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SINEAD O’connor’s estate said she would have been “disgusted, hurt, and insulted” at her version of Nothing Compares 2 U being used at Donald Trump’s rallies.
A joint statement from the late Irish singer’s estate and record label Chrysalis Records demanded the former US president “desist from using her music immediately”.
It said O’connor, who died
last July aged 56, lived by a “fierce moral code” and had previously referred to Mr Trump as a “Biblical devil”.
The statement said: “Throughout her life, it is well known that Sinead O’connor lived by a fierce moral code defined by honesty, kindness, fairness, and decency towards her fellow human beings.
“It was with outrage therefore that we learned that Donald Trump has been using her iconic performance of Nothing Compares 2 U at his political rallies.
“It is no exaggeration to say that Sinead would have been disgusted, hurt and insulted to have her work misrepresented in this way by someone who she herself referred to as a ‘Biblical devil’.
“As the guardians of her legacy, we demand that Donald Trump and his associates desist from using her music immediately.”
O’connor’s version of Nothing Compares 2 U spent weeks at No1 in the UK in 1990 and propelled her to stardom. The Dublin-born singer was also known for being outspoken on her struggles with her mental health.
Her criticism of the Catholic Church was said to have helped change Irish society.
The Irish pop icon was heavily criticised after she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in New York.
Sinead was finishing up an acapella rendition of Bob Marley’s song War before holding up the photograph in October 1992.
A coroner ruled she died from natural causes in her south-east London home on July 26 2023.
O’connor follows on from a long list of artists who have demanded Trump desist from using their music for his political campaigns .
The Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr, Rihanna, Neil Young, Linkin Park, the late Tom Petty and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler all warned his campaign team.
Sinead lived by a fierce moral code defined by honesty, kindness and decency
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