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Tønsberg Sjømannsforenings shantykor (The Shanty Choir of Tonsbergs Sailor's Association) recorded it in Oslo on April 14, 1965. It was released on the extended play Shanties (HMV 7EGN 53).
It was also used in the 1930s adaptation of Popeye by Fleischer Studios as the background music for Bluto.
In the episode "The Work Song Nanocluster" of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, Penny and Sheldon use the tune from "Blow the Man Down" with different lyrics as a work song to speed up the manufacturing process in their new home business.
The song was used with a track from Crush 3D, in a muffled tone.
Also the song was included in the Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Swashbuckling Sea Songs. Instead the "For Kicking Jack Williams commands the Black Ball" line it is sang "For Captain Jack Sparrow commands the Black Pearl" to make the song fit CD's theme better.
Bill Murray's character sings a chorus from shanty after his first successful sailing endeavor in the film What About BOB.
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