Bruce Springsteen’s iconic hit Born in the USA ‘is censored by UK radio station for controversial lyric’

It has been reported that Bruce Springsteen’s popular song Born In The USA has been censored on UK radio and a controversial phrase has been removed.

The 1984 song, which is thought to criticize racism during the Vietnam War, includes the expression ‘yellow man’, which is seen as a derogatory term for Asians.

On the track, Springsteen sings: ‘So they put a rifle in my hand, sent me to a foreign land, to go kill the yellow man born in the USA.’

Accordingly SunAbsolute Radio will censor the phrase when the song is played on their station.

Born In The USA is one of Springsteen’s best-known songs and describes the post-war alienation of a disillusioned Vietnam veteran.

The track was ranked at number 275 on Rolling Stones’ list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The 1984 song, which is thought to criticize racism during the Vietnam War, includes the term ‘yellow man’, which is seen as a derogatory term for Asians.

Springsteen’s album of the same name sold more than 30 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time.

The Daily Mail has contacted Absolute Radio owner Bauer Media for comment.

The censorship of Born In The USA comes after BBC Radio 2 changed the line “Yellow man in Timbuktu” from the Spice Girls’ 1997 song “Spice Up Your Life”.

The station removed the word ‘yellow’ when playing the song.

Last year, Jeremy Allen White played Springsteen in Deliver Me From Nowhere, about the singer’s struggles while designing his 1982 album Nebraska.

At a screening of Deliver Me From Nowhere at the New York Film Festival, Springsteen had only good things to say about Jeremy Allen White.

The Boss took to the stage following the screening of the biographical film detailing his struggle with depression while preparing the album.

Springsteen publicly praised The Bear’s award-winning star for ‘playing a much better looking version of me’.

Absolute Radio will reportedly censor the phrase when the song is played on their stations

Springsteen’s album of the same name sold more than 30 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time.

He added: ‘I’ve spent my life on the road, traveling the world as a sort of musical ambassador for America, you know… trying to measure the distance between the American reality where we often fall short of our ideals.

‘But for many people out there it remains a land of hope and dreams, not of fear or division or government censorship or hatred.’

The film was directed by Scott Cooper and also stars Succession star Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s longtime manager and co-producer Jon Landau.

Springsteen told TIME She felt that the film’s director, Scott Cooper, who penned the biopic based on Warren Zanes’ book, had a daunting task in depicting her struggle with depression on screen.

He shared that the film “could go in many different directions” in terms of his struggle with depression.

Springsteen said he considered suicide after the release of his album Nebraska in 1982, but his manager Landau intervened and suggested he get ‘professional help’.

Springsteen said the advice was “totally life-changing.”