”More Than a Feeling” is a song by the rock band Boston, released as the lead single from their eponymous debut album on Epic Records in September 1976, with “Smokin’” on the flipside. The single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. The track has become a staple of classic rock radio and is ranked as #500 on the list of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and in 2009 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. Campaign of 2008.. in February 2008, Scholz(lead guitar and bass guitarist for Boston) wrote to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, requesting him to stop performing the song at public appearances. Huckabee, an amateur bassist, was reported to have been regularly playing the song, sometimes with former Boston band member Barry Goudreau. In his letter, Scholz wrote: While Im flattered that you are fond of my song, Im shocked that you would use it and the name Boston to promote yourself without my consent. Your campaigns use of “More Than A Feeling”, coupled with the representation of one of your supporters as a member “of Boston”, clearly implies that the band Boston, and specifically one of its members, has endorsed your candidacy, neither of which is true. Boston is the debut album by American rock band Boston, released in August of 1976 on Epic Records, catalogue 32038. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified as selling 17x platinum in 2003. The album broke fast, with three singles becoming …