BOSTON--Chill out, Madonna and Janet Jackson. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is catching heavy play on rock 'n' roll radio these days.

Recalling the era when radio stations blasted Iran's taking of American hostages with the song "Bomb Iran" set to the Beach Boys' "Barbara Ann," disc jockeys across the country are dubbing over pop songs to produce parodies of Hussein.

The results are often more popular than the top 40.

To the strains of the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman," WZLX-FM in Boston lambasted Hussein Wednesday for his country's march into neighboring Kuwait.

The song, updated by the Beatles in the early 1960s,' changes the original lyrics from, "Stop, oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman, wa-a-a-it Mr. Postman," to "Oh yeah, wait a minute Mr. Hussein, Kuwait isn't yours Mr. Hussein."

The song continues:

"Saddam Hussein is cut off at sea,

"Our troops are poised so patiently,

"We're gonna be there for a long, long time

"You'll have nothing but an empty pipeline..."

In Philadelphia, WMGK-FM aired "I Am Iraq," to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am A Rock," on its show "Harvey in the Morning."

The song blasts Hussein with the lyrics, "I am the chosen leader, no I'm not insane, it's right and just because I am Hussein, I am Iraq, I am a tyrant..."

"It's our biggest hit," said Julie Roberts, the show's producer. "People want to know where they can buy copies, and there are a lot of requests. We've gotten a few dozen calls."

WTIC-FM in Hartford, Conn., played "Blame it on Hussein" to the tune of Milli Vanilli's "Blame it on the Rain."

The song was part of a station promotion Wednesday morning in which disc jockeys dressed as Arab sheiks and a service station offered drivers premium gasoline for 96 cents a gallon. Traffic tie-ups forced the event to end early.