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Paul Anka's 'Having My Baby' raised the ire of feminists

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Today's Morning Edition music is from 40 years ago today when the song on the top of the pop charts was "You're Having My Baby," a duet by Paul Anka and Odia Coates. It was Anka's first No. 1 song in 15 years. When it came out, he got some flak from feminists because of the lyrics he had written. The National Organization for Women gave Anka one their "Keep Her In Her Place" awards. In response to the criticism when he performed the song in concert, Anka changed the refrain to "you're having our baby." In a 2006 CNN poll, it was voted as the number one worst song of all time.