White Stripes accuse Air Force Reserve of pinching their song used in Super Bowl ad

White Stripes object to ad for Air Forces Reserve

DETROIT — The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve made unauthorized use of their song “Fell in Love With a Girl” during an ad that ran in certain markets during Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast.

The White Stripes and their label, Third Man Records, said in a statement on the band’s Web site that the song was re-recorded and used by the Air Force Reserve without permission.

The two-person rock band originally from Detroit says it takes “strong insult” to the ad and says it implies the White Stripes “encourage recruitment during a war that we do not support.”

The Air Force Reserve said in a statement that the music in the ad was original, and it never intended to use any existing music or “to sound like any music by the band White Stripes.”