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Relient K covered the Charles in Charge theme song and wrote additional lyrics about the show on their album Relient K.
Rapper Heavy D mentions Charles in Charge in a lyric to his song "Is It Good to You".
On the Scrubs episode "My Nightingale", Ted's band sings the Charles in Charge theme song. In addition in the episode "Our True Lies", Lucy Bennett's ringtone plays the Charles in Charge theme song.
The Bloodhound Gang performed a parody in which Jimmy Pop sings the Charles in Charge theme song in an Axl Rose voice on "Shitty Record Offer" from their 1995 album Use Your Fingers.
On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the host performed the Charles in Charge theme song as Bob Dylan.
On the Season 20 episode of The Simpsons, "Father Knows Worst", there is a reference to the cooks in the Springfield Elementary cafeteria being retired TV comedy writers, with one of the cooks explaining the basic premise of Charles in Charge to the other cooks, all retired TV comedy writers.
The theme song from Charles in Charge was covered by Electric Hellfire Club with a Goth and Industrial beat and style from the two cd set of 36 TV show opening tunes as cover songs by Gothic and Industrial bands. The CD titled TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse was released in September 1997.
In the Family Guy season 3 episode "The Thin White Line", Peter, while working as a security guard for George Harrison, is shown watching TV and singing the Charles in Charge theme, completely oblivious to Harrison being attacked just outside his office. The series was later referenced in two season 9 episodes: "New Kidney in Town" has Peter reluctant to go to his scheduled dialysis appointment, in order to watch Charles in Charge while at the Drunken Clam. Also, in "Road to the North Pole", while sitting on Santa's lap, Peter states he "wants a Charles in Charge lunchbox."
Hip-Hop artist Kid Cudi references Charles in Charge in a lyric to his song "Soundtrack To My Life".
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