While Joaquin Phoenix-starrer 'Joker' broke all records minting USD 93.5 million over the weekend and stood as the biggest October launch, the dark supervillain drama has come across another controversy and this time, it is for a track used in the film. The film is under fire for using a 1972 song 'Rock and Roll Part II' by convicted pedophile Gary Glitter. The piece is heard playing in the background when Phoenix's character dances down a large set of stairs in the latest release, reported People.

The song brought the film under fire as some critics are of the view that this will earn Glitter royalty money on 'Joker's DVDs and soundtrack sales. This is in addition to what Warner Bros. had paid initially for using the song. "Whatever my mixed feelings about Joker, director Todd Phillips using a track by child abuser Gary Glitter over a key scene -- in a film that uses child abuse as a plot device no less -- is absolute bull---," tweeted writer Simon Ragoonanan.