In Popular Culture
This song is on the soundtrack to the 2010 The Runaways film of the same name.
This song is on the soundtrack to the video game skate.
The second reissue of this song entitled "Pretty Vacant (Guitar Hero Version)" was released on iTunes for download on 16 October 2007 for only a short time. This version of the song is included in Guitar Hero World Tour.
"Pretty Vacant" was used as the theme song to a short-lived 1994 television sketch comedy show called The Vacant Lot.
The song was featured in the 1981 Ralph Bakshi movie American Pop.
Chris Miles, an important character of Skins, has a T-shirt that says "pretty vacant" in various episodes.
The song was part of the musical compilation played during the "frankie and june say ... Thanks Tim" segment of the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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