Appearance in Film, Television and Other Media
- Frank Sinatra performed the song on the TV show Sinatra (1969), where he dedicated it to the Apollo astronauts "who made the impossible possible".
- Tony Bennett performed a parody of the song on Sesame Street for an action sequence in which the show's character Slimey the Worm took a trip to the moon.
- In the 1978 to 1982 sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, the doorbell to Jennifer Marlowe's penthouse apartment played the opening section of "Fly Me to the Moon" - it was later changed to another song ("Beautiful Dreamer") due to licensing issues.
- The song was used during the opening titles of Oliver Stone's film Wall Street (1987).
- The song was featured in the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps' 1989 program.
- It was Richard Dreyfuss' favorite song in Lasse Hallström's 1991 film "Once Around" with Holly Hunter playing alongside and Frank Sinatra's version was played several times during the film.
- Thomas Anders recorded the song in 1996 at live performance released by Panteon Records on the album 'Live Concert'.
- The song appears in the closing moments and over the end titles of Clint Eastwood's film Space Cowboys (2000).
- The song was performed by Elvis Costello in the 2001 final episode of the American sitcom, '3rd Rock From The Sun'.
- In Down With Love (2003), the Atrud Gilberto and Frank Sinatra versions are both used when Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregror respectively prepare for their big date.
- The song has been covered by many artists for the ending theme of the Japanese anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion and the feature films based on the series, for more than 31 versions.
- The Julie London version of the song was played during the end credits of the 11th episode of the first season of AMC's "Mad Men." The episode, titled "Indian Summer," aired on October 4, 2007.
- In October 2009, a fragment of the song appeared as a sample in DJ Lord Vampirick's album Straight Shotgun at the Edge of the Universe.
- The song appeared in the South Korean drama You're Beautiful, sung by protagonist Tae Kyung (portrayed by Jang Keun Suk).
- The song was also sung on the 3rd live show by Lloyd Daniels on The X Factor 2009.
- In the 10th series of the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars, Buzz Aldrin and his partner Ashly Costa danced the foxtrot to the song.
- The song was also remixed in an action form in various scenes of the 2010 video game Bayonetta for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, where it is sung by Helena Noguerra. Stylized versions of the song appear at key moments in the game's storyline, and the end credits of the game features a 1963 version of the song by Brenda Lee.
- The song was also sung on the Australian version of the show The X Factor by Andrew Lawson.
- In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. performed this song on the sixth season of America's Got Talent, in the top 48.
- On the September 6, 2011 episode of American late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, "Fly Me to the Moon" was performed by house band Cleto and the Cletones as a tribute to Kimmel's Uncle Frank, a Frank Sinatra fan and show regular who had died two weeks before the episode aired.
- In the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, reality star Rob Kardashian danced the Foxtrot to the song with his partner Cheryl Burke, in honor of his father.
- A Portuguese language version of Fly Me to the Moon is the opening theme of Globo's 2012 Brazilian telenovela Amor Eterno Amor, which translates as "Love, eternal love".
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