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The song has made many appearances in popular culture, including being central to the plot of the 2005 Japanese movie Linda Linda Linda, which is about a high school girls' band which plays covers of The Blue Hearts.
The song was also covered by American singer Andrew W.K. on his 2008 cover album, The Japan Covers.
American punk rock cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes covered the song on their 2011 EP, Sing in Japanese.
American punk rock band MxPx covered the song in English on their 2009 album On The Cover II. They included a Japanese version as a bonus track on Japanese pressings of the CD.
Minneapolis-based cover band The Outliers released a version of the song on their 2008 album It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.
It also made an appearance in the Nintendo DS rhythm games Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan as the song in the ramen shop owner stage, Metcha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken, and in the Nintendo Wii rhythm game Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do Don to 2 Daime.
It was also released as the character song of Masaomi Kida from Durarara!! in the first DVD.
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