MUSIC GROUP HEART TO RNC: Stop Using Our Song!

Heart, artists of the song Barracuda, which was played for Sarah Palin during the RNC, are not happy about the song being used.

In an e-mail statement the group states: “The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission.  We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.”

Sounds like a reasonable request.  Too bad it wasn’t granted!

After McCain finished his speech last night, it was played again when Palin took the stage.  Heart’s Nancy Wilson told EW, “I think it’s completely unfair to be so misrepresented.  I feel completely f—ed over.”

She and sister Ann Wilson then e-mailed the following statement:

“Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song ‘Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.”