‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Heats Up On Charts After Lyrics Controversy

Billboard is reporting that even though a Cleveland radio station banned the song, multiple versions are still gaining in sales and streaming, while still drawing over 10 million in airplay audience.

“I gotta be honest, I didn’t understand why the lyrics were so bad…until I read them,” WDOK air talent Glenn Anderson told Cleveland.com. “I do realize that when the song was written in 1944 [by Frank Loesser], it was a different time, but now while reading it, it seems very manipulative and wrong. The 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.”

Pop Songs and Praise Songs

I am giving this article attention because I think it is worthwhile for us to think about how the lyrics play an important role in a song. Whether it is a pop song or a praise song, our words have meaning. 

Christmas Carols and the Coming of Christ

Worship leaders should enjoy Christmas simply because we have Christmas songs. The world is hearing the story of salvation through song. Make it a point to emphasize the carols that speak of Christ. Hope is heard in music.