THE BBC has denied editing a new CMAT song to exclude an Irish language segment during its first radio play.
BBC Radio One aired the Irish singer-songwriter's new single, Euro-Country, for the first time on Tuesday, with the singer later criticising the version which was played.
The track begins with roughly 40 seconds of Irish, which was reportedly cut from the broadcast.
CMAT – real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson – said in an Instagram story: “I just want to say really quickly that it was not my decision to have the Irish language edited out of the first ever play of Euro-Country on radio.
"I don't know if it was a mistake or what happened, but that was not my decision; however, they have just gotten in contact and said that they are going to play the Irish language intro full version of Euro-Country tomorrow to make up for it.
"I don't know who edited that out; that was crazy of them ... Yeah, not my decision, but they're fixing it."
In a statement given to BreakingNews.ie, the broadcaster said that they “did not edit out the Irish language from this single” and the version of the song aired was a radio edit “supplied by the record label”.
BBC have since said that the full, unedited version of the song will be aired on Wednesday during Radio One shows Rickie Melvin and Charlie, Going Home, and Radio 1’s New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
Euro-Country, the latest single from the upcoming, eponymously named album, describes the impact the 2008 financial crash had on Ireland.
Lyrics include digs at then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern over his handling of the crisis, with Thompson singing “All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah they hurt me. I was 12 when the das started killing themselves all around me”.
The Euro-Country album is set to be released at the end of August, with CMAT performing three sold-out nights at the Barrowlands in October.
