Cars (song) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The song is featured in several episodes of the first season of the UK comedy series The Mighty Boosh (Numan himself appeared in one episode during the series' third season).
  • The song was featured in the film Freddy Got Fingered along with Fear Factory's cover.
  • The song is featured in the 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the new wave radio station Wave 103.
  • It appears in the 1994 film Speed
  • The Fear Factory cover appears in the video game Test Drive 6; the music video by Fear Factory is also accessible in the options menu.
  • Homer Simpson performs a parody of the song in The Simpsons episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife".
  • Its music video was used in an episode of Beavis and Butthead.
  • The song has been used in several episodes of the television drama Nip/Tuck.
  • The song featured at the end of the Family Guy episode "Whistle While Your Wife Works", with new lyrics performed by Stewie.
  • The song has been used in advertisements for the Discovery Channel's Future Car program, American Express, American football on ESPN, Carling beer, Folksam, Little Debbie, Nissan Altima and the Oldsmobile Alero, as well as the "Go Greener" campaign in Scotland.
  • In the South Park episode "Pandemic 2: The Startling", it can be heard being played by the Peruvian flute players near the end of the episode when Craig is narrating.
  • On his Bewilderness DVD, Bill Bailey demonstrates how West Country dialects are unsuited to great rock and pop music by performing a short West Country-themed version of "Cars", beginning with the line "'Ere in moi carr...". Also, in his Dandelion Mind DVD he performs the song in French and with horns.
  • In the episode "Above Exalted Cyclops" of Two and a Half Men, Alan Harper sings and hums the song as he puts together model cars.
  • This song was named number 11 on VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s and number 93 on the same channel's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s.
  • According to the premiere episode of Life on Mars, "Cars" was the first record that Sam Tyler purchased. He bought it at a fictional Manchester record store, Vinyl Heaven.
  • The American talk show Conan parodied both the original song and its music video in the episode "We Need the Funk, If It's Not Too Much Trouble Would Like to Have That Funk" with a sound-alike called "No Phones," in which Gary Numasaki reminds the audience not to use their cellular phones.

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