Popular Culture
- "Heat of the Moment" was repopularized in 2005 when it was featured in the motion pictures The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Matador.
- In the episode 2001 "Kenny Dies" of the TV show South Park, Eric Cartman sings the song to the United States Congress to convince them to reverse a ban on stem cell research (telling them that he wanted to save his 8-year-old friend Kenny McCormick from muscular dystrophy), eventually leading members of Congress in a sing-along.
- The song is featured in the Season 4 episode "Shuffle, Ball Change" of Cold Case.
- The song is a playable track in the video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.
- The song is in the score of the musical Rock of Ages.
- In Sleepaway Camp one of the characters is wearing this song's cover on his shirt.
- The character of Bobo sings part of the song on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 after a performance by Pearl Forrester and Observer.
- It was featured in the Supernatural episode "Mystery Spot".
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