Appearances in Media
- In the Oliver Stone film, The Doors, the song is performed three times; first in Ray Manzarek's home, then it's performed live during the band's early days at the London Fog, and later in the film at the infamous Miami concert, immediately after Jim exposes himself to the audience and is parading through the crowd to evade the police. The third and final performance is paired with "Dead Cats, Dead Rats", which was often coupled with the song when the band performed it live.
- The song is heard in the 1994 film Forrest Gump (along with "Hello, I Love You" and "People Are Strange") as Forrest takes up ping pong during his tour in Vietnam. "Love Her Madly" and "Soul Kitchen" are also featured in the movie
- Appears in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2.
- Featured on one of the trailers for Disney/Pixar's film Monsters, Inc.
- Featured in the trailer for the 2008 film 21.
- A remixed version of the song is featured in the video game Burnout Revenge. It was remixed by BT and it is 7:08 long.
- Featured in the 2005 film Jarhead.
- Featured on The Simpsons during a 4th Season episode when Krusty sings during a flashback to 1973.
- The song is used in the music/rhythm game Rock Band 3, with the song being featured in the opening cinematic.
- Performed by artist Travis Meeks in November 2002. He had performed with The Doors on Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors (contributing vocals to "L.A. Woman" and "The End").
- The song was used in a mashup as a runway soundtrack for the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
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