“Chasing Pavements,” the signature single from British singing star Adele, has been banned from hundreds of radio stations across America admist claims that the song is a “gay anthem.”

“Some weirdo on the Net wrote that ‘Chasing Pavements’ was about being gay, which isn’t true at all,” Adele explained at the Nationwide Mercury Music Awards in London earlier this week.

“Because of that some radio stations in the States wouldn’t play it. The guy wrote it on Urban Dictionary, which I’ve used for years, and ‘chasing pavements’ was never on there before.”

Adele insists the inspiration for the song came from an ex-boyfriend.