Other Appearances
- The song was referred to in Bob Dylan's "To Be Alone with You" (1969).
- In one of the most memorable episodes of The Cosby Show, Bill Cosby (Cliff), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Theo), and Keshia Knight Pulliam (Rudy) lip-synced to the Ray Charles version, with Phylicia Rashad (Clair), Sabrina Le Beauf (Sondra), Lisa Bonet (Denise), and Tempestt Bledsoe (Vanessa) as background dancers and singers.
- The above scene was parodied on a Saturday Night Live sketch, featuring Barack and Michelle Obama (played by Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph) as a modern-day Cosby family (with Jason Sudeikis's Joe Biden as Theo and Amy Poehler's Hillary Clinton as background singers and dancers).
- Joss Stone recorded a version for a Gap commercial directed by Peter Lindbergh (2005).
- The Rolling Stones played it frequently on their A Bigger Bang Tour (2005–07).
- The song appeared in the movie "Girl, Interrupted" (1999).
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