Jan 9, 2009 • 1 min read

Britney in trouble for fuck song

An Australian mother has complained that Britney Spears' next single If U Seek Amy sounds like the word fuck, after her young children sang it at home.

Weren't Australian mothers complaining about Britney's new album last year, saying its all round raunchiness was just too much for their kids? Well, they're at it again. Unless this is the same story coming round a second time.

The latest complaints are about the name and lyrics of Ms Spears next single from recent album 'Circus' which is called 'If U Seek Amy' or, if you say it fast, 'FUCK Me'. Clever hey?

Or outrageous, perhaps, if you're a mother who objects to having her young pop fan daughters singing 'Fuck Me' on an afternoon. Aussie mum Leona Barsenbach is one such mother.

She told music website Undercover: "I was astonished and totally taken aback when I heard my five and seven-year-old-kids walking around the house singing 'fuck'. When I asked them what it was, they told me it was Britney Spears. I was horrified".

"I got them the 'Circus' album because little kids are Britney fans, but there was no warning on the album and none of the songs listed had fuck in the title. Listening to it, it is extremely blatant and offensive. I feel I have been deceived into believing that this was acceptable content for children but instead it is objectionable".

If you think outraged from Down Under is deliberately choosing to misinterpret the title of the song, it does appear in the actual tune as follows: "All of the boys and all of the girls are beggin to, If You Seek Amy", which only really makes sense when said aloud, ie using the phonetic interpretation to which Barsenbach objects.

Britney's Fuck Me song is released in the UK on 16 Feb. Children everywhere be warned.

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