Knights of Cydonia - in Pop Culture

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  • The song is used on the advertisements of Whale Wars on Animal Planet.
  • The song was featured in the 2007 music video game, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
  • "Knights of Cydonia" is also the first song to play on NME Radio that kicked off on 24 June 2008 as voted by the readers of the channels counterpart magazine.
  • "Knights of Cydonia" was played during Australia's coverage of the 2008 Olympics on channel 7.
  • The song was used by theWGI ensemble Rhythm X as a closer to their 2010 show "Inspired".
  • It has been cited by Patrick Ness as inspiration for the writing of his science fiction YA novel, The Knife of Never Letting Go.
  • シドニアの騎士 (The Knights of Cydonia) is a manga by Tsutomu Nihei, author of BLAME!, currently serialized in Kodansha's Afternoon.
  • The song was used for the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, and a version of the intro is used by the brass band at Seattle Sounders FC football matches.
  • The New York City School Of Rock did a cover of it during their Muse vs. Radiohead show in 2012.
  • The song was used in a TV Spot for the fifth series of the BBC show Merlin.

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