemed inappropriate for airplay after 9/11, alongside Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, Bob Dylan's Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Carole King's I Feel the Earth Move and Billy Joel's Only the Good Die Young.

Jessica Mauboy - Burn
Mauboy's hit went from being the fourth-most played song on local radio to yanked off air in February 2009 after the devastating Victorian bushfires. Songs like Bruce Springsteen's I'm on Fire, Talking Heads' Burning Down the House, Midnight Oil's Beds are Burning and INXS' Burn For You were also rested at the time.

The Cure - Killing an Arab
Banned by the BBC at the start of the Gulf War - also axed were the Bangles' Walk Like an Egyptian, Rod Stewart's Sailing, Lulu's Boom Bang-a-Bang, The Doors' Light My Fire and Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight.

Six Months in a Leaky Boat - Split Enz
The 1982 single was "discouraged from airplay" by the BBC during the Falklands war, with lyrical references to faulty boats considered bad for morale. The song which made No.2 in Australia, peaked at No.83 in the UK, despite the band making No.12 in the British charts with I Got You two years earlier.

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