Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - Appearances in Other Media

Appearances in Other Media

• In the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations, dueling performances of "Ball of Confusion" were used to depict the period during which The Temptations were forced to compete with the splinter group "Ruffin, Kendricks & Edwards: Former Leads of the Temptations". (Edwards' predecessor, David Ruffin, left the group in 1968, two years before this song was recorded.)
• The song was famously covered by Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Wickes, Kathy Najimy, and other actresses in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
• HBO used the song as the basis of a televised promo for the fourth season of its drama The Wire.
• The song was featured in the 2002 series Greg the Bunny in the episode 'Greg Gets Puppish'
• The song was played in the intro of the 2008 satire comedy film Tropic Thunder.
• Portions of the song were used for promoting the ABC television crime drama series Detroit 1-8-7. Along with this song, the show uses other Motown songs as the setting takes place in Detroit, Michigan.
• The music of the song was used as the theme music for local TV broadcasts of the American Basketball Association New York Nets c. 1974-1976. Games were carried on Channel 9 (WWOR-TV) in the New York City market.
• The song was used in an episode of The Bernie Mac Show.
• The song was used in the Everybody Hates Chris series finale "Everybody Hates the G.E.D.", when Chris runs through a shootout to make it to school on time, only to be late again.