Pop Culture References and Appearances
- The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the radio station VCFL.
- In the 2002 film I Spy, Kelly Robinson feeds lines from the song to Special Agent Alex Scott, who is trying to win the heart of fellow Special Agent Rachel Wright.
- In 2010, the South Park 14th season premiere episode with the same title was released, mocking at the media attention given to celebrities' sexual affairs, such as those of Tiger Woods. The song is played at the end of the episode and sung incoherently by series co-creator Trey Parker for comedic effect.
- The song was featured on the MTV sketch comedy show, The State.
- In July 2006 Today Tonight performed a report on the controversies of music and how some songs encourage kids to have sex at a young age, naming "Sexual Healing" as one song that encouraged kids to have sex back in the 1980s.
- The first scene in the 2011 movie No Strings Attached begins with the song playing in the background.
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