Use in Media
- "Cherry Bomb" appeared on the soundtracks of Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, RV, Dazed and Confused and Cherrybomb (film).
- "School Days" appeared in the 1999 film Detroit Rock City.
- In the teen drama The O.C., in the Season 3 episode "The Man of the Year," Marissa makes an entrance to "Cherry Bomb," while dressed in a provocative schoolgirl outfit, to Kaitlyn's boarding school.
- In the 2007 movie Juno, the main character mentions her three favorite bands, one of which is The Runaways.
- In the 2007 novel, Derby Girl, by Shauna Cross, Oliver is said to have a poster of Joan Jett "in her Runaways days". The band is also referenced in a chapter title.
- In the 2008 novel Lonely Werewolf Girl, by Martin Millar, the main character's favorite band is The Runaways.
- A cover version of "Cherry Bomb" is available for download in music videogame Rock Band. The song was re-recorded by Cherie Currie and Joan Jett in 2010 for inclusion in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.
Read more about this topic: The Runaways
Famous quotes containing the word media:
“The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public conciousness has just swung from Greed to Compassion and from Tex-Mex to meatballs.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)