Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — A patriotism-fueled song parody written by a Las Vegas radio team is getting airtime on more than 100 U.S. radio stations and mass circulation on the Internet.
"The Bin Laden Bomb Song," sung to the tune of Harry Belafonte’s calypso-pop classic "The Banana Boat Song," was written by KOMP-FM’s morning show crew about a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Kick your ass" is the most offensive language in the song.
Two months later, cartoon versions of a gun-toting Bin Laden are running and ducking for cover as an animated version of Secretary of State Colin Powell sings: "Come Mr. Taliban, hand over bin Laden. … Colin Powell going to bomb his home." President Bush accompanies him on a large drum.
One member of the team said the video has been downloaded more than 10 million times.
"I never thought it would be this big," longtime KOMP-FM morning show disc jockey Craig Williams said. "It’s been e-mailed all over the world. We’re getting played in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, France and Germany."
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