During the Republican primaries in 2008, Mike Huckabee ended his campaign events by playing Boston's "More Than a Feeling" on the bass with his band, Capitol Offense. Tom Scholz, who wrote the song, wasn't having it; he penned an open letter to Huckabee, saying, "Although I'm impressed you learned my bass guitar part on 'More Than a Feeling', I am an Obama supporter."
When Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was released from jail in September 2015, Huckabee threw a rally for her supporters, at which Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" was played. The band's frontman, Frankie Sullivan, condemned the presidential hopeful, saying, "What upset me most was that, once again, my song was being used to further a political agenda — and no one even bothered to ask for permission." Sullivan had previously sued Newt Gingrich for playing the song at his campaign events back in 2012.
