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"I Am Woman" has been used in TV commercials for a sports footwear chain and a female-oriented cable TV network, but a pitch about 2003 by Coors beer ("with a gigantic amount of money", Reddy says) was rebuffed. "I'm not in the drug-dealing business," she says. "I don't care how much money they offer me." In 2006 Burger King featured a lyrically adjusted version of "I am Woman" for a commercial titled "Manthem" extolling the virtues of large burgers over small "chick food" plates.
The song is heard briefly in The Simpsons episode "Brother from the Same Planet", broadcast 4 February 1993. "I am Woman" was also featured in the 3 July 2008 broadcast of the CBS series Swingtown, and the 2 September 2008 broadcast of The Secret Life of the American Teenager featured a rendition of the song by the school band.
The song is also used in a scene from the film My Best Friend's Wedding. The main characters, played by Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Dermot Mulroney, enter a karaoke bar and the song is heard playing loudly, with a male's voice singing the lyrics. The audience then sees a young, drunk man singing with the microphone.
The style of the title has become iconic and has inspired other songs, such as "I Am Cow", by The Arrogant Worms and poems including "I Am Pigeon", by Flying Lemming.
On 11 September 2010, Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio rated "I am Woman" at #7 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever.
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