Popular Culture References
The original Gene Chandler recording featured in the film "Hairspray".
In his song "Keeping the Faith", Billy Joel sings "I thought I was the Duke of Earl / When I made it with a red-haired girl in a Chevrolet".
Reference is made to the Duke of Earl as being a friend of Wolfman Jack in The Guess Who's song, "Clap for the Wolfman".
The song "Mikey's" from Randy Newman's album "Trouble in Paradise" ends with "Whatever happened to the old songs, Mikey?/ Like 'The Duke of Earl'/ Mikey, whatever happened to the f-ing Duke of Earl?"
In the Hall & Oates' song "Diddy Doo Wopp (I Hear the Voices)" from the album Voices, Daryl Hall sings, "Charlie liked the Beatles / Sam, he liked "Rich Girl" / I'm still hung up on the Duke of Earl".
In the film, Carry On Behind, Ernie (played by Jack Douglas) can be seen wearing a Duke of Earl T-shirt.
In the film The Man with Two Brains, a prostitute (Randi Brooks) sings the song (described it as her "favorite") revealing her unexpectedly unpleasant and squeaky voice (she pronounces it "Dook, Dook, Dook, Dook of Oil..."). This is also possibly contributed to the name of the modern-age Green Arrow villain, the Duke of Oil.
Frank Zappa pays homage to Chandler's song on the Mothers of Invention's 1967 "Absolutely Free" release; one song on the album is titled "Duke of Prunes," while in another, titled "Amnesia Vivace," the phrase "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes" is echoed.
In the film King Ralph, the titular character played by John Goodman sings the song as the end credits roll.
In the film The Wrong Guys, John Goodman plays the character Duke, leader of the Earl Gang, who are wanted by the FBI.
In the 1988 animated film Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, Big Paw sings a song called "I'm a Puppy Too" which is based on, and plays to the tune of, the song "Duke of Earl," and Big Paw's singing voice was provided by Mark Vieha.
The song was performed by the rock and roll comedy group Sha Na Na as part of their set at Woodstock Festival in 1969.
In the Magnum, P.I. episode "Going Home", Magnum and a friend are seen singing a drunken a cappella of the song.
The 'Duke of Earl' is mentioned in the Men Without Hats song "Pop Goes the World".
Datamation humor columnist Chris Miksanek titled his "Over the Edge" online weblinks companion "The Duke of URL" which ran from 1998 until 2001.
In the Don Henley song "They're Not Here, They're Not Coming", he sings "No place for sentiment, no room for romance" / "Bring back the Duke of Earl".
In the episode "Kelly Does Hollywood" of the show Married... with Children, Al Bundy attempts to get on Kelly's show by performing a dramatic reading of the song.
A reference to this song is mentioned in an episode of My Name Is Earl entitled "Burn Victim".
In his song "Window on the World", John Hiatt sings "The Queen of Sheba meets the Duke of Earl".
In The Dead Milkmen song "Punk Rock Girl", her father is referred to as the Duke of Earl (as well as the Vice President).
The song is parodied in the show The Critic referring to Duke Phillips and sung by parodies of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
The song was parodied in a 1990s commercial for Hellmann's Dijonnaise ("Di-di-di-Dijonnaise-naise-naise").
At New York Ranger hockey games at Madison Square Garden, the song is usually played on the arena organ after the opposing team scores a goal.
The song was also parodied from the late 1980s through to the early 2000s for a commercial in Australia for a hair care company called Decore.
Steely Dan use the lyric "If you grew up in Amsterdam, then I'm the Duke of Earl" in the song "Slang of Ages" on their 2003 album "Everything Must Go"
In the season 6 "Cheers" episode "Slumber Party Massacred"; Sam, Norm, Cliff and Frasier perform a rendition of the beginning of the song to cheer Carla up during a depressive spell.
In the episode of Coronation Street airing on July 22, 2010, Lloyd Mullaney is shown singing along to this while walking around his flat in a towel before being interrupted by Cheryl Gray.
The hook was sampled by Cypress Hill in "Hand on Pump" on their 1991 album "Cypress Hill."
The song is sung by Sipowicz and Simone in an episode of NYPD Blue.
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons reference the Duke of Earl in their song "I Killed Myself But I Didn't Die" on their 2011 album Mysterious Power.
The Duke of Earl is referenced in the opening line of The Walkmen's "We Can't Be Beat" from their 2012 album "Heaven."
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