Notable Appearances in The Media
The song has been used in a multiple television programmes since its original release — perhaps most notably, it played over the end credits of the final episode of the BBC Two drama serial Our Friends in the North in March 1996, the very week it was at the top of the UK charts.
The song was included as the closing track on Oasis' compilation album, Stop the Clocks.
Portions of this song appear as a motif in the Chuck episode, Chuck versus the Alma Mater.
The song was in an episode of the show Cold Case titled "Hubris" .
The song is available for the music video game series Rock Band as a downloadable track. On the Wii version of the original Rock Band game, this song is included.
The song was memorably covered by The Wurzels among others for an album of covers of songs seemingly inappropriate to their West Country image and style, and has become one of their more frequently performed numbers.
The song was used as the ending theme for the live-action film adaptation of the Japanese manga series BECK.
The song was used in the closing scene of the Being Human (North American) season 1 finale titled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Me Killing You"
The song was used in episode six of We are Klang during the 1990s flashback scene.
Amy Winehouse covered this song at a private performance just months before her death as her final song of the evening.
The Killers covered this song at V Festival 2012.
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