Singers Ann and Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart have called in lawyers after John McCain’s vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin used their 1977 hit "Barracuda" at a Republican Party rally.

Heart is just the latest band to ask McCain and/or the GOP to stop using their music at political events.

Palin, who used the track for her appearance at the Republican National Convention in St Paul, MN, on September 3, was nicknamed "Sarah Barracuda" while playing basketball in high school.

"Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart have informed the McCain/Palin Campaign that Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease-and-desist notice to not use one of Heart’s classic songs, ‘Barracuda,’ as the congratulatory theme for Sarah Palin," the Wilsons say in a statement on their website. "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission.

"We have asked the Republican campaign not to use our music."

Nancy Wilson told Entertainment Weekly: "I think it’s completely unfair to be so misrepresented.

"I feel completely f—-ed over."

Both Wilsons then e-mailed a statement to Entertainment Weekly, again asking that "Barracuda" not be used to promote Palin’s image.

"Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women," the sisters wrote. "The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late ’70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there."

BBC reports that the GOP says it obtained the necessary license to play the song.

"The McCain campaign respects intellectual property rights," spokesman Brian Rogers told Reuters. "Accordingly, prior to using ‘Barracuda’ at any events, we paid for and obtained all necessary licenses."

One of "Barracuda’s" cowriters, former Heart guitarist Roger Fisher, told Reuters he was "thrilled" with the "ingenious placement of a kick-ass song," BBC reports. But he later said he supported the Democratic ticket and would be donating some of the royalties to Sen. Barack Obama’s, D-IL, campaign.