Funkytown - in Popular Culture

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  • The Iranian Delegation to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games had the song played during their entrance to the opening ceremonies.
  • The song is referenced in The Thick Of It, when Steve Fleming irritably threatens to take Malcolm Tucker 'down to Funky Town', much to Malcolm's amusement.
  • The song is featured in the video games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA and the US version of Beatmania.
  • The song is featured in the films Shrek 2, Disaster Movie, History of the World, Part I and Alvin and the Chipmunks.
  • Christian rapper Luis "Funky" Marrero named his label after this song.
  • In the South Park episode Towelie, Towelie played the tune to "Funkytown" on the keypad to get into a secret base after getting high.
  • In the Malcolm in the Middle episode Rollerskates, Hal uses "Funkytown" to teach Malcolm to skate.
  • Funkytown has been heard in each of Areva's commercials since 2004, from "Energy Experts" (2004) up to "Energy : One Powerful Story" (2011).
  • The main riff in the song is similar to that of "The Changeling" by The Doors.
  • It is used on The Pink Panther commercial.
  • "Funkytown" appeared on a Martha Speaks commercial.
  • In the Futurama episode Amazon Women in the Mood, Morbo sings "Funkytown" for a Karaoke performance in a restaurant aboard a space liner.
  • This song is played in the second season episode nine of the British drama Skins (E4), when the character Cassie, played by Hannah Murray, dances this song. The song is also included in the Official Soundtrack for season 2 of Skins.
  • In Italy, the song is known because of a case of acoustic pareidolia, sometimes mistaken for a subliminal message. The first sentence Gotta make a move to a town that’s right for me sounds similar to an Italian sentence: Caro amico mio, culattone, aspettami. This can be translated as: My dear friend, faggot, wait for me.
  • "Funkytown" is the name of a popular theme camp at the annual Burning Man festival.
  • The song appeared in the second trailer of Wreck-It Ralph.

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