Shelton stated that, as the song rose up the charts, it became controversial as a "drug song". Shelton says that the song was barred by some radio stations in the United States and from airplay in Great Britain. He pointed out that "Time" magazine, on July 1, 1966, wrote: "In the shifting multi-level jargon of teenagers, 'to get stoned' does not mean to get drunk but to get high on drugs... a 'rainy-day woman', as any junkie knows, is a marijuana cigarette." Dylan responded to the controversy by announcing, during his May 27, 1966, performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, "I never have and never will write a drug song."