IT Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock Song) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• The song was mentioned in the film The Proposal.
• In David Simon's 1991 book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, which covers the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit in 1988, Simon calls the song "the summer's hands-down winner for Sound of the Ghetto" and uses its lyrics to frame a chapter summarizing murders and other senseless, violent acts that occur over the course of the summer.
• The track is featured on the soundtrack of the 1991 video game Action 52 and the 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the hip-hop radio station Playback FM.
• The track was heard in the American Dad! episodes Stan's Night Out, and G-String Circus.
• The track is featured on the HBO series The Wire
• It is the "B-7" song, the favorite dance song of Randy in the TV show My Name Is Earl. The song also appears in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly as well as the 2009 movie The Proposal and the 2010 film Iron Man 2.
• This song is ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s, #37 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop, and #80 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s.
• This song has been widely used in Breakdancing circles and has attracted a global following after being featured in numerous notable battles, including most recently, the final of the Bboy Park 2010 Team Battle in Tokyo, Japan.
• The song was sampled in several video games - most notably the poorly-received unlicensed multicart game Action 52 for the NES and the highly-acclaimed beat-em-up game Street Fighter III: New Generation (in Alex's theme "Jazzy NYC ") for the Sega Dreamcast.