In Popular Culture
The song featured in a television commercial for an AT&T BlackBerry, in Episode 11, Season 4 of the television show "Lost" and in the 2010 Belgian film Mr. Nobody. The song was also in the 1986 film Stand by Me, and in the 1997 film Gummo directed by Harmony Korine. The song is also featured in the Tim Burton directed film Big Fish, and Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin.
The song can also be heard in the television show Family Guy, in episode 15 of the 7th season. Recently, History Channel's latest promotion for the Top Gear (America Edition) debut also featured the song, covered by Mike Del Rio. The song has also been featured in episode 4, series 3 of the British sitcom How Not to Live Your Life. A melody very similar to "Everyday" can be heard in season 2 of Two and a Half Men television show episode "The Salmon Under My Sweater" when the character portrayed by Charlie Sheen sings a theme song for fictional anime named Oshikuru: Demon Samurai.
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