Appearances in Popular Culture
The song is very popular in commercials and advertisers typically pay $150,000 to $200,000 per year to use the song. It has also been featured in several films, including American Psycho (2000), Look Who's Talking (1989), High Fidelity (2000), Race the Sun (1996) Ask Max (1986), The Secret of My Success (1987), Daddy Day Care (2003), Bean (1997), and Moon (2009). It has been played on the TV shows Gilmore Girls, Prison Break, Sports Night, and The Drew Carey Show, and twice on Supernatural. In television, it is the favorite song of the character Phillip J. Fry in the animated TV series Futurama. The song is also featured in the video game series Lego Rock Band, Singstar and Band Hero. The song is a theme tune of The Stephanie Miller Show on radio. It was featured on an Angry Video Game Nerd episode where an elderly Nerd dances to the music while reviewing the Wii game Boogie before dying of myocardial infarction. The song also appears in the intro and credits of the game Lego City Undercover.
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