Damien Rice has spoke about Little Mix covering his single Cannonball for The X Factor.
The song was released by Little Mix after they won the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 and it topped the British singles chart.
However, Rice had no say in the decision. He told BBC News: "Anything I have control over, I control. Adverts I have control over, nobody can use a song without asking permission.
"Once you release something into the public, anybody can make a cover of it. X Factor can cover whatever they want. That's the part that's a little disappointing. People think you've cut some deal for money, I haven't seen any lump sum of money from that thing at all.
"People say 'ooh, big Christmas bonus', I didn't see a Christmas bonus! There's not as much money in these things as people make out."
The singer-songwriter decided to give away a large amount of money following the Little Mix release.
He explained: "After the X Factor thing, straight away I donated a bunch of money to Haiti to cleanse myself of any possible X Factor money that could come in. I have no interest in that."
