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In the film American Psycho, protagonist Patrick Bateman proclaims that Invisible Touch is the group's "undisputed masterpiece," discussing its virtues at length with two prostitutes he has hired for the evening. The scene represents a chapter in the Bret Easton Ellis novel where Bateman muses about the significance of the album. "In Too Deep" plays during this sequence.
During the late 1980s, instrumental excerpts from the track 'Domino' were used on the BBC TV sports program Grandstand, as a bed over which presenter Desmond Lynam previewed what was coming up in that day's program.
"The Brazilian" is used in the television show Magnum, P.I. episode titled "Unfinished Business". It can also be heard (very faintly) in the 1986 animated film When The Wind Blows as a song playing on a transistor radio, and appears on the official soundtrack release for the film.
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was used in the Magnum, P.I. Season 7 episode "Laura" which featured Frank Sinatra in his last acting role.
"Land of Confusion" was used in "Freefall," the final episode of the 1980s cop show Miami Vice (a show on which Phil Collins had guest starred) during a scene in which the characters Crockett (Don Johnson) and Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) were in the middle of a stakeout. The song implied the complexity of the story during the finale.
"In Too Deep" was also used in the 1986 film Mona Lisa starring Bob Hoskins.
In "Old Stan In the Mountain" episode of American Dad! the song "Invisible Touch" was used as the theme music for Francine and Roger's dance.
In 2012, John J. Leonzal and Tony McClelland wrote an unauthorized dark satire parody song "Legitimate Touch" based mostly on Todd Akin's comments during his election bid, and general GOP commentary. Leonzal and McClelland have not recorded the song as of late September 2012.
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