Appearances in Media
- The song was covered by Miss Piggy and a biker gang of pigs on the Muppet Show.
- In the 1986 Disney film Flight Of The Navigator, David tries to teach the alien robot Max about Earth music. Max scans local radio broadcasts, and David rejects a choral and salsa songs until they pick up "Around", so David teaches Max the lyrics, and how to dance.
- During Robin Williams's first radio broadcast in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam, "Around" is the second song played, after Martha and the Vandellas's Nowhere To Run. Both songs infuriate his polka-loving superior, but the audience loves them.
- The song appeared in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking's opening credits.
- The song is heard in the 1999 Gulf War film Three Kings (1999 film).
- The song was covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Musicares tribute to Brian Wilson. It can be found on their 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP
- The song appears in the Regular Show episode "Skips vs. Technology".
- The song was featured in a 2012 Swiffer duster commercial.
- The song also featured in the 1997 film Bean when Mr.Bean goes to Pacific Park
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