Alanis drops obscene word from song

NEW YORK, March 15 (UPI) -- Pop singer Alanis Morissette has deleted an obscenity from her new song "Everything" to increase chances the tune would be played on U.S. radio.

The offensive noun has been replaced by the term "nightmare," Rolling Stone reported on its Web site Monday.

The change came as U.S. broadcasting officials raise the bar on decency standards after Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl earlier this year.

"It got to the point, post-nipplegate Janet Jackson, where they were basically saying that they wouldn't play the song," Morissette said.

"People not hearing the song, based on my shooting myself in the foot by taking a stance of 'my artistic integrity will not be (expletive) with' wasn't worth it. And I understand some parents not wanting their seven-year-old son or daughter hearing the word (expletive) even though they probably use it already."

Morissette initially resisted the change, and her forthcoming album, "So-Called Chaos," due May 18, will contain the original version of the song.