John Legend And Kelly Clarkson Release "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Cover Amid Backlash

Nov 13, 2019 by apost team

John Legend and fellow "The Voice" coach Kelly Clarkson joined forces this year to record an updated version of the Christmas classic, "Baby It's Cold Outside." The change in lyrics has sparked backlash, however, despite the criticism the artists went ahead and released the new tune.   

Legend and Clarkson's new cover of the song was meant to tackle some of the problematic language featured in the original version that surrounded women's consent. Some changes that can be heard in Legend and Clarkson's new version of the song are: 

“I really can’t stay (Baby it’s cold outside)/ I’ve gotta go away (I can call you a ride)/ This evening has been (so glad that you dropped in)/ So very nice (time spent with you is paradise)/ My mother will start to worry (I’ll call a car and tell ’em to hurry).”

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Some big names who have come forward to condemn the changing of the lyrics are Sharon Osbourne who voiced her distaste of the new version publicly. 

“What would John Legend do, if in 40 years, if somebody wanted to — you know, times change — re-record one of his songs, and there was some group that found it offensive, and somebody just went, ‘Oh, I can change the lyrics on that,'” she said on The Talk on Monday.

The daughter of Dean Martin, who also sang a famous rendition of "Baby It's Cold Outside," has even criticized the duo for changing her father's lyrics.

On Good Morning Britain, Deana Martin said, "I think what he's done is, he's stealing the thunder from Frank Loesser's song and from my dad. He should write his own song if he doesn't like this one, but don't change the lyrics. It's a classic, perfect song."

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