Make Your Own Kind of Music (song) - Popular Culture

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• Elliot's version of the song is prominently featured in three episodes of the television series Lost, often associated with the character Desmond Hume: "Man of Science, Man of Faith", "Adrift" and "Flashes Before Your Eyes". A faint sitar version can also be heard at the end of "Live Together, Die Alone".
• The song appeared in the Swedish documentary I en annan del av Köping during 2007.
• In February 2006, a Snickers commercial aired in the United States featured Sherman's version.
• Elliot's version also appears in the play and film Beautiful Thing, alongside many more of her recordings.
• It is used on one of Hallmark's musical greeting cards.
• It was featured on a flash animation on Newgrounds.com called "We Are NativeAmericanCats", but it was pulled because of a lawsuit involving the record company.
• In August, 2009, it was used in commercials for home products retailer IKEA in Ireland, which opened its first store in that country that year.
• In November 2010, it was used in advertisements for the French mobile phone company Bouygues Telecom.