Queen's Roger Taylor is rereleasing his 1994 song Dear Mr Murdoch to mark the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. "The original lyrics speak for themselves," Taylor said, making only "subtle updates" to the original.

Taylor is a long-time critic of Murdoch, chairman of News Corp. The Queen drummer was a staunch opponent of the media mogul's attempted takeover of Manchester United in 1998. He donated £10,000 to the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association, which was protesting against Murdoch's £623m bid. "I heard on the news that [they] desperately needed the means to mobilise [their] opposition to the mighty Goliath," Taylor said at the time. "As I was in a position to help I felt compelled to do so." Murdoch's takeover bid failed.

Dear Mr Murdoch originally appeared on Taylor's 1994 album, Happiness. He first reissued the song in 1998, during the proposed takeover of Manchester United. The song has again been resurrected this week – the "2011 version" has been posted to YouTube and will be on iTunes within days. "Dear Mr Murdoch," Taylor sings over piano and electric guitar, "Your minions like vultures and carrion crow/ They've sunk just as low as humans can sink ... How many time must they poke and they pry?"

Murdoch and his son James appeared before the Commons culture, media and sport select committee yesterday, answering questions from MPs on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.