Use in Popular Culture
The song has appeared in various aspects of popular culture since its initial release. A version of the song was used as the theme music for the Glenn Beck Program early in the 2004 presidential election season, but due to political differences with Good Charlotte, Beck was forced to replace the song with an edited version of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" was heard on an episode of the American television show Drake and Josh in 2004, when Drake and Josh turned on the radio in their dune buggy, and the song's chorus was playing. Parody band Apologetix produced a version on the song based on the events in Luke Chapter 16 in the Bible, named "Lifestyles of the Rich & Nameless".
Kanye West and Pharell Williams later released a parody of the song entitled "Lifestyles of the Broke and Famous"
On Season 14 of the American Dancing with the Stars, Roshon Fegan & Chelsie Hightower danced a quickstep to this song in week 2 of competition.
The song played in the theater trailer for Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003).
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