Appearances/references in Other Media
- "Opportunities" was the opening theme to the WB Television Network reality show Beauty and the Geek, which first aired in 2005; the show literally pairs up people with "brains" (intellectual men) alongside those with "looks" (attractive women) in a competition to "make lots of money".
- The song was also used in commercials for ABC's 2004 short-lived reality series The Benefactor, which was cancelled before completing its six-episode run. Contestants competed for a chance to win US$1 million from entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
- Billionaire Boys Club starring Judd Nelson features this song.
- In the Simpsons episode "Husbands and Knives", after Marge starts a women's fitness club (a parody of Curves) a snippet of the song is used to demonstrate her increasing profits.
- In Psych season 2, episode 15, "Black & Tan," the song is played briefly in a slow-motion montage with Gus and Shawn walking down the street as fashion models.
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