"Hello everyone. We would like to point out that the currrent TV commercial in the US for Hummer that uses our cover version of 'Love Is Strange' was put together without our knowledge or consent. Unfortunately Warner Music UK control our early 90's recorded performances and agreed that the track could be used. It is common courtesy to inform the artist and listen to any objections when something like this happens. We were not contacted by Warner Music UK.
"Fortunately if the artist also writes the song, they can put a stop to things by refusing to allow the publishing copyright to be used. Unfortunately in this case, we did not write the song and therefore could not block it on those grounds.
"We are deeply concerned that our music has been used in this way. It is something we would never have condoned had we'd been given the choice.
"We are currently in lengthy legal discussion with Warner Music UK. We would have spoken out earlier but needed to clarify our position. We will make our final position clear and issue a statement in due course.
After a year of wrangling with Warner Music UK over the usage of our 1992 recording of 'Love Is Strange' in a US TV ad for Hummer cars," say Ben and Tracey today, "we finally received an apology recently and a concession to consult us on similar licenses in future, whether or not we have a right to an artist veto. The negotiations were conducted drily and laboriously by their business affairs department. We were also finally informed of the fee received for the usage. While we cannot have the advert withdrawn, we have donated the Everything But The Girl portion of the fee to five leading charities - Oxfam, Greenpeace, Friends Of The Earth, Amnesty International and Unicef:loveliness: .
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