"I Got A Name" in Film & Television
Prior to the album's release, the song "I Got a Name" was featured as the theme song to the 1973 film, The Last American Hero (also shown on television as Hard Driver). Circumstances are unclear as to whether or not Croce's song was specifically written for the film, or if he simply allowed the film makers to use the track, but the film was released two months before his album, I Got a Name. The arrangement of the song in the film differs slightly from the single version. In 1976 the song was performed by Lena Horne on the Muppet Show. Also, in 2006, an edited version of "I Got a Name" was the theme song for the movie Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg. A version of the song was used in a commercial for Western Air Lines in 1987.
In August 2012, a Remax commercial featured Jim singing the song.
In 2012, the song appeared on the soundtrack of the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained.
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