*tsk tsk tsk*...

Source: The Toronto Star

WASHINGTON - The musician who co-wrote the 1970s hit Still the One is demanding that President George W. Bush stop using the tune at campaign events, arguing that he's no fan of the Republican incumbent and the campaign never got permission to use the song.

John Hall, a former Democratic county legislator in upstate New York, co-wrote Still the One and recorded it with his band Orleans in 1976. The cheery pop tune was played at Bush events yesterday and again today to open and close a rally for the president in New Hampshire.

"I was watching TV, and there all of a sudden was my song, my guitar playing, my voice coming out of the speakers," said Hall, 56, still a working musician.

Hall's lawyers are drafting a formal letter of complaint to the Bush campaign. A spokesman for the Republicans did not immediately return calls for comment.