In Popular Culture
- The Jackson 5 version appears in the 1994 movie Crooklyn and on the second volume of its soundtrack album.
- Nicole Kidman sings a few lines of the song in the animated film Happy Feet (2006).
- Will Ferrell sang the song on the first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
- The song was in the Charmed episode "That 70's Episode".
- Jorge Núñez sang the song on the top 13 show on American Idol season 8.
- J Xavier sampled the Jackson 5 version for his single, "I Love My Music".
- Dianna Agron sang the song in the Michael Jackson tribute episode "Michael" of the hit TV show Glee.
The Neptunes remixed Never Can Say Goodbye on the album The Remix Suite (2009).
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