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Gnarly. Has Dave Grohl said anything about this? Or God forbid, was it an AUTHORIZED use of "My Hero?!

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In 2008, the band released a statement when Republican candidate John McCain used the track without their permission.

They wrote: "The saddest thing about this is that ‘My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."

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