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- Radiohead have a song called "Bodysnatchers", that draws major inspiration from the 1975 movie. Singer Thom Yorke mentioned the connection when the band premiered the song in Copenhagen on May 6, 2006. It is not the first Radiohead song related to The Stepford Wives. "A Wolf At The Door", the final track on the band's sixth album Hail to the Thief, also contains a reference, "Stepford wives, who are we to complain?"
- Norwegian singer-songwriter Ida Maria has a song called "Cherry Red" (released on her album Katla) whose chorus includes the line, "I wanna be your Stepford wife."
- The Stepford Cuckoos, characters in the X-Men comics, were based partly on the Stepford Wives (See also: The Midwich Cuckoos).
- In season one of Desperate Housewives, Rex Van de Kamp tells his wife, Bree, that he wants a divorce because she is "too Stepford."
- The Rainmakers (band) have a song called "Good sons and daughters", from the album Skin that contains the line "Step daughter of a Stepford wife".
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