Gingrich sued for playing ‘Eye of the Tiger’

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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been playing the pump-up song “Eye of the Tiger” by the band Survivor at campaign events, but it sounds like he might need a new tune. TMZ reports that Rude Music Inc. – a company owned by Survivor’s Frank Sullivan who co-wrote the hit – has filed a lawsuit against Gingrich, asking that he stop using the song.

The suit, filed Monday in Illinois District Court, alleges that Gingrich has made “unlicensed and unauthorized use” of “Eye of the Tiger” since “at least as early as 2009” at political conferences and campaign events. The complaint cites one recent instance in Doylestown, Pa., when “Mr. Gingrich entered the packed Moose Lodge for a speech as the song ‘pulsed,’ according to the Newt 2012, Inc. website.”

A Gingrich spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. (Politico/McDevitt)

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