Kid Rock said Wednesday he had agreed to let fellow Michigan native Mitt Romney use his song "Born Free" as his presidential campaign theme song.In a statement posted on his website, Kid Rock — whose real name is Bob Ritchie — said he approved the use, but didn't endorse the former Massachusetts governor.
Kid Rock has previously supported Republicans.
"He and anyone else who wants to use my song do not need my permission. I said he could use it and I would say the same for any other candidate. I have to have a little faith that every candidate feels like he or she can help this country. Without faith, we got nothing. I make music to have it be heard. Merry Christmas folks! Rock on," he said.
He added: "Any candidate who makes 'So Hott' their theme song has a good chance of getting my vote."
Candidates have ended up in hot water for using popular songs as part of their campaigns. Rocker Tom Petty sent Rep. Michele Bachmann , R-Minn., a letter in June asking her to stop using his "American Girl."
Romney's wife, Ann , told Parade magazine recently her husband has the Beatles , Rolling Stones , Neil Diamond and Roy Orbison on his iPod.
The son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney is quite a prankster, too, she said, recounting one of the silliest things he pulled on her when they were dating in the 1960s.
"In Michigan, there's this huge highway, Woodward Avenue, with four lanes in one direction and four lanes in this huge wide divide. He set up a table, like it was an evening event, and invited me to sit down and come to it. I mean, it was one of those things where we were just starting to get to know each other and it so took me by surprise and it was so completely off beat," Ann Romney said. "That was his way of just doing cute things for me that were a little zany."
As cute as that one was, "he stopped pulling them on me so much," she laughed.
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