Fairytale Of New York

[Moozik: The Pogues - Streams Of Whiskey]

I remember buying Fairytale Of New York on 7" single when it came out many moons ago. I was 14. This year though after 20 years of playing it on the air, Radio1 decided to censor it. And then they decided not to censor it in an apparent moment of comedy gold.

The Radio 1 controller, Andy Parfitt, has reversed the decision to censor the Pogues' Christmas hit Fairytale of New York after the station was inundated with complaints by listeners.

In what could prove to be the shortest ban in pop history, Parfitt said the broadcaster was "wrong" to bleep the word "faggot" out of the 20-year-old duet with Kirsty MacColl.

Parfitt added that the unedited version of the song would be played from now on.

"After careful consideration I have decided that the decision to edit the Pogues song Fairy Tale of New York was wrong," he said.