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Silversun Pickups Tell Mitt Romney To Stop Using ‘Panic Switch,’ Say They Dislike The GOP Candidate (UPDATED)
The Huffington Post | By Kia Makarechi Posted: 08/15/2012
The Silversun Pickups have asked Mitt Romney’s campaign to stop using their song “Panic Switch” at events. The band has issued a cease-and-desist order and released a statement Wednesday, roundly denouncing Romney and his campaign.
“We don’t like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don’t like the Romney campaign,” frontman Brian Aubert wrote. “We’re nice, approachable people. We won’t bite. Unless you’re Mitt Romney!”
UPDATE: Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul sent The Huffington Post the following statement: “The song was inadvertently played during event set-up before Gov. Romney arrived at the location. As anyone who attends Gov. Romney’s events knows, this is not a song we would have played intentionally. That said, it was covered under the campaign’s regular blanket license, but we will not play it again.”
The original article continues below.
A spokeswoman for the campaign told the Associated Press that while the campaign did not ask for permission for the song, it was allowed to play it under a “blanket licensing agreement.” The campaign also said it would not play “Panic Switch” again.
The band suggested that Romney’s use of the single was ironic because “he is inadvertently playing a song that describes his whole campaign.”
Here’s the song’s chorus, as posted on online lyric websites:
When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch, are you pistol-whipped?
Will you step in line or release the glitch?
Can you fall asleep with a panic switch?
