Big Rock Candy Mountain - Recordings

Recordings

• The song was used in the 1987 movie Ironweed and sung by Tom Waits.
• In 2000, inclusion in the popular soundtrack for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? brought the song to a modern audience. The version in the film, sung by Harry McClintock, includes the original references to "cigarette trees," "streams of alcohol," and the lake of whiskey as well.
• Lisa Loeb sang a clean version of the song on her 2004 children's release, Catch the Moon, re-released in 2007.
• The song was used in a 2005 Burger King commercial, although the lyrics are changed to reference the food being promoted. In the commercial almost all of the promises of the song are shown in detail. Darius Rucker (of Hootie and the Blowfish) is shown as a cowboy singing the song. Brooke Burke also appears in the commercial as a cowgirl.
• A recording of the song was used as background music in a 2010 L.L. Bean commercial for the outdoor apparel maker.
• A version of the song was recorded by The Restarts, a punk band from London, England.
• The song was sung by Harry Dean Stanton in his role as Roman Grant in the HBO series Big Love.
• The song was interpreted with a ukulele by Daniel Bankman.