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Campaign Hits and Misses
Campaign Hits and Misses
What happens when politicos and pundits adopt rock, pop or country hits to
pump up their constituents? With help from Bing, MSN looks at cases where
politics and pop mixed, sometimes harmoniously, more often with discord.
By Mark Brown
Special to MSN Music
Artist: Tom Petty
Song: ... more"American Girl" (read the lyrics)
Public
figure: Michele Bachmann
The controversy: Bachmann played the song during her
ceremony announcing her candidacy for president. Within hours, Petty's
management sent a cease-and-desist order (read more about it) -- and given the legal bashing
John McCain took from Jackson Browne, Bachmann's camp will likely comply. Petty
previously clashed with George W. Bush over "I Won't Back Down," which Bush
ultimately did. Bachmann recently hit another roadblock with the band Katrina and the Waves, who banned her from using
their song "Walking on Sunshine."
Bing: Watch Petty perform "I Won't Back Down"
© Rob Grabowski/Retna Ltd.; AP
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