In Popular Culture
The song "Africa" was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the album Freaky Styley. Throughout the song, the word 'Africa' is changed to 'Hollywood' and 'Mother Land' is changed to 'Brother Land'.
The song "Just Kissed my Baby" is used on the funk radio station in Grand Theft Auto 4 called International Funk. The song is also sampled on Public Enemy's Timebomb from the album Yo! Bum Rush the Show.
Chris Duarte covers "Just Kissed My Baby" on Texas Sugar/Strat Magik. He also covers "People Say" live.
Vdelli covers "Just Kissed my Baby" on Out of the Blues.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band covers "Africa" on Medicated Magic.
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“That popular fable of the sot who was picked up dead-drunk in the street, carried to the duke’s house, washed and dressed and laid in the duke’s bed, and, on his waking, treated with all obsequious ceremony like the duke, and assured that he had been insane, owes its popularity to the fact that it symbolizes so well the state of man, who is in the world a sort of sot, but now and then wakes up, exercises his reason and finds himself a true prince.”
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