The soundtrack for the Air Force Reserve ad, aired during SuperBowl, apparently sounds suspiciously like The White Stripes' Fell In Love With A Girl.

The band took offence and released the following statement in their site:

''We believe our song was re-recorded and used without permisson of The White Stripes, our publishers, label or management.

The White Stripes take strong insult and objection to the Air Force Reserves presenting this advertisment with the implication that we licensed one of our songs to encourage recruitment during a war that we do not support.

The White Stripes support this nation's military, at home and during times when our country needs and depends on them. We simply don't want to be a cog in the wheel of the current conflict and hope for a safe and speedy return home for our troops.

We have not licensed this song to the Air Force Reserve and we plan to take strong action to stop the ad containing this music.'

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Update: 3:15pm Pacific

The musician who crafted an instrumental used in the Air Force commercial has responded, denying he deliberately ripped off their copyrighted works.

"The composer of an instrumental track used in a Super Bowl commercial for the Air Force Reserve, and which the White Stripes said was an unauthorized copy of their song "Fell in Love With a Girl," apologized to the band and said that the similarities between his composition and the band's song were coincidental.

The composer, Kem Kraft, a freelance musician based in Salt Lake City, said Tuesday in a telephone interview, "I'm sorry it sounds the same. It wasn't my intention, truly, truly, truly."

Mr. Kraft said that if the White Stripes "want to call me and talk to me, as far as I'm concerned, I'm responsible for this. Just me."

He continued: "I'm pretty much a one-man band here. It doesn't have anything to do with the Air Force. They didn't know anything, and I didn't know anything either."