Pleasant Valley Sunday - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• In the season 4 episode "To Live and Let Diorama" of Gilmore Girls, the song is heard playing at the music store owned by Sophie Bloom (a character played by Carole King, who co-wrote the song).
• The Wedding Present covered the song on their 1992 RCA release Hit Parade 1.
• In the episode "McStroke" from Family Guy, this song plays in the background during a classic hallway chase scene.
• The pop punk band The Mr. T Experience covered it on their record Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion.
• Neal Morse, lead singer of Transatlantic, and former lead singer of Spock's Beard, covered the song on his 2006 album Cover to Cover.
• The track "Pleasant Valley Monday" from the album Puroland by noise artist Merzbow was inspired by this song.
• In 2002, Mark Mothersbaugh covered the song for the TV show Hidden Hills.