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Sing it again

A patriotism-fueled parody song written by a Las Vegas radio team is getting air time 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 September 11 terrorist attacks.

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 told the Associated Press on Monday. "It's been e-mailed all over the world. We're getting played in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, France and Germany."

The parody can be heard and viewed at www.komp.com, www.madblast.com and www.gotlaughs.com.

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2001

Answers

I have it on my hard drive and it gets into your head and you sing it ALL DAY LONG!

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2001

Damn, and I jad JUST got it out of my mind, SAR!!! Here it comes again. . .

-- Anonymous, November 14, 2001