Uses in Other Media
- The song was featured on the trailer and on the commercials of the 2003 movie Uptown Girls. It is also featured on the video games Karaoke Revolution and Buzz!: The Music Quiz.
- An uptempo remixed eurodance cover version by Nancy And The Boys was recorded in 2002, appearing on Dancemania Speed 10.
- The "Pablo La Rossa Vocal mix" of the song was used on the video game FIFA Football 2003.
- In 2008, the song was sung by Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill (Episode 2, "The Cradle of Civilization").
- J-pop/J-rock singer Misono covered this song on her 2009 album Misono Kaba Album.
- Comedy singer "Weird Al" Yankovic created a parody of the song called "A Complicated Song" which Lavigne co-wrote for his 2003 album Poodle Hat.
- Good Charlotte seems to parody the beginning of the "Complicated" video in the longer version of their own video for "Girls & Boys" with a band member asking what everyone "want to do today?", with an older woman dressed like Avril asking if they want to crash the mall.
- Taylor Swift sang this song on her Speak Now World Tour, in Toronto, on July 16, 2011.
- On February 6, 2012 the singer Jermaine Paul sang this song during his blind audition on the 2nd season of The Voice.
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