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Elvis Costello on removing N-word from ‘Oliver’s Army’: “People went, ‘That’s woke’. Well, go fuck yourself”

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Elvis Costello on removing N-word from ‘Oliver’s Army’: “People went, ‘That’s woke’. Well, go fuck yourself”
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Elvis Costello has told people who accused him of being “woke” for removing the N-word from ‘Oliver’s Army’ to “go fuck yourself”.
In 2022, the legendary artist called on radio stations to stop playing the 1979 single, due to its controversial inclusion of the lyric, “Only takes one itchy trigger / One more widow, one less white n*****”.
The anti-imperialist song is a satirical take on how governments and militaries use working class young people as soldiers in their battles, and Costello has lo

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